November 6th, 2025

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New business:
BJ Carter has been contacted and has agreed to join the library board. Dena made a motion to
have BJ Carter added to the library board. This was 2nd by Laura. All were in favor. Carrissa has
the form that needs to be filled out and presented to Stockport City council.
Gloria reports that United Way of Southeast lowa has announced that the Imagination Library is
available to Stockport area residents. She encourages those who are eligible to sign their kids
up.

Election of officers:
President - Gloria Brown (motioned by Dena and 2nd by Twila, all were in favor.)
Vice president - Shelly Carter (motioned by Twila and 2nd by Dena, all were in favor.)
Secretary - Twila Chaplin (motioned by Dena and 2nd by Laura, all were in favor.)
Book club reports having five members present at October's meeting.

 

Library report is read by Laura. See attached library report.
Shelly asks board members whether they would like to be administrators on the Facebook
page. Laura states that she does want to be added as administrator. Shelly will take care of
adding her.

Other business:
Carrissa has been in contact with O.J. Fargo. This is a speaker that will present about civil war
topics. She is wanting to schedule him for February 21st, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. Carrissa needs help
with the application and getting sponsors for the event. There is a $50 fee. Shelly motions that
the fee would be paid and that we would pursue the application process. This is 2nd by Laura.
Dena states that she will look into the application and will ask for sponsors as needed.
The next meeting is the soup supper on December 12th.

 

NEXT MEETING AGENDA
The next board meeting will be January 15th, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. At that time it will be discussed
whether the board will meet monthly or every other month, what steps need to be taken to start
using Libby, and what steps are needed in obtaining Tier 1 status. The board will work on a
budget at that time and have it finalized by March.

Meeting is adjourned at 11:30 a.m.

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