Highlights of January 2017 Membership Meeting

BABY BAGS:  The Baby Bag Program with Shore Memorial is thriving.  The committee is considering expanding the number of bags from eighty to one hundred each month.

READ ACROSS AMERICA:  The Read Across America event, which is held at the Ocean City Primary School, will occur on March 2, 2017.  Volunteers will read to the students.

READING TREES:  The Reading Trees have been decorated with a Martin Luther King, Jr. theme for January.

SPECIAL PROJECTS/DISPLAY:  The display case in the library currently holds 150 Smurfs and Smurf memorabilia from the collection of Blake Bears.
A search is underway for Tea Tins to use in a display to coincide with the Author’s Tea.

NEW BUSINESS:  

• The 2017 budget was presented and approved.
• An Emergency Plan to be used in the event of a meeting cancellation has been developed.  An email will be sent to each member and phone call made by board members to people on designated lists.
• The library will be sponsoring events that may need our help.  The Edible Book Festival is scheduled for early April and the OC-CON is set for April 1 & 2.
• A review of the By-Laws and procedures will be conducted.