Minutes of April 27th Meeting!

Friends of Union County Libraries

Minutes, April 27, 2006

The meeting was called to order by President Diane Walker at 5:30 pm.

In attendance: Richard Hutchison, Kat Davis, Karen Campbell and Arlene Young.

Treasurer’s Report: The treasurer reported $1,424.80 in the treasury and an increase of 5 new members since February 28. He was authorized to buy an attaché case and a roll of stamps to be used for his correspondence. The FOUCL address is P.O. Box 359, Union. The box number has not been right on some of our correspondence.

The Lori Hayes-Kotter Fund was discussed and a check for $190 will be delivered to the North Powder Library.

OLD BUSINESS

Library Board Visits: Assignments for library board visits throughout the county were discussed and new assignments were made.

Food for Thought Fundraiser: The “Food for Thought” fundraiser was discussed and it was decided to have just one cooking school in La Grande at the Nazarene Church if possible on October 10. Kat will contact a church member to plan an appropriate date and see if they will donate the space. Arlene will contact Merlyn with our changes in plan when we have a firm date and book titles. All of us are asked to think of book titles that we could give him to choose from in recommending a menu to prepare. Suggestions so far are Like Water for Chocolate, Fried Green Tomatoes, The Sweet Potato Queens, Babette’s Feast, Chocolate to Die For. It was suggested that book ideas could be posted to the FOUCL Blog to stimulate conversation!

Community Events: Community events, particularly parades were discussed and we tried to settle on one parade in each town. Kat suggested using decorated book carts and doing a drill team routine during the parades. Karen Campbell and Richard Hutchison are choreographing. Ten to fifteen people would be needed for the drill team. Practicing could be done in a parking lot. We hope to start with Hog Wild Days and progress to the Livestock Show or the Grassroots DooDah Parade in Union, Imbler 4^th of July Parade, Elgin Stampede, Union County Fair Parade, Cove Cherry Fair and the Oregon Trail Car Show in North Powder. We are all to call looking for volunteers. Perhaps we could also tap into high school students and library aides.

Database: Arlene reported that we are assured of funding for the Heritage Quest database. We are still waiting for the check and an address and password that can be accessed by everyone in the county.

NEW BUSINESS

OLA Report: Kat gave a report on Every Child Ready to Read Parenting Classes to be started next spring and FOUCL agreed to help with funding.

Next meeting will be May 25, 5:30 pm at the Meisner Room beside the County Clerk’s office on 4th.

Assignments: call to secure volunteers to march in parades and brainstorm books about food to choose from for our cooking school. Line up for the Hog Wild Days parade begins at 10 am Saturday, June 3.