River Forest Public Library
Board of Trustees
Special Meeting for Trustees
May 30, 2007

Call to Order
Vice President Margaret Horstman called the meeting to order at 6:15 p.m. Present were Acting Directors Sarah Hampson and Dierdre Brennan and Trustees Harley Beck, Genevieve Halloran, Joan Cusack. Moments later, Joan O’Connor and Liz Fischer arrived. Mr. Coe was absent.

New Business: Guest Presentation
The evening’s topic was “Building the Library Board Team: A Board Development Workshop“, presented by Dan Cain of the Cain Consulting Group, Inc.

Mr. Cain presented an outline of points relating to trustee purpose, and facilitated discussion and follow-up questions from trustees who had particular questions relating to the optimal and appropriate functions of Trustees at the River Forest Public Library. 

All trustees were asked to prepare for a “debriefing” session at the monthly meeting on June 12, 2007. There was general agreement that such a session would be useful in determining next steps with respect to hiring a Library Director and getting on with Strategic Planning for the Library.

Special Vote to Approve Minutes of May 2007 meeting
Due to the Corus Bank requirement that the River Forest Public Library provide a copy of its Minutes at which new officers were elected, Ms. Horstman requested a vote to approve those minutes so that they could sent to the bank with the new signature cards. The motion to approve the minutes was made by Ms. Cusack and seconded by Ms. O’Connor. The motion passed unanimously. Note: This issue was addressed ahead of the regular schedule in order to keep Library payments running smoothly during June.

Adjournment
At 9:15 p.m., Ms. Cusack moved that the meeting be adjourned.  Ms. Halloran seconded. All ayes, and the meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted, 
Liz Fischer