FOSL Meeting Record

II. SUMMARY

A. Action Items

• Sign up FOSL & library to have booth at Sumas Days (Cayla)
• Purchase treats for weekly chess program (Cayla)

B. Upcoming Events

• Fishing Derby (American Legion event), June 1
  • bake sale? (bake sale!)

III. MEETING REPORT

A. Approve Prior Meeting Report

• No changes needed, record approved

B. Financial

• Current balance: $4,048.29
  • +$165 - bingo night
  • -$428.54 - cash prize for coloring contest and bingo prizes
  • -$170.05 - Brett and Sarah baking supplies
  • balance does not include new(!) PayPal donation balance of $25 from bake sale

C. Library News

• summer reading coming up – kick off day is June 24th
• weekly lunch break book club Wednesdays beginning in June
• last story time coming up, will have them Mondays in July
• Medicinal Herb Gardening program Sat. May 18th

D. Old Business

• Spring Cleaning Bingo:
  • fun, learned a lot.
  • 30 – 50 people in attendance, but not nearly as good as previous bingo night. Possible ideas why: moved night from Thursday to Friday, Spring Break week, other local conflicts (Legion burger night, baseball).
  • Prize table for under 12 was a hit.
  • Samantha, Brett and Sarah thought it was nice to have it a bit smaller.
  • Sound system worked well and saved Samantha’s voice.
  • Thanks to church for letting FOSL use the gym at no cost.
  • Believe FOSL can only have 2 bingo nights per fiscal year, but Samantha’s reading of the regulations is that FOSL can have more than 2 because they are not collecting any money and bringing an item might fall more into a white elephant gift. As for prizes, that is ok if the item is donated (no money) but gift cards are a gray area and still unsure about them. Potential idea is to partner with the Legion for fall bingo as they have a location and a group of people who regularly attend on Friday burger nights.
• Spring Cleaning dinner & bake sale:
  • Brett said all went well, mostly because it was a smaller group. Would probably have been more difficult with a larger group of people attending.
  • The kitchen space was adequate but there was only 1 outlet and it was difficult to tell what could be used because the area is undergoing renovations.
  • Potluck was by donation, bake sale had priced items.
• Downtown Clean-Up Day:
  • collected 1 ton of garbage.
  • Word got out about cleaning up as there were people that showed up to help that were not previously known
• Coloring contest:
  • “cool event” for the awards, Mayor Bosch attended and Brett took some pictures.
  • Samantha called the winners – parents were excited their kids won.
  • All entries displayed in the windows of the library, but the event/winners was not publicized by Lynden Tribune (they were not contacted).
  • Didn’t pan out financially, as only 33 households participated. Ideas for next year include a coloring contest event where attendees spend their time coloring at the event.

E. New Business

• Fishing Derby:
  • put on by the American Legion in Sumas.
  • In past FOSL has had a bake sale and also sold chips and other drinks.
  • Date this year is Saturday, June 1.
  • Sarah and Brett are willing to head up the bake sale again.
• Cornhole game purchase:
  • these have been made by Allen, he just had a bit more to do. Hoping to get them in the next few weeks.
• Sumas Days:
  • Fosl the dinosaur will be introduce to the community in the parade – Deanna will be Fosl, Brett and Sarah will be the dinosaur wranglers.
  • Library bookmobile will be in the parade as well.
  • FOSL are still considering ideas for a booth (dinosaur dig, photos with Fosl, watermelon…)
• Board positions changing in June: Nancy Coyler is incoming President, Deanna Lambert taken over as Treasurer

F. Community News

• None

G. Next Meeting

• Meeting concluded at 7:30pm
• Next meeting on Wednesday June 5th (changed from typical Monday to accommodate schedules)