FRIENDS OF THE MARY JOHNSTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY
                            P.O. Box 1091
                  Standish, Michigan 48658

 

Monthly Meeting Minutes

November, 2011

 

store the card making supplies. The next session will be Dec. 12 at 10 am at her house.

 

The Biggest Loser winner will present a program for $500.00 with an additional charge of $200.00 for his wife to attend plus mileage and room. A suggestion was made to work with Community Ed and the hospital to promote a community wide fitness program. The deadline for the grant application is April.

 

New Business

A decision was made to publish the MJML Friends newsletter on a quarterly basis in March, June, September and December. The December 2011 will contain the following articles due Dec. 1:

Book Sale—Phyllis

Note card making—Karen

Quarterly newsletter—Linda

Library staff roster—Linda

Floor redo—Stephanie

Book Sale -March 24 at the VFW Hall

Note pads and Halloween coupons—Elon

Reading With Paws—Elon

 

A motion was made by Hone Phillips to donate $200.00 to the K of C Hall for book storage. Linda Eyer second, approved.

 

A thank you card to the Friend’s group was sent by the Library Staff followed by snacks at the end of the meeting.

 

Elon Basgall reported that Sherry will run another Reading with Paws session in the late winter or early spring. We will look at March since it is Reading Month.

 

Hilde Carruthers reported that the vandalism has decreased since the school moved the bus stop to a different location away from the library.

 

Stephanie Mallak Olsen said that the AuGres Floor Covering will do the new flooring before Dec. 15. The $10,000 allotted for the job was over by $501.25. The MJML Friends group was asked if they would pay for the difference. Kelly Spencer made a motion to do so with a second by Hone Phillips. Approved.

 

The meeting was adjourned at 7:57 followed by refreshments provided by the library staff.

 

The next meeting is January 5, 2012.

 

Linda Eyer

Secretary