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Paris Public Library Advisory Board <br />Meeting Minutes <br />November 16, 2016 <br />Opening: <br />The regular meeting of the Paris Public Library Advisory Board was called to order at 4:00 p.m. <br />Present: <br />Board members present were Fran Neeley, Connie Dodd, Daisy Harvill, Carol James, Michelle Cowling, <br />Rebecca Umphrey, and Ron Hervey, library supervisor. Denise Kornegay and director Priscilla McAnally were <br />absent. <br />I. Approval of Minutes <br />The minutes of the previous meeting were unanimously approved as presented. <br />II. New Business: <br />A. The director has talked with Ruth Evans from the Lamar County Literacy Council about the <br />possibility of holding some of the LCCC classes in the library. <br />B. The Friends will host a "Pajama Story Time" on Tuesday, November 29 in the Gallery. The <br />children will come in their pajamas and do a craft, have a snack, and hear a story read by Santa <br />Claus. Kristi Head suggested the idea to the Friends from an idea she had seen. <br />III. Old Business: <br />The Bigger's mural will not be loaned out for the exhibit sponsored by Brookfield Properties for <br />the exhibit "the Legacy of John Biggers" at the Two Allen Center Lobby Gallery in Houston. The <br />transportation cost exceeded the budget. <br />IV. Presentations <br />A. Budget Report. <br />No unusual expenditures for October. <br />B. Statistical Report. <br />FY15 -16 year -end statistics showed decreases of 6.4% in circulation and 4.7% in visits from <br />the previous FY year. <br />October 2016 numbers showed a 6.1 % increase over October of 2015. <br />V. Friends of the Library: <br />No report from the Friends this month. <br />VI. Director's Remarks — Reminder that the board had decided due to the proximity of the Christmas <br />Holidays there would be no meeting in December. <br />Next meeting — January 18, 2017 <br />Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 4:15 p.m. <br />Submitted by <br />Connie Dodd, Vice -Chair <br />