The Meeting of the Eisenhower Public Library District Board of Trustees Island Within A City Committee October 20, 2022.
CALL TO ORDER
President Braun, called the meeting to order at 6:33 P.M.
ROLL CALL
Present: Ross, Braun, Magnuson, Parent, Krebs.
Present Electronically: Ringelstein (6:45 P.M.)
Absent Magnelli.
Also Present: Bacarella, Wittmann, committee members Blubaugh, McPhillips, Rich Massaro, and Julie Stam.
Absent: Dawn Parent.
COVID DECLARATION
Declaration by the Board President that a fully in-person meeting is not Practical or Prudent because of COVID.
RECOGNITION OF VISITORS
There were no visitors present.
PUBLIC COMMENT
There were no public comments.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Trustee Parent moved, seconded by Trustee Magnuson, THAT THE ISLAND WITHIN A CITY COMMITTEE MINUTES HELD SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 BE APPROVED AS AMENDED. A roll call vote was taken and the results were as follows: AYES Magnuson, Ringelstein, Ross, Parent, Krebs, Braun. NAYS None. ABSENT Magnelli. The motion carried.
ISLAND WITHIN A CITY BOOK COMMITTEE
Progress Report on Distributing and Advertising Essay Prompts—
Director Wittmann reported that Chris was finalizing the newsletter. Director Wittmann advised that she gave Trustee Magnelli a blurb to be posted in the Harwood Heights Newsletter and she gave Rich Massaro the blurb for the Norridge robo call. Julie will check with the schools to see what they need. They will send the appropriate prompts to the schools, the Police, and the mayors. Julie put together a timeline and distributed it to the committee. Rich advised that he put out something on Facebook and one person responded.
Island Within A City Event Timeline—
Julie discussed the electronic timeline with the committee. She explained how it works. She showed them an example of a free timeline but she advised that they might have to make a purchase to download data. She will investigate that further. Rich advised that maybe there was a way they could narrow the scope for people. Trustee Parent suggested putting something general out maybe asking people to tell us their favorite story about the community, but he is not sure how to get that out to those folks. Julie said that there is a timeline maker with a one-time software purchase and it is more visually appealing. Director Wittmann suggested that they discuss at the next meeting about getting the prompts out to the local agencies. Rich asked when they wanted the robo call to go out. Director Wittmann wanted to wait until the newsletter went out and the website is up and running. Julie will get in touch with Rich once the newsletter goes out. Trustee Ringelstein would like to review the meeting on Monday with Director Wittmann.
Next Meeting Date—
The committee will meet next on November 17, 2022 at 6:30 P.M.
Other Business—
There was no other business.
ADJOURNMENT
Trustee Ross moved, seconded by Trustee Magnuson, THAT THE MEETING BE ADJOURNED. A roll call vote was taken and the results were as follows: AYES Magnuson, Ringelstein, Ross, Parent, Krebs, Braun. NAYS None. ABSENT Magnelli. The motion carried. The Committee Meeting was adjourned at 7:00 P.M.
