Minutes of the 11/20/25 Friends of HPL Meeting
Present: Jen Mabee, Helen Gallagher, Irene White, Liz Vezina, Diane Corbin, Lorrie Sanborn, Kathie Clark
| TOPIC | DISCUSSION | ACTION |
| Call to order | 5:04 to 5:56 in person at HPL | |
| Minutes | The 10/16 minutes were accepted. | |
| Financial Report | Beginning balance $45344.77, ending $4446.79 | $90.98 paid for website/domain. |
| Publicity | RTE, FB, and website are updated regularly. | Check them out! |
| School Liaison | The Reading Buddies program at Somerset Elementary School continues, 2 hours/week, to K through grade 2. | Call Principal Ellen Suprenant to volunteer. There is training. |
| Book Talk Club | Next meeting, discussing West with Giraffe is 12/2. All winter meetings will be via Zoom, 6 pm. Here’s a list of titles for the first 6 months of 2026 – January: All the Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley February: The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden March: The Sentence by Louise Erdrich April: Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf May: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong June: Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate | Call Lorrie 938-4702 to join the fun! |
| Display Case | Photo Art by Nellie Kennedy and Irene is currently displayed. Next month will featue Old-fashioned Christmas items. | Contact Irene to loan books, ornaments, cards, pictures, dishes, toys, etc. 717-9011 |
| Writers Group | Aspiring writers meet one Saturday/month, 10 am, next in January. | Call Lorrie to join. |
| Old Business | We voted to approve purchasing passes for Children’s Discovery Museum, Lake George, and Botanical Gardens. | |
| New Business | The building needs pressure washing. | The Board will arrange for this. |
| Next Meeting | Thursday, January15, 2026, 5 pm. | New members are welcome, too! |
Respectfully submitted,
Kathie Clark, Secretary
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