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October 6, 2015
Members Present: John Keys,Julia Stafford, Abigail Bair, Rachel Buck, Diana Broyles, and Brian Solarek
Members Absent: Natalie Rogen
Staff Present: Laura Garcia, Library Director, and Sylvia Sanchez, Secretary
Call to Order: John Keys called the meeting to order at 10:31 a.m.
Approval of Minutes
Motion for approval of the September minutes was made by Brian Solarek and seconded by Rachel Buck. Motion passed
unanimously.
Friend's Report
None.
Director's Report
Mrs. Garcia reported the following:
• The Star Wars Reads Day event, a partnership with Junior League and UW Success by 6,will be held at La Retama on
October 10, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will consist of a number of activities including a costume contest. Board
members were invited to take part in judging the contest.
• McDonald Library will host La Musica del Sur de Tejas/The Music of South Texas symposium on Sunday, October 11 starting
at 12:30 p.m.
• The safe zone cameras have been installed at La Retama, McDonald and Neyland. Installation at Hopkins should take place
in a couple of weeks.
• Staff continues to work on creating a teen area at La Retama. The area will include a media creation lab.
• The afterschool program, for elementary students, at La Retama is being expanded. The Library is working with the Food
Bank's Kids Cafe program to include afterschool meals.
• The OverDrive Digital Book Mobile will be at La Retama on November 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Transparent Language and Pronunciator are two language programs which will be introduced this month. The programs
have ESL components which can be used by the Corpus Christi Literacy Council.
• The Charity League grant was not awarded to the Library.
Abigail Bair mentioned that the library should consider setting up a booth setup at the Day of the Dead event.
New Business
Mr. Keys updated members on board vacancies and terms which will expire in November. Abigail Bair, Rachel Buck, Brian
Solarek and Julia Stafford would like to be reappointed.
Motion to excuse Natalie Rogen from today's meeting was made by Rachel Buck and seconded by Diana Broyles. Motion
passed unanimously.
Public Comment
Dr. Hatcher Chalkley reminded members that the Board's Annual Report is due to City Council in January 2016. He stated the
board should consider asking for additional funding and indicating how the funds would improve services to the community.
He also stated that the report could also indicate what impact budget cuts would have. Mr. Keys requested this be added to
next month's agenda.
Meeting adjourned at 11:19 a.m.