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University City Library board meeting minutes, / l/11/2009 <br />Attendance <br />Members Present: William Baldwin, Luise Hoffman, Joy Lieberman, <br />Larry Nolan, David Stokes, Susan Glassman <br />Members Absent: Deborah Arbogast (excused), Kyle Walker (excused) <br />City council liaison: Absent <br />Library staff: Linda Ballad -Director, Patrick Wall -Asst. Director <br />The meeting of the University City Public Library board was called to order at 5:20p.m., <br />1 l/11/2009 by David Stokes, President. <br />Minutes <br />The minutes from the meeting of October 14, 2009 were approved. <br />Correspondence <br />Linda circulated a letter from a patron who complained about being annoyed by cell phone users <br />in the library. Linda has responded to the patron. <br />Friends' report <br />The Friends anticipate that David Carkeet will be the annual meeting guest speaker in May 2010. <br />Council liaison <br />Absent. <br />Librarian's report <br />a. Linda reported that she and Christa attended the conference sponsored by the Gates <br />Foundation and came back enthused about opportunities for fund raising for library <br />project. <br />b. The budget cutbacks in Missouri state government have hit MORENet so we may expect to pay more for the services that MOREnet had been subsidizing and are important to our <br />Internet access. <br />c. Work has begun on the roofing and skylight project. The project timeline goes to the end <br />of the year if there are no delays. <br />d. Many of the library's staff are participating in an `adopt a family' effort in December. e. Deborah Arbogast is a new library trustee and it's expected that John Douglas will also <br />be appointed soon. <br />f. The Danziger family made a generous donation to the library for book purchases. <br />g. The library will host a memorial service on Dec. 6 for Daniel Talonn who died recently. <br />He served for years on the Memorial Day Run Committee. <br />h. An upgrade to the library consortium computer system will require that the system be non-operational for two days, Wed. & Thurs. December 2-3, 2009. <br />President's report <br />David noted that the cake Linda made for tonight's meeting was exceptional and enjoyed by all. <br />Committee reports <br />None. <br />Old business <br />None. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />