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Englewood Public Library
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Englewood Public Library Board
May 12. 1992
The regular meeting of the Englewood Public Library Board was called to order
by Chair Larilyn Ashlock at 7:03p.m .
PRESENT : Larilyn Ashlock. Sunday Aigbe. Marilyn Brenengen. Doug Cohn, Jeff
Davis, Rachel Stoddard, Stephanie Thiessen (left at 8:05 p .m.)
REGRETS: Mary Dounay, Valerie Williams, Alex Habenicht
ALSO PRESENT : Hank Long, Library Director. Donna Gottberg, Recording
Secretary
Roll call was taken and a quorum declared present.
Scheduled visitors: Barbara Holtaus and Mark Barczuk, from Swedish Medical
Center . They presented the Library with a framed pencil drawing of the
Mayflower Building. Ms . Holtaus gave background of this building, constructed
in 1930. Ken Harshman is the artist. who researched and drew this picture.
Hank Long, Director of the Library. accepted the gift with thanks. It will be a
special addition to the Local History Collection.
There were no unscheduled visitors.
Corrections to Minutes of April 14, 1992. Typographical error on Page 1, in
the second paragraph from the bottom. Mr. Cohn's name was misspelled. and on
page 3. 3rd paragraph from bottom should read Russian Embassy. not Soviet
Embassy .
92-1 O MOTION : That the Minutes from the meeting of April 14. 1992 be
approved as amended .
Moved by: Marilyn Brenengen
Seconded by: Rachel Stoddard
Motion carried .
Committee Reports
Mr. Long reported on the progress of the initial Friends meeting planned for
May 19th. He has distributed 1000 posters to the Chamber of Commerce who
will include them in their present mailing. He has also contacted the schools.
the Herald newspaper. the City Newsletter. and The Citizen. All Boards and
Commissions in the City have been notified. A note is included along with all
overdue notices. and Cinderella City card shops and book stores have them
displayed. He hopes to distribute even more this week.
Mr. Long noted that his mailing list was not complete. but planned to complete
it and mail out the letters of invitation tomorrow . Supplies will be purchased
Monday. and badges printed. He is setting up for 75 attendees. The Bookmobile
will be on display that evening and Ms. Tatum has volunteered to take photos .
Discussion followed.
The schedule is as follows: 7 -7:30 open. 7:30 - 8 introductions and
welcoming. Hank will do the introductions. 8 -8:15 refreshments. 8 :15 -
8:45 meeting -elections of officers and a date and time set for the next
meeting. He will contact Alex Habenicht and have her help point out important
citizens in attendance. Board members were asked to mingle and answer
questions as needed. He urged all Board members to attend if possible.
Mr. Long will take Board members on a tour of the new Bookmobile parked
outside. He announced that the new vehicle will not begin running until mid
June. The contest for the naming of the vehicle has been well advertised. He
would like a panel of Judges consisting of 1 citizen. 1 Board member. and 1
library staff member . Ms. Brenengen volunteered. and it was suggested Ms .
Altenbach or Ms . Fishback be contacted to serve from the community. Adeline
Adams (Czarny) will be invited to attend the naming ceremony.
Mr. Long mailed a copy of the City survey to all the members earlier. and the
results of that survey were distributed at the last meeting. Brief discussion
followed .
There was discussion as to continue with the memberships in American Library
Association (ALA). Colorado Library Association (CLA). and Mountain Plains
Library Association ( MPLA). It was agreed that the memberships will be
renewed.
Mr. Long noted that there are only 2 school sites left to install computers in the
Networking system. This will be completed next month when the phone lines
are installed. He is planning a meeting with school specialists and Library
personnel as how to best use the equiment.
Mr . Long enclosed a draft copy of the Summer Bookmobile schedule. noting that
for the first time there will be a stop at Belleview Park (on the street. just
north of the parking lot).
Deryl 6ease resigned his Board membership. as he and his family are moving to
Boulder .
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Ms. Thiessen left at 8:05 p.m. She stated she wlll be working with Pam Pepper
this summer on a business directory. which in turn wlll be used for the
Community Information File in the Library.
Director Long brought attention to the letter sent earlier from the schools
asking the Library work with a group of 60-80 remedial reading pupils from
grades 1-4 on a 6 week program. The teachers will bring in 8 pupils Mondays
through Fridays and introduce them to the Library. Teachers will check out
items on paper. so minimal impact will be placed on Library staff.
Chair Reum:.t
Ms. Ashlock discussed the Tour last Friday. and the Open House at the Arapahoe
Library District (Saturday. May 16 is the official Grand Opening). It is a
lovely facility and members want to go back at a later date and evaluate, keeping
in mind that EPL would like to plan a new facility in the future. Mr . Long would
like to request, possibly in 1994, a feasibility study for a new library.
Discussion followed.
Boulder will be opening a new facility thls summer.
Members' Choice
Ms. Brenengen distributed an article from Parents Magazine .
The Statistical Reports for March and April 1992 were briefly discussed.
Mr. Long noted that he has an added responsibility now. working with Ms.
Martin. Asst. City Manager. in re-writing the Cable ordinance for the City. He
may be out of the office more than usual during this process.
Brief discussion followed regarding volunteer use in the Library.
The Board thanked Mr. Davis for providing refreshments this evening.
Mr. Long gave one last reminder of the ·Friends· meeting on Tuesday, May 19th.
Meeting adjourned at 8:32 p.m.
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