Minutes 08-27-03 City Of Boynton Beach
Library Advisory Board
Minutes: August 27th, 2003
Present: Board Members: Donna Harmening, Dan Holthouse, Barbara McGee, Alice
Otis, Valerie Pleasanton
Library Director: Virginia Farace
Public: Herb Suss
Minutes: Minutes of the June 14 meeting were reviewed. Former board member Herb
Suss asked that his absence be changed to excused absence since the meeting was not on
a regularly scheduled day. The minutes were approved with this correction.
Correspondence: Notification was received moving Barbara McGee up from Alternate to
Regular member and appointing Alice Otis as a Regular member. Virginia read excerpts
from an email from former member Marion Grammer who now resides in Virginia.
Chairs Report: None
Unfinished Business: Virginia reported on the public input meeting about the library
expansion. There was a discussion about ways we could encourage people to vote for the
upcoming bond issue. The 2003-04 Budget was discussed.
Director's Report: Virginia advised that two staff positions have been filled: Angela
Edwards, Circulation Library Assistant; and Christina Mayers, Reference and Adult
Services Librarian.
Herb asked about the status of the State Library. Virginia gave a brief update.
Virginia explained the filtering mandate contained in the Child Intemet Protection Act
(CIPA). The library must comply in order to obtain federal grant money which provides
· our free Intemet access from FIRN. The Board acknowledged the mandate and agreed
that our Electronic Access Policy should be revised to reflect this change. Filtering
hardware and software are on order.
The next meeting will be on September 24 at 3:30 PM.
We adjourned at 5:00 PM
Donna Harmening
Secretary