01-24-2011 LIBMHutchinson Public Library Board Minutes
Monday, January 24, 2011
Present: John Paulsen, Abby Dahlquist, Stacey Nass, Janet Vacek, Mary Christensen, Guy Stone,
Roger Vacek and Mary Henke, Ex- Officio.
John called the meeting The minutes from the November 22, 2010 meeting were reviewed
and approved.
Old Bushans-
1. Legacy Funds programs.
The McLeod libraries have a total of $7,700 in Legacy Funds to spend before June 30, 2011.
A joint program with the McLeod Historical Society will cost $3000 to present a traveling program on
-Native American Legends and Beliefs" (Target: April and May 2011).
The emphasis for 2011-12 is on Arts Education with classes by Joyce Young in Hutchinson,
Bonnie Mohr in Glencoe, and Char Lw= for Winsted. Another bus trips to King Tut Museum,
Science Museum, and MN Historical History Center for the George Washington display are under
review. These programs would be paid for the Legacy funds.
The Film Festival Series needs an auditorium for presentation. Stacey Nass will chock on the
availability of the Ridgewater College Commons area for this purpose.
2. Disposal of the Old Computers.
The 4-5 year old computers cleared by Pioneerland were offered to the Hutchinson City Offices
and the funders of the computer replacement project. The Seventh Day Adventist "Twice as Nice"
thrift shop took back the computer they donated for use in their shop Eight computers then went to
needy Heartland families via a voucher release paperwork system. One is still available and two
computers were held back for Hutch Library internal usage (these two would not be used by the
public).
3. Pioneerland Library System board appointment.
Roger Vacek was appointed by the Hutchinson City Council to represeut Hutchinson at the
PLS for the coming years. The first meeting of PLS was Jan 20, 2011 in Willmar. Roger reviewed
the structure of the PLS board and organization, committees involved and budget considerations for
2011. Several policies on PLS hiring and travel reimbursement were presented and the contract with
Clarkfield was approved. The PLS orientation program for now board members will be hold in April
2011. Roger delivered to Hutchinson two PLS service pins (20 years for Val and 9 years for Jack
Sandberg).
New Business
PLS Strategic Plans: To meet the future head on, PLS initiated a program to improve the
Public Libraries starting with Glencoe and followed by Hutchinson later. This will be ajoult team
effort of the local library board and members of the community appointed by the city to assess the
status of local library systems, programs, staffing, and marketing among others. This effort will then
help the libraries respond to patrons' changing needs for the fidure. For example—patrons may need
the availabity of more public internet computers.
Internet accessibility for the physically challenged such as the blind: Several options were
discussed and the topic will be addressed in more detail at future meetings. Stacey offered to chock
into what is the accessibility at Ridgewater College.
Next meeting: Monday Feb 28 at 4:30 p.m.
Roger Vacek, Co-Secretary
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