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Thank you to the forty-five (45) members who attended the Friends of the Bulverde Area Rural Library District Annual Meeting on January 27, 2024. FOL President, Mary Lu Zellers, presided over the meeting. The minutes of the 2023 Annual Meeting were approved, there was a review of the 2023 financial statement and FOL activities for the year, and Mary Lu discussed the importance of reporting volunteer hours. The Board recognized the Electronic Communications Committee--Linda Quintero, Lois Blankenburg, and Jodi Perez--as the Volunteers of the Year. Merri DiPasquale was also recognized for her volunteer work cleaning and organizing the Friends' portion of the Library pantry. Mary Lu thanked all the committee chairs for their hard work during the year and recognized retiring directors, Anne-Marie Kimbell, Susan Shapiro, and Jo Ellen Towry, and Deborah Halsted who resigned due to a move to Fredericksburg.
Linda Quintero of the Nominating Committee introduced the slate of nominees for the 2024 Board of Directors. There were no nominees submitted from the floor, and the members present voted the following by acclamation: Joe DiPasquale, Betty Jo (Jody) Engelman, Erik Henchal, Jodi Perez, and Catherine (Cat) Reid. Board officer positions will be confirmed at the February board meeting.
Rob Lerner, Library Technology Director, gave a very informative presentation on the Library's Landscape Committee and the many projects planned to update the landscape around the Library. He stressed that the Butterfly Garden would remain in its present location.
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