Board Meeting
April 27, 2006
Attendance
Margaret Bader, Mike Wilson, Michael Pelly, Delores
Pickarts, Judy Duhamel
President Margaret Bader called the meeting to order.
Treasurer’s Report
Ruth Sisk presented the report on the Foundation’s current financial situation.
Signature Dinner
Summary
There are no changes in the summary as presented earlier in the month. The Modern Woodmen have agreed to provide a match. The exact amount is uncertain. It will be between $1,500 – 2,500.
The Board discussed how to handle late RSVPs who did not show and did not pay. It was agreed that the Foundation would send a note saying sorry you couldn’t make it, noting that we incurred costs as a result of the reservation and saying that if the individual would like to make a donation, here’s the information on how to do so.
Amy Tan & Other
Future Authors
Margaret Bader informed the Board that we would not be pursuing a speaking engagement for Amy Tan. Tan’s fees were not negotiable and too high for our budget. Abrahamson mentioned that he is still pursuing Tom Brokaw and Ruth Reichl with Sam Hurst. He is also hoping that Scientist Kevin Lesko will agree to speak. Dates for all are pending the speakers’ calendars.
Library Report
Chapman informed the Board that a draft final space plan and budget will be provided to the Library Board at the May 10 meeting. The proposed budget for the project is expected to be about $500,000. Chapman is working on asking the City to provide $300,000 for the project and asking the Foundation to raise $200,000. She’ll provide additional updates as the City budgeting process moves forward. She anticipates that implementation of the project will go in phases over two years.
Web Site Maintenance / Use Discussion
Sisk met with Library staff to talk about needs of the Foundation for periodic updates to its website to be able to post events to the calendar and change information on established pages. The Library is looking at training Sisk on Dreamweaver software. Alternatively, Library staff could do the updates. In the near-term, staff will take care of the work.
Other Events
A proposal was offered to invite author David Quinn to do an event. During discussion it was discovered that Quinn will only be available during Rally Week in August. Given this situation, it was the consensus of the Board that the event would not be successful.
Capital Campaign
Abrahamson outlined a three-phase approach to raising
capital funds for the downstairs space reconfiguration: 1) a quiet phase
targeting substantial key donations; 2) a middle phase where the early gifts
are used to leverage substantial gifts from others; and 3) a public phase to
raise the final 1/3 of the total project goal. Bader appointed a subcommittee
to develop a plan for the campaign consisting of Pelly,
Election of Officers
Bader announced that it was time for annual officer
elections. She informed the board that Pelly and
Outgoing Board Members
A lunch was scheduled with outgoing members Bader and McCarthy-Anderson.
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m.