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Home My WebLink About02/26/2015 LIBFebruary 26, 2015 CITY OF THE COLONY I LIBRARY BOARD MEETING MINUTJ February 26, 2015 The Regular Session of the Library Board of the City of The Colony, Texas, was called to order at 7.06 p.m. on the 26th day of February-, 2015, at The Colony Public Library, 6800 Main Street, The Colony, Texas, with the following roll call: Sandi Gehrke Marlene 1\/Iartin Frederick Rushing, Chair Judith Hebb Joanna Krueger, Vice -Chair Jade Kellar Brian Wade Joan L. Sveirisson Jan Williams Place I Present Place 2 Present Place 3 Present Place 4 Present Place 5 Present Place 6 Present Place 7 Vacant Council Liaison Present Staff.' Liaison Present Recording Secretary Present And with six board members present a quorum was established and the following items were addressed: III loll 1 111,1110111-1 Ill 4 WAIIII Call to order Citizen Input — None 2.0 CONSENT AGENDA Consider approval of minutes of Library, Board meeting held January 22, 2015 _111olion to approi,e the aboi,e consent agenda item Martin; second by Krueger: motion passed with all ayes. 3.0 � REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS 3.1 Discussion and consideration of Library Board goals and projects for 20115 The Board discussed setting the following goals: • conduct a complete review of all TCPL Policies • work with staff to develop TCPL:s 2015-2020 Long Range Plan to be submitted for City Council approval • Continue to maintain legislative awareness of pertinent library issues • Continue to assist in representing TCPL at school and community activities • Initiate contact and work with the business community, to introduce TCPI:s sei vices and resources 1 February 26, 2015 3.2 Receive and discuss staff update regarding Friends of the Library activities: FOTCPL P)?ESENTS! 71h Annual Great Magazine Swap: The Swap will be held Saturday. March 7. 10 a.m.--4p.m. This event hosted by FOT CPL provides an opportunity for people to dispose of magazines that might otherwise end up in the landfill by making them available to others who might be interested in them.. At 4 p.m,, any magazines that have not found a new home will be placed in recycling bins. Fundraising plans: Progress is being made on the Jackson -Shaw fundraising challenge to raise a total of $13,000 needed to replace TCPL's early literacy computers with updated, fully -supported equipment; in February, the theme "Love Your Library with AWE" was used to promote the campaign. FOTCPL purchased two "spiral wishing well" coin banks to encourage coin/cash donations-. one is in use in the Library and the other travels with staff to off-site public relations events. TCPL will field a team in Little Elm Friends of the Library's Trivia Contest; if the team wins. they will donate the winnings to this fundraising campaign. To date, over $3,750 of the $6,500 has been raised. FOTCPL PRESE)VTS! Fancy Nancy Tea Party: Ticket sales begin March 24, 2015. for the Fancy Nancy Tea Party to be held on April 18. from 2-3 p.m. Event participants must be at least 4 years of age: children under age 9 must be accompanied by a ticketed caregiver 12 years of age or older. Tickets are $5 per person. Participants mav come dressed as,Faaanqj� as they like! 3.3 Receive and discuss staff update regarding 3D printing service: Equipment issues halted the service while staff waited for a replacement extruder — and then waited again when that one did not Nvork! Now on the 3rd extruder, the service has resumed. Staff has learned a lot about troubleshooting this equipment; special thanks go to Megan Charters for her efforts. 3.4 Receive and discuss staff update regarding public relations events and programs: Family LEGOmania: TCPUs monthly Family LEGOmania series continues to be popular; the January event brought in 29 participants, which is almost three times as many as had participated in past months. Parents and kids alike had an awesome time building to their hearts' content and were proud and excited to have their work displayed in the library"s display case. Candy Bouquet Classes: Seven participants each took home a lovely candy bouquet after the January Candy Bouquet class. Another class will be held on March 19. AARP Tax Help: In February, AARP Foundation Tax Help volunteers helped 74 people in the community prepare and send in their Federal tax returns; TCPL will continue to host this valuable service on Wednesday evenings from. 4-8 p.m. through April 15. 2 February 26, 2015 Capture The Colony: Though the events were very well publicized, neither day drew attendees. The Local History Committee made the most of the allotted time by beginning to organize,, scan and digitize photos in the history collection. Teen Anti -Valentine's Day Party: Se,,!en teens attended TCPL"s first Anti -Valentine's Day Party; they had an ainazing time celebrating the -angsty, dark side of Valentine's Day"! Computer Training Classes: There were five participants in the Beginning Word 2010 class on February 13. Upcoming classes will be February 27: Intermediate Word 2010; March 13: Computer Basics, and March 27: Internet & Computer Safety. Toddler Sensory Play Dates: TNventy-four parents and toddlers attend Sensory Play this month and it was a crazy, fun time had by all. Miss Kansas ended up looking like Big Bird before all was said and done, but the kids immensely enjoyed it! The next Play Date is on March 17. Continuing Education class for daycare teachers: On February 19, twenty-three teachers attended Healthy Habits: Your Guide to Germ & Infection Control presented by Pediatric specialist Harry M. Stellman IV, M.D. and Kamilah Hasan, M.A.- Denton County Health Department; participants earned two hours of CE credit. Literacy Nights at Stewart's Creek and B.B. Owen Elementary Schools: The Stewart's Creek Literacy Night was in the January report: on March 19, Kansas Terry and Holly Martin will represent TCPL at Stewart's Creek's Science & Technology Night. On February 19, Kansas and Holly represented TCPL at B.B. Owen Elementary School"s Charlotte's Web -themed Literacy Night, where they signed up two new library cards and. made contact with ninety-five people. One of the new cardholders was so excited to try his new card, that he made his mom bring him into the library the next day! Super Smash Bros. Brawl Tournament: Twenty-five attendees turned out for the Teen Anime Club's Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament. Kids and teens of all ages participated and great fun was had by all. The tournament fees and snacks sales will greatly help send our Teen Anime Club members to AKON! Spring Break Robotics Camp: This camp will be held Tuesday, . March. 13'h- Friday, March 17th for grades 3 — 5. Registration is required- only 4 spaces remain! Social Securit), Seminar; The Social Security Seminar that was canceled last month has been rescheduled for Tuesday, March 31, 7-8 p.m., it is sponsored by Edward Jones Representative Jerod iV. Irabolle and presented by Franklin Templeton Representative Bryan Sullivan. No financial products will be sold. This informational seminar is designed for adults age 55 and older. 3 February 26, 2015 3.5 Review list of March lib�ran, programs The board reviewed the list. Councilman Wade suggested that staff consider alternative times and/or days for the SciGirls Club meetings due to the difficulty for middle school students to get to the library by 4:30 p.m. on a weekday and the conflicts with. other community activities on Wednesday evenings. And with no further business to discuss the meeting was adjourned at 7:59 p.m. APPROVED: Fr'e'derick Rushing, Chair City of The Colon), Library Board ATTEST: Jr�/'Williams, Recording Secretary 11