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Volunteer Report Volunteer Coordinator Nancy Adams was not present, but reported we currently have have enough volunteers for normal operations,however additional volunteers may need to be recruited if a decision is made to expand weekend hours (see New Business). Also we will need volunteers to learn to make balloon animals for the "Santa's Bobbing Into Town"annual Christmas event. Sara Jane Olson said she would volunteer, and per Terri Grimes more information will come about training for this. Programs and Publicity Reports Claire Nagel continues to do the column in the paper as well as occasional press releases. Melissa Birch sends out the monthly newsletter. Sara Jane has the library Facebook page up and running and we have already got 50+ followers. Sara Jane and Melissa have been discussing options for updating our main library website, which can either be done by the original web designer out in Boston or by potentially building a new website using an online service,which would enable us to easily edit and update the site ourselves. Sara Jane is researching options for this. Both Sara Jane and Melissa have experience with designing and managing websites and feel confident this option is likely best. The board was not opposed,but asked about expenses. Melissa explained there are several good online services that might work and the cost is reasonable. We continue to have Legacy Events organized through Kitchigami. Last month there was a Native Pride Arts event that was a huge success and which was attended by the 6th grade class from Pequot Lakes. We have another last-minute event coming up on October 6 at 4pm featuring Ojibwe storyteller Anne Dunn and musician Annie Humphreys. The local author event planned for late fall 2016 is going to be rescheduled for spring 2017 in order to avoid conflicting with a similar Kitchigami event planned for this fall. The date is set for May 13. The board discussed and agreed on a name for the event: "Made in Minnesota: A Celebration of Local Authors. Children's Programs Story time is suspended now until next spring, due to low/no attendance after school starts. Terri Grimes gave us a summary of the 2016 reading program- 106 kids originally enrolled in the program, with 85 completing the reading. Each of the 11 events hosted by the library had an attendance of at least 60-70 kids. Tern has already started planning the 2017 summer program-the theme will be"Building a Better World" - and has 6 events already lined up. She asked the board for ideas related to the theme and reminded us we `-' have $1,000 additional in the program budget to use. The board suggested several ideas.