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April 27, 1966
of the Skoki e Public
Minut es of the specia l meeti ng of the Board of Direc tors
Room of the Libra ry.
Libra ry held at 7:30 p. m. April 27, 1966 in the Confe rence
n, L. O. Green ,
Memb ers prese nt: Conro y V. Erick son, Mrs. W. C. Griffi
Libra rian.
Mrs. Danie l Petty a.nd Rabbi Weine r, Miss Mary Radm acher,
Leagu e of Wome n Voter s.
Also prese nt: Mrs. Glady s Du.Bo w, an obser ver for the
, who explai ned the
Meeti ng was called to order by the Presid ent, L. 0. Green
matte rs of busin ess:
.purpo se of this specia l meeti ng conce rned action on two
tors of the Libra ry and
(1) an appoi ntmen t to fill a vacan cy on the Board of Direc
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ittee on Expan sion of
(2) establ ishing of the Presi dent s Citize ns Advis ory Comm
the Libra ry.
two points .
Reque st that all discus sions and busin ess be held to these
rnmen t of the last
The Presid ent remin ded the Board at the time of the adjou
vacan cy on the Board :
meeti ng there had been two recom mend ations to fill the
Mr. Fred Wake field and Mr. Donal d Kraft.
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The Presid ent reque sted the Board s
rt Hersh of the Leagu e
attent ion to the readin g of a letter receiv ed from Mrs. Herbe
be given the job of·
of Wome n Voter s sugge sting the newly forme d co~mittee
ry Board .
select ing a qualif ied perso n to fill the vacan cy on the Libra
ic purpo se with a
Opinio n stated that the Comm ittee was forme d for a specif
see the comm ittee get
rathe r sizabl e respo nsibil ity and the Board would like to
on somet hing that is not
on with that partic ular job rathe r than spend ing its time
the reaso n for its creati on.
While the sugge stion has merit , it is a little late since
length and in some detail .
the Board has alread y consi dered the appoi ntmen t at some
meeti ng on the forma tion
Recon sidera tion of the resolu tion passe d at the Janua ry
of a comm ittee was discu ssed.
Recom menda tion by Mr. Erick son to define what
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of its duty which was to
the comm ittee is to do and to qualif y the Board s intent ion
g else, but prior to that
.advis e and couns el on the buildi ng develo pment and nothin
ng - to appoin t a new
action proce ed with the agend a decide d upon at the last meeti
of the action .
memb er in the Board and advise the write r of this letter
imme diatel y.
Mr. Green stated the attorn ey advise d filling the vacan cy
The
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person s.
Presid ent then asked for any other recom menda tions of qualifi ed
Griffin asked permis sion to withdr aw the name of Mr. Wakef ield.
Since the
by Mrs. Petty
remain ing nomin ee was Donald Kraft the followi ng motion was made
second ed by Mr. Ericks on.
That the Librar y Board accept Donald Kraft as a memb er
of the Board of Direct ors to fill the vacanc y of
Mr. Louis Weing art.
Motion :
all votes were
After discus sion of Mr. KrafU. squalif ication s, roll was called and
affirm ative.
appoin tment
Mr. Green stated he will draft a letter advisin g Mr. Kraft of his
and stating the
and also a letter to Mrs. Hersh thankin g her for her sugges tion
vacanc y was filled at this meetin g.
Recom menda tion that the letter to Mrs. Hersh
with the League
might say the Librar y Board would welcom e any opport unity to work
to insure adequa te and accura te reporti ng.
the Skokie
Mr. Green gave a short report on the progre ss of System 5 stating
quality of the
Public Librar y has been provid ing a tempo rary meetin g place, the
a grant.
elected board, the plan to set up by-law s, and plans for solicit ing
When
es in the system .
the .grant is given a library will be set up to serve all the librari
nce books that
It is the hope of all memb ers to acquir e in the System library refere
le by means
smalle r librari es could not acquir e. These books can be made availab
of loans and provis ions will be made for inter-l ibrary loans.
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s Citizen s
The next order of busine ss was the establi shmen t of the Presid ent
the name ; and
Adviso ry Comm ittee on Librar y Expan sion and the rieed to qualify
pu,1ipo se of this commi ttee.
The Presid ent review ed. the circum stance s of formin g
to explain what the
the commi ttee and stated the intenti on was to have a commi ttee
citizen s f"elt and bring this to the Presid ent of the Board.
This Librar y Board
ion in this
went to consid erable time and study of the need for library expans
commu nity.
is
We have a very compe tent librari an who made a very carefu l analys
of these needs.
An archite ct prepar ed drawin gs on the space requir ed.
Althou gh
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the Board thought the plans were conservative we were severely criticized.
Apparently we did not communicate well with the community •. After the defeat
of the referendum the Board wondered what the community really wants.
In an
effort to find out it was decided to get representative citizens residing and
civically active in different parts of the community and ask them to assess the
needs and how to implement them.
At the January meeting we discussed at some
length formation of such a committee and recommended that the President write
to various groups for nominations of persons to serve on this committee, r~strict
ing our choice to organizations which are community wide •. ::Five groups were
asked to submit four names each.
At the last meeting question was raised
whether someone from the southeast and .southwest end, who was an outstanding
user of the library, could be appointed.
The Board failed to make any recom-
mendations except for the motion by Rabbi Weiner that three representative s
from the clergy be asked to serve as members.
Rabbi Weiner was given the
commitment of furnishing these names.
At this time Miss Radmacher reported her unsuccessful attempts to contact
the President of the Skokie Valley PTA Council for two additional names but; will
continue trying.
She also informed the Board that Mrs. Norman Feit will replace
Mr. Sol Herman as a representative from the Skokie Home Owners Council.
Mr. Green further stated that the Board needs to be quite clear as to the
functions of this committee in the interest of its efficient functioning and prevention
of misunderstand ings that might arise.
At this point discussion was held and the question asked whether everyone had
reread the resolution and if it clearly stated its objective.
Points mentiohed were:
communication and liaison with the committee should be through the President
rather than the staff or the Board at large; the Board should participate in the group's
activities but have it clearly understood it is an advisory committee to the President.
Rabbi Weiner moved that the motion of the January meeting be amended by a definition formulated now for the purpose of clarification of the intention of the motion
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as it was made at that time.
Mr. Green stated his concept of this committee would be to serve as advisory
to the President.
He felt it was the consensus of this Board that committees of
the Library, as must organizations, are appointed by the President with the chair.man designated by the President of the Board.
It appears this Board is in agree-
ment that the principal job of this committee shall be to bring to the President of
the Board the committee 1 s assessment of the need for physical expansion of the
library facilities and a recommendation as to what action the Board shoUld take
to meet future library needs of the Village.
This committee should feel they are
working with the Board but the Board is not presenting any plan to them saying
this is what we want you to approve and recommend.
This must be a cooperative
· adventure between the Boa.rd and the Committee to which the President will convey
to the Chairman of the Committee the thoughts of the Library trustees as they
develop in their meetings and convey back to the Library Board the thoughts of the
Committee as they develop them and thus complete liaison can be established.
Motion by Mr. Erickson seconded by Rabbi Weiner.
Motion:
To approve the President's recommendation concerning
the establishment of a president's Citizens Advisory
Committee on Library Expansion with the understanding
that it is the Board 1 s hope that the Committee's report
and recommendations will be submitted to the President
of the :Soard on or before August 1, · 1966 and with the
further understanding that the Committee may or may not
continue to exist after this date at the discretion of the
President with the concurrence of the Board.
On roll call all members present voted affirmatively.
The President announced the appointment of Mr. Edwin Simon as Chairman
of this Committee.
The Board affirmatively confirmed the appointment.
Mr • .Simon will be contacted and asked to draft some material for the combined
meeting of the Library Board and the Committee.
Miss Radmacher was asked to
prepare informative materials for each member of the Committee.
�- 5 The Librarian left the meeting to contact Mr. Edwin Simon by phone and
on returning reported she had received his consent to serve as chairman of
the President 1 s Citizens Advisory Committee on Library Expansion and his
suggestion to ask Mrs. Goldie DuBow to serve as co-chairman.
Motion for adjournment by Mr. Erickson seconded by Mrs. Griffin.
The
meeting adjourned at 9:30 p. m.
Secretary
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Skokie Public Library. Board of Trustees
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Petty, Selma (Secretary)
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library board meetings