In Attendance: 12 members

Joe MacDonald                    Lynne Meyer        Debra Lee DeBois

Nan Scales                             Sharon Bird           Rose Ann Gibson

Tara Western                        Terri Stein              Michal Jacot

Stephanie Mallak Olsen      Marie Girard          Laurie Jacot

I Call to Order: President Tara Western called the meeting to order at 5P.M.

II. Secretary’s Report: Michal motioned to accept the minutes from the March meeting. This was seconded by Joe. The motion was approved.

III. Treasurer’s Report: Michal shared the treasurer’s report.  The report was broken down into the monthly statement, a revised murder mystery profit sheet, the profits from the bookstore for the past year, and the amounts spent on the Dr. Seuss party. The information on the Dr. Seuss party also contained ideas of what worked and what didn’t work to be reviewed for next year’s party.  Deb motioned to accept the treasurer’s report with a second by Sharon. This motioned was approved.

IV. President’s Report:

                A. Thank you to Joe for running the Internet Cafe. He also ran some book reviews on Hits FM.  Tara also said thanks to the people that worked the bookstore and helped at the Dr. Seuss party.

                B. Lynne Bigelow gave Tara a copy of the release form if we wish to use pictures of children in the paper.

                C. There are also copy of a receipt form if someone wants one for books that are donated or for a monetary donation. They are in the drawer of the table.

                D. Our group is on the Chamber sign . We did not yet receive a copy of the chamber newsletter.

                E. Thank you to Nan for making the new phone tree.

                F. Cleaning person: Terri said that the City will not hire a new person to clean until they move into the new city hall building. This probably won’t be until the beginning of 2009.  We need to help Terri out until a new person is hired.

V. Old Business

                A. Bookstore Schedule: April 5=Joe, April 12=Sharon, April 19= Tara, April 26= Laurie, and

 May 3= Marie.

                B. May Book Sale Venue:  Tara is working with the Audubon  Society. This birding weekend has its headquarters at Tawas Beach Resort.  Tara has set up a joint sale with the ETFOL at Harbor Park. This is set for May 17th from 9-2. We will be taking an ad in the paper/shopper and also on ADCOM.  The cost of these will be split with ETFOL . The profits will be split in half as well.

                C. Booked for Lunch These lunch readings will be on Thursday at noon. We will be setting them up at East Tawas beach pavilion as well as the Tawas City Pavilion. Flyers will be distributed  by both groups as this is a joint project with ETFOL.

                D. Writing workshop with Christopher Knight- Mr. Knight has acquired an injury due to signing so many books. He is unable to autograph any books for the summer. He is currently finishing an adult book on how to write for children. This will hopefully be available for the fall.  Michal is currently trying to set up this workshop in the fall to make it profitable for both parties involved.  Michal will share more information as it becomes available.

                E. CPR class-  This is set for Sept. 13. It will be on a Sat. after the library closes. Apparently there are some new changes on this certification so it will be a great time to offer this to the community.  Tara will ask Connie to be the chairperson for this program.

                F. Pocket Park report- Marie looked into the awning that the city suggested for the sliding doors. It was @$2800. The doors may also need to be replaced. It is recommended that we spruce up the area with a trellis and some planted pots. Perhaps add a bench and picnic table and see if the area will be used for a park area. Tara asked members to take some plants from there garden and share them if they need to be thinned out.  Marie is also suggesting that we put some of the Clute animals in the park as well.  We can talk about other changes as we monitor the area’s use.

VI. New Business

                A.  April National Library Week plans- Flyers?: The dates are April 14th -19th. Cookies are needed for the week.  ETFOL and TCLF will have tables set up at Neiman’s on Monday and Thursday of that week to encourage people to get library cards. If they present their library card they get a free book coupon and other goodies. If not they are given information to obtain a card and a free book coupon.  Thursday is TCLF’s day. Tara has the schedule if you wish to help contact her.

                B. Money for Arenac Eastern High School’s Teen Alcohol Awareness event. Barb Hunter a teacher at AE lost her funding for a teen summit . Tara was asking members if they would be interested in donating to the cause to contact Barb at Arenac Eastern High School.

                C. Sign for landscaping to thank Peg-  Tara wants to purchase a sign to place in the garden thanking Peg Gutman for donating the landscaping and doing the work on our flower beds.  Someone suggested a wood burned sign- This was tabled until the May meeting.

                D. June Book sale: We are going to have another  joint book sale with ETFOL. this will be a Dewey Durant Park during the Women’s Fast Pitch tournament.  This is the weekend of June 21st. It will be discussed further at our next meeting.

                E. Painting backroom  work bee- This is tabled until the city moves out. That way we can move some of the things out into the main library if we choose.  Men’s room needs to be painted. Tara suggested that we do it on May 3.  Find out at next meeting if there are any helpers.

                F. May 5-7 is teacher appreciation week: It was discussed that we give the elementary teachers a free book coupon and possibly a candy treat. Deb will work on this idea and let us know more at the next meeting.

                G. Internet Cafe- Do we need flyers letting people know about this service? Some suggestions were to get it stuffed in the Chamber newsletter. Deb was going to look into the cost on this service.  It was thought to target campers and visitors in the area as well as high school students during the summer.  It was suggested that we get another coffee pot and offer flavored coffee.  This will be discussed further at the next meeting.

VII. Next meeting items: May Book sale, Bookracks in town, sharing garden, committee on building  to work with City

VIII. Adjournment: Joe motioned to adjourn at 6:10 P.M.  with a second from Lynne.  The motion passed.

The next meeting is Thursday, May 1st, 2008 at 5 P.M.