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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Library Board - 04/04/2017 Library Board Meeting Minutes April 4, 2017 Members Present: Brian Solarek, Candace Hart,Tom Krepel,Jane Kratzig,Alice Nixon, Harris Worchel and Janis Wood. Members Absent: Abigail Bair. Staff Present: Laura Garcia, Library Director, Call to Order: Brian Solarek called the meeting to order at 10:37 a.m. Approval of Minutes Motion to approve the March minutes was made Harris Worchel and seconded by Jane Kratzig. Motion passed unanimously. Friend's Report Harris Worchel distributed the Constitution of the Friends of Corpus Christi Public Libraries. He also presented a draft of the RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) brochure and welcomed feedback to improve the brochure. Alice Nixon suggested removing the "facilitating crowd control" statement and Candace Hart suggested adding a date to the financial commitments statement.The brochure will be mailed to businesses who have donated to the Friends in the past ten years. Candace Hart suggested mailing a letter to Rackspace Company, a managed cloud computing company based in Windcrest, a suburb of San Antonio. The Friends will be contacting restaurants to see if they would consider sponsoring a Library day and donating a percentage of the day's proceeds to the Friends. Director's Report Mrs. Garcia reported that the Chicas Art Exhibit has been a success and has received media coverage.There is a plan to possibly have another exhibit in June for male artists since the current consisted of only female artist. A male/female art exhibit is being considered for October 2017. The festival—celebrating Books,Art and Music will be April 29 at La Retama Central Library. A mini parade at 9:30 a.m. will kick-off the event, participants can dress up as their favorite book character. Author, Christina Sendejo and illustrator, Carolyn Dee Flores,will be some of the presenters. The partnership with the K Space is growing. They will be doing the "Secret Code of Cursive", a program for teens at La Retama Central Library on April 15.They have included the library in a grant to provide outreach programs at La Retama.The library will be working with them over the summer to develop art camps for June,July and August. The annual report to the Texas State Library and Archives commission has been submitted and there should be no issue with meeting maintenance of effort requirements. New Business Alice Nixon stated that she had received information from the Texas Library Association that President Trump's proposed budget would eliminate funding for the Institute of Library and Museum Services (IMLS). IMLS is a federal entity which supports TexShare resources,grants to local libraries, interlibrary loan, summer reading programs,technology assistance and more. Many communities benefit from this funding and cutting these services would be devastating. Ms. Nixon asked board members to contact US Senators and Representatives to support funding for IMLS. Ms. Nixon also urged board members to contact their state senator and representative to support continued funding for the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) and to oppose Senate Bill 902 prohibiting TSLAC from requiring public libraries to meet some minimum standards for state accreditation. Additional information about the proposed legislations may be found at txla.org. Public Comment None. Meeting adjourned at 11:36 a.m.