Min - Library Board - 2009 - 06/02 - RegularALLEN PUBLIC LIBRARY
REGULAR MEETING
JUNE 2, 2009
Present
Susan McDaniel, Vice -Chair
Board Members:
Donald Wing
Tanya Gould
Donna Drews Various
Geoffrey Smith
City Staff:
Jeff Timbs, Director
Dale Lackey, Sr. Administrative Assistant
Tom Keener, Cultural Arts
Deborah West, Children's Manager
Guests:
Julie Smetzer, Friends of the Allen Public Library
Trent Armstrong — Allen Citizen
Call to Order and Announce a Ouorum is Present
With a quorum of the Board Members present, the Regular Meeting of the Allen Public Library was called to
order by Vice -Chair, Susan McDaniel, at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 2, 2009, in the Board Room of the Allen
Public Library, 300 North Allen Drive, Allen, Texas,
Reeular Agenda
Approve Minutes of May 5, 2009 Regular Called Meeting.
MOTION: Upon a motion made by Board Member, Donna Drews Various and a second by Board
Member Geoffrey Smith, the Board voted five (5) for and none (0) opposed to approve the
May 5, 2009 minutes. The motion carried.
2, Preview Planned Summer Reading Club Activities.
Library Director, Jeff Timbs introduced the new Children's Service Manager, Deborah West to the
library board. Deborah gave an update on the Summer Reading Program activities. There are a lot of
fun programs planned. Some of these are Critterman, Read to Rover in which the children actually
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read to a therapy dog. This helps children that struggle with reading. We have a Bubble Show, Tin
Roof Tango, which is a music program and Whirl on a String. This is a YoYo program that teaches
tricks and also gives a history of the Yoyo. Creature Teacher is another popular program with the
kids, Kinder Music, a Magic Show, and the Great Texas Puppet Roundup in which the theme will be
"Deep in the Heart of Texas" There will be craft programs at the end of the summer and we finish
up with the bookclubs. The children can do a time log or reading log. If they read their 25 books
they will get to choose a free book to keep and can also write their name on an armadillo or flower
that goes up on the public bulletin board. Jeff handed out bookmarks for the teen programs. There
will be various workshops for teens which include The Picture Book, Short Story, Comic Book, and a
Photoshop.
Preview Planned Cultural Arts Programs.
Tom Keener discussed the various Cultural Arts Programs the library will be presenting for the rest of
the year. We have movie night on Tuesdays and just finished a western series in June. In August we
will be doing creature features. Children as well as adults come to these and we take suggestions on
movies our patrons would like to see. Bach to Books is another program which we partner with other
organizations. This is one of the things that came out of the citywide survey done a few years back.
Citizens wanted more cultural programs. Bach to Books offers a wide variety of subjects and
programs of social interest.
4. Receive Update on Board Vacancy.
Shelley George is accepting applications for the library board vacancy Trent Armstrong has
expressed an interest on serving on the library board.
5. Receive Update on the Public Art Project in the Library Courtyard.
The public art sculpture will be installed mid September to early October. It will take about one week
to install. The ceremony will be in early October. Bach to Books plans to have a program centered
around the sculpture.
6. Receive Update on the Friends of the Library Endowment Fund.
Dr. Joe Farmer, President of the Endowment Board sent out a letter and brochure with a donation
form for donating to the Endowment Board in May. The Endowment Board is still considering
fundraising options.
7. Receive Status Report on Proposed Library Security Policy.
The library staff is still reviewing the Security Policy and plan to have an updated draft ready for the
August Library Board meeting.
8. Review May 2009 Library Statistics.
The board reviewed the May statistics and most all of the statistics are up significantly over May of
last year
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The Texas State Legislature did approve the Lone Star Grant program. The Texshare and K-12
databases will be funded at the same level for the next two years. We may loose some databases by
next summer but will keep the most used ones.
9. Review Calendar Items:
June 2, 9, 16, 23
Classic Western Movie Series
June 8 -August 1
Summer Reading Program
June 15
Critterman, 2:30 and 3:45 p.m.
June 25
Incredible Bubble Show, 2:30 and 3:45 p.m.
June 29
Tin Roof Tango, 2:30 and 3:45 p.m.
July
No scheduled Board Meeting
July 1
The Science of Spin, 2:30 and 3:45 p.m.
July 3-4
Library closed for Independence Day
July 8
Creature Teacher, 2:30 and 3:45 p.m.
July 13
The Kinders, 2:30 and 3:45 p.m.
July 15-16
The Great Texas Puppet Roundup, 10:30 and 11:30 on the
15u, 10:30,11:30, and 7 p.m. on the 10
July 29
Jeff Lee Magic Show, 2:30 and 3:45 p.m.
August 4 Library Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m
The Library Board reviewed the calendar items.
10. Adjourn
MOTION: Upon a motion made by Board Member, Tanya Gould and a second by Board Member Don
Wing, the Board voted five (5) for and none (0) opposed to adjourn at 8:20 p.m. The motion
carried.
These minutes approved on the 4th day of August, 2009
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