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LIBRARY BOARD
REGULAR MEETING ANNOTATED AGENDA
AUGUST 14, 2012
6:00 PM
Moorpark Community Center 799 Moorpark Avenue
1 . CALL TO ORDER AND OATH OF OFFICE:
THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:04 P.M.
THE OATH OF OFFICE WAS ADMINISTERED TO BOARD MEMBER
MICHAEL FENERIN.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
JOHN BRAND LED THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
3. ROLL CALL:
PRESENT: BOARD MEMBERS MICHAEL FENERIN, CINDY HOUSEL,
ROBERT PEREZ, AND STEVEN WOLFSON. BOARD MEMBER
ABIGAIL SICHMELLER WAS ABSENT.
STAFF PRESENT: SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST JOHN BRAND,
LIBRARIAN HEATHER COUSIN, AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
PATTY ANDERSON.
4. SPECIAL AGENDA ITEMS:
A. Elect President and Vice President for 2012/13 Term.
BOARD MEMBER FENERIN WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT, AND
BOARD MEMBER WOLFSON WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT PRO
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B. Consider Library Board Regular Monthly Meeting Schedule for
2012/13.
THE BOARD APPROVED THE MEETING DAYS AND TIME
REMAIN THE SAME.
5. PUBLIC COMMENTS:
NONE.
6. REORDERING OF, AND ADDITIONS TO, THE AGENDA:
NONE.
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND REPORTS ON
MEETINGS/CONFERENCES ATTENDED BY COMMISSIONERS:
JOHN BRAND ANNOUNCED THAT HE HAD ATTENDED A SESSION
AT THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE
IN ANAHEIM REGARDING FUNDRAISING.
HEATHER COUSIN ANNOUNCED THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION
OF THE LIBRARY'S SUMMER READING CLUB, WHICH WAS WELL
ATTENDED WITH RECORD SIGN UPS.
HEATHER COUSIN ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT SHE MET WITH MIKE
MCMANUS, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE VETERANS' OF VENTURA
COUNTY, TO DISCUSS PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
HEATHER COUSIN ANNOUNCED THAT SHE COMPLETED THE E-
BOOKS ONLINE COURSE.
HEATHER COUSIN ANNOUNCED THAT IN JULY SHE WAS NAMED
AN EUREKA FELLOW, WHICH IS AN HONOR GIVEN TO 32 LIBRARY
STAFF MEMBERS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA.
HEATHER COUSIN ALSO ANNOUNCED THE DEPARTURE OF
LIBRARY ASSISTANT CAITLIN RIOPELLE.
8. PRESENTATIONS/ACTION/DISCUSSION:
A. Library's 100th Anniversary Update: Staff Recommendation: Librarian
Heather Cousin will give oral report.
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HEATHER COUSIN DISTRIBUTED A VENTURA COUNTY STAR
ARTICLE COVERING THE LIBRARY'S 100 ANNIVERSARY OPEN
HOUSE, WHICH TOOK PLACE ON AUGUST 1ST. SHE GAVE A
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE DAY'S EVENTS.
B. Friends of the Library Update: Staff Recommendation: Board-Friends
Liaisons will give oral report.
PRESIDENT FENERIN GAVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY RECENT EVENTS, AS WELL
AS FUNDRAISING PLANS FOR THE NEW LIBRARY.
9. CONSENT CALENDAR:
A. Approval of Minutes for Library Board's Regular Meeting of April 10,
2012. Staff Recommendation: Approve as presented.
B. Approval of Minutes for the Joint Meeting of the City Council and
Library Board of May 9. 2012. Staff Recommendation: Approve as
presented.
APPROVED AS PRESENTED.
10. ADJOURNMENT:
THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 6:58 P.M.