HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/18/2000 - Regular Minutes - Bryan College Station Library System Advisory Board MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING
OF THE BRYAN + COLLEGE STATION PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM ADVISORY BOARD
• January 18, 2000
On the 18th day of January 2000, the Bryan + College Station Public Library Advisory Board of the cities
of Bryan and College Station, Texas, met in a regular meeting in the Carnegie Center of Brazos Valley
History, 1 l 1 S Main, Bryan, Texas and the following members were present
1 ATTENDANCE
MEMBER Present/ # of Meetings # of Meetings % attended
Absent held since attended since in last 6
appointment appointment months
Mr Larry Ringer, President P 13 13 100
Mrs Kathi Appelt A 13 6 --
Mrs Mary Chauvin P 13 13 100
Mr Bill Lancaster P 13 8 100
Mr Dave Moore A 13 10 66
Mrs Elaine Vance P 13 12 100
Mrs Jo Berg P 7 7 100
2. Also present were Mrs. Clara B. Mounce, Community Librarian, Mrs Laura E. Mills,
Secretary/Library; and Cathie McQuistion, Automation Coordinator.
3 President Larry Ringer called the meeting to order There were no visitors
4. The minutes of November 18, 1999 were approved as mailed
5 Monthly statistics for November 1999 and December 1999 were discussed
6 A. Cathie McQuisition commented that there were no major problems with Y2K. The Electronic
Notification System required installation of a "patch", but worked fine after that She believed that
preparations made by the City of Bryan helped avoid problems
B Mrs Mounce stated that the law library had been moved. Some bound periodicals had been hauled
away by Ron Schmidt, some were stored for the City's auction and some were given away
Mrs Mounce proposed the name of "Readers' Lounge" for the area that will house the mystery, science
fiction and young adult fiction collections Carpet installation will be finished by January 19th.
7 For the election of officers, Bill Lancaster nominated Larry Ringer for President and Elaine Vance
nominated Dave Moore as Vice-President After discussion, both nominees were elected
8 In the Librarian's report, Mrs Mounce showed prints from photo negatives of old Bryan. She will
continue to work on the collection of 500 negatives at her home computer Mrs Mounce stated the
Career Progression Pay Plan was implemented by the City on January 1 A librarian and clerk has been
hired for the library's Sunday hours (not yet determined).
9 The March meeting will be held at the College Station Library Agenda items may include an update on
the Junior League's support of Summer Reading Club 2000.
10 The meeting adjourned at 6:15 p m.
Larry Ringer, President Clara B Mounce, Community Librarian
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