Category Archives: Meeting Minutes

Present: Roger Gingrich (president), Cindy Hoisington (VP), Ginna Schonwald (Secretary), Diane St. Jean, Maureen Sawicki, Beth Brockett, Sarah Pfistner, Susan Gaudiello (Trustee chair), Heather Totty (guest) Greetings [from Open House “thoughts & questions” pad]: “So excited for our community & our kids to enjoy such an exciting space”; “great building – you build it –ContinueContinue reading “February 20, 2024 Meeting Minutes”

Present: Rebecca Butcher, Roger Gingrich (president), Liz Bolton (library director), Sarah Pfistner, Cindy Hoisington (VP), Diane St. Jean, Ginna Schonwald (secretary), and participating remotely Susan Gaudiello (chair, Trustees), Beth Brockett, Greeting: “There’s no difference between a pessimist who says, ‘It’s all over, don’t bother trying to do anything, forget about voting, ti won’t make aContinueContinue reading “February 6, 2024 Meeting Minutes”

Attending: Roger Gingrich (chair), Diane St. Jean, Rebecca Butcher, Susan Gaudiello, Sara Pfistner, Ginna Schonwald (secretary), Cindy Hoisington Minutes of 1/2/24 were approved unanimously. Update from Roger – We have $35K in pledges – $20K from Friends and 15K from the Barrington Historical Society which will hopefully be made available to reduce the size ofContinueContinue reading “January 9, 2024 Minutes”

Present: Roger Gingrich (chair), Diane St. Jean, Liz Bolton (Library Director), Beth Brockett, Kris Pavlik (treasurer), Cindy Hoisington, Rebecca Butcher, Sarah Pfistner, Ginna Schonwald (secretary), Heather Totty (guest), Susan Gaudiello (chair of BL Trustees) Greetings: “The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high, and we miss it, butContinueContinue reading “January 2, 2024 Minutes”

Present: Roger Gingrich (chr), Diane St. Jean, Maureen Sawicki, Cindy Hoisington, Sarah Pfistner, Ginna Schonwald (sec), Beth Brockett, Rebecca Butcher (remotely) Absent: Kris Pavlik Guests: Jackie Cilley (marketing consultant), Sue Gaudiello (Trustee chr), Liz Bolton (Library director) Greeting: Walter Cronkite once said, “Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to thatContinueContinue reading “December 5, 2023 Minutes”

Present: Roger Gingrich (chr), Rebecca Butcher, Kris Pavlik, Ginna Schonwald (secretary), Diane St. Jean, Cynthia Hoisington, Sarah Pfistner, Beth Brockett, Liz Bolton (lib director), Susan Gaudiello (chair, Library trustees), Jackie Cilley (guest -marketing consultant) Greeting: The Pygmalion Effect: The psychological phenomenon in which high expectations lead to improved performance. (A Greek myth in which Pygmalion,ContinueContinue reading “November 7, 2023 Minutes”

Greeting: Carl Sagan from “Cosmos”: “The library connects us with the insights and knowledge…of the greatest minds that ever were, with the best teachers…to instruct us without tiring and to inspire us to make our own contribution to the collective knowledge of the human species.” Present: Roger Gingrich (chr & sec), Diane St. JeanGuests: SarahContinueContinue reading “October 3, 2023 Minutes”

Present: Roger Gingrich (chr / secretary), Susan Gaudiello (chr Trustees), Sarah Pfistner (guest), Jackie Cilley (guest), Cindy Hoisington, Diane St. Jean, Beth Brocket, Liz Bolton (Director BPL), Kris Pavlik Absent: Rebecca Butcher, Ginna Schonwald, Maureen Sawicki Greetings: Niel Gross – Professor of Sociology at Colby College on “Does Fear of Crime Fuel More Crime” (NYT)ContinueContinue reading “September 5, 2023 Minutes”

Present: Roger Gingrich (chair), Diane St. Jean, Ginna Schonwald (secretary), Liz Bolton (library director) (remotely) Rebecca Butcher, Beth Brockett, Cindy Hoisington Greeting: “The Library is worth defending not just because it’s important to our society as a whole. It’s important because it helps us understand lives we believe to be unlike ours, understanding that canContinueContinue reading “August 1, 2023 Minutes”

Present: Roger Gingrich (chair), Rebecca Butcher (vice chair), Kris Pavlik (treasurer), Susan Gaudiello (Trustee chair) Beth Brockett, Cynthia Hoisington, Diane St. Jean, Maureen Sawicki, Liz Bolton (library director), (remotely) Ginna Schonwald (secretary). Greetings: from June 25, 2023, NYT Book Review by AO Scott, The Reading Crisis: “Just what is reading, anyway? Reading is, fundamentally, bothContinueContinue reading “July 11, 2023 Minutes”