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Friends of the San Diego Public Library North Park

Monthly Meeting Minutes

March 21, 2024

Held at the North Park branch of the San Diego Public Library

Manager’s Report:

Oasis retirement and estate strategies upcoming event on May 14 at 3pm. Chelsea Clinton visited the Central Library last week. Yearly patron satisfaction survey is conducted through April 13. New book carts were ordered. NP received from the matching funds pool distribution $14,913.91

YSL Report: 

Spring into STEAM March - May for tweens. March 27 - Mad Science - Living in Space program

April 7-13  is National Library week; fun facts per day will be posted by the library; Like our Facebook page!

Membership Report:

We continue to get new members; 10 since the last meeting and renewals are trickling in. 

Corporate Report: City budget season coming up; will not be a good year. Mayor is asking to cut budget by 2%.

Treasurer’s report:

Starting balance:$15,702.71

Ending balance: $15,507.30

Debits:

2/9/24, CK 1186; SDFOL Corporate; $10

2/9/24, CK 1188; KB for SONOFEST: $50

2/9/24, CK 1189; TC for Dinner with Friends; $135.41

No Deposits.

New Library discussion:

James reported on meeting with Patrick Stewart. We need to make noise, make a buzz, this is the goal; get the business community involved; OB’s library was built with 1/3 from donations (businesses); 1/3 city; 1/3 federal funds; Steven Whitburn, Toni Atkins, Chris Ward - Invite them to the branch. North Park planning committee is the alliance we need. Biggest obstacle is that we are close to UH and they are higher up on the list. Do an open house. Let’s get back to what we were doing pre-pandemic. Open house will have a fundraising goal. Let’s get in touch with the business community. Soliciting for donations from bookstores first. Would be good practice to hone these skills. Let’s be deliberate and strategic about this process. 

Steve: Re: Funding - the city will not pay for most of it. Libraries get built by cities paying some (developers fees); Whitburn has a discretionary fund. Current planning committee may not be the planning committee.