Friends of the Library Annual Meeting at R. T. Jones Memorial Library for January 15, 2022

President Sarah Reed opened the meeting at 1:00 pm and thanked R,T. Jones for hosting the
event.

The first order of business was the presentation of the Susan E. White Award. Susan Stanton
thanked Martha Pierce and Penny Westbrook for their assistance on the committee. This year’s
recipients were Dan and Rececca Forrester. Tom Hill made the presentation. Dan and
Rebecca have been active in FOL for many years. They have served on every committee and
were co-chairmen for several years.

Anita Summers, Director of the Sequoyah Regional System opened her report by introducing
Angela Cortellino who will become the new director on February 1. Anita thanked FOL for all
the help it has given the system through the years.

Other points made were: Hickory Flat(HF) renovation plans continue, the new Stratigic Plan has
been implemented and is being followed, and the RFID system is in place in all branches. She
also noted the state legislature is now in session with the Georgia Council for Public Libraries
asking for $1.00 Per capita for books. Matching grants for updates for Woodstock Public
Library(WPL) have also been made.

Joan Hill introduced John Rogers, Community Engagement Manager for Sequoyah Regional
Library System, who presented our program on What is Happening in the Libraries. This was a
very informative program about the who, what, where, and how a person can get involved in the
libraries and all the services that are offered.

Joan Hill presented the minutes for the 2021 Annual meeting. The minutes were approved.
Dianna Gunter gave the grants report. We received grants from Cobb EMC that helped to
purchase kiosks for the different branches to buy supplies for our bookstore.

Tom Hill gave the treasurer’s report. FOL had $34,633 in deposits for 2021. Please see
attached for the complete report. He stated that we had $11,000 from the WPL bookstore.
Dianna Gunter gave the audit committee report. Bill Guion and Dianna found no discrepancies
in finances and everything was in order.

The membership report was given by Bill Guion. We currently have 132 members. Our
membership seems constant at this time. Bill feels membership might improve with the large
book sales. There appears to be some difficulty in paying for a membership on line with
Square. This will need to be addressed.

The nominating committee report was given by Joan Hill. The following were nominated:

Chairman Sarah Reed

• Co-chairman
• Secretary Joan Hill
• Treasurer Tom Hill
• Membership Susan Stanton and Bill Guion
• Webmaster Savannah Parham

Liaisons:

• Ball Ground
• RT Jones Joan Hill
• Hickory Flat
• WPL Pat Bull (2 years), Judi Smith (1 year)
• Rose Creek Dianna Gunter
• Library Board of Trustees Tom Hill

The slate of officers and liaisons was approved.

​Other thoughts that were discussed during the meeting were:

• How to improve signage at the bookstore.
• How to improve membership.
• How to make people aware of Amazonsmile.
• Making displays for the different branches to advertise FOL.
• Job description form for liaison to be sent out to all liaisons.
• A book sale announcement was made for the RT Jones Book Sale January 20-22.

Adjourn