HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024.05.15 FB Meeting Minutes - ApprovedTrustees of the Cary Memorial Library – Full Board Meeting
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Meeting Minutes - DRAFT
Call to Order 12:42 p.m. – Suzie Barry, Chair
Trustees present: Suzie Barry, Eileen Jay, Jill Hai, Rabbi Amy Hertz, Reverend Barbara Callaghan, Joe Pato, Doug Lucente, Reverend Megan Holding, Reverend Anne H. Mason, Kathleen Lenihan
Staff: Laura Bernheim, Susan Lusk, Cathie Ghorbani, Alissa Lauzon, Kate Leppanen
Friends: Ethie Slate
Foundation: Pam Fowler, Mary Ellen Ringo
Public Comment - none
Secretary Minutes – February 21, 2024 Full Board Meeting. Motion to approve, Barry. Second, Jay. Unanimous.
Cary Library Foundation (Pam Fowler)
The Foundation’s Take Flight GALA took place on April 6, 2024, attracting a crowd of over 300 and raising $60,000 toward the ChiRP project. The Foundation expects to make their $750,000
goal by the end of the fiscal year.
The Foundation’s Legacy Society Tea was held on May 7 to honor Legacy Donors to the Foundation.
Suzie Barry expressed appreciation for the Foundation and, in particular, their work for the Gala.
Friends of Cary Library (Ethie Slate)
The Friends are finishing up Fiscal Year 2024 with a bang. They raised close to $50,000 in memberships and book sales. The ongoing bookstore (including the children’s book sale area
in the children’s room) raised about $2000 a month.
There are currently about 300 members of the Friends, 70 of whom participate actively.
Suzie Barry expressed appreciation for the work of the Friends.
Library Administration Update (Laura Bernheim)
Thank-you to all of the support shown by the three groups present at the meeting (Library Trustees, Foundation, and Friends)
The Lower Level Renovation Project (ChiRP) appropriation was approved at the Annual Town Meeting on March 27, 2024 with 99.4% voting in favor.
The Town Facilities Department was soliciting bids for the project, which were to be due in late June as of this meeting.
The lower level of the library will close on July 1 to facilitate the moving of staff and collections to the upper level and offsite.
Library programming will continue virtually and offsite.
The library’s Bibliographic Services Department will be moving to Cary Hall.
Suzie Barry was recognized for her service as Library Board Chair.
Nominating Committee (Doug Lucente)
The Nominating Committee met on April 30, 2024 and submitted the following five names:
Jill Hai – Chair (Selectboard)
Eileen Jay – Vice Chair (School Committee)
Suzie Barry (Selectboard)
Reverend Barbara Callaghan (Lexington Interfaith Clergy Association)
Rabbi Karen Thomashow (Lexington Interfaith Clergy Association)
Motion to approve the slate, Lucente. Second, Lenihan. Unanimous.
Adjournment – Motion to adjourn at 1:02 p.m. by Jill Hai. Second, Herzog. Unanimous.