JANUARY COFFEE MORNING   
22 February 2011
HELLO EVERYONE,

OUR JANUARY COFFEE MORNING WAS A GREAT SUCCESS AND RAISED OVER £90. THE BULK OF THE MONEY WAS RAISED THROUGH FOOD SALES (HURRAH, THEY LIKED OUR TREATS) SO WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND THE HOURS OF THE SALE TO TRY AND SELL MORE BOOKSTHE NEXT TIME. THE AIM IS TO TRY AND REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF SALE BOOKS IN THE READING ROOM SO WE CAN TURN IT INTO MORE OF A STUDY CENTER AND QUIET ROOM. OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO SELL ALL BOOKS ON-LINE WITH AN OCCASIONAL BOOK SALE TIED TO THE COFFEE MORNINGS.

iT WAS DEFINITELY A LEARNING EXPERIENCE, AND WE LEARNED HOW WE WOULD DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY FOR THE NEXT COFFEE MORNING, BUT IT WAS AN EXPERIMENT THAT WORKED. THE MORE MONEY WE RAISE, THE MORE THINGS WE CAN DO FOR THE LIBRARY! MANY THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED THROUGH SET-UP, SALES, SERVING, CLEAN-UP AND BAKING TREATS. SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR ESTEEMED HEAD OF LIBRARY--KEVIN BAKER FOR GETTING THERE AHEAD OF TIME AND SORTING BOOKS. THANKS TO THE OTHER LIBRARIANS FOR THEIR PATIENCE THAT MORNING. I'M SURE IT ADDED TO THEIR WORKLOAD. ALSO, LASTLY, BUT NEVER LEAST---THANKS TO ALL THE WORKER BEES, ELIZABETH CLARK, SOPHIE HAMILTON, MARGRET JOSS-POWELL, CARLOINE ASKEW AND MARIEKE STEUBEN. THE REALLY LAST THANKS NOW TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO CAME IN AND BROWSED AND BOUGHT AND SUPPORTED OUR CAUSE. HURRAH! NEXT COFFEE MORNING AND BOOK SALE IS SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, MARCH 26TH.

VOLUNTEERS:

BY THIS TIME EVERYONE ON OUR MEMBERSHIP LIST SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY PHONE OR MAIL ABOUT VOLUNTEERING PREFERENCES, AS WE ARE FINALLY PUTTING TOGETHER A LIST. IT HAS TAKEN A WHILE DUE TO THE BUDGET HEARINGS AND ALL AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE. WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN YOU AND VERY MUCH VALUE YOUR OFFERS TO VOLUNTEER! PLEASE SOMEONE, ANYONE---I NEED A NEW TREASURER. IT'S NOT A HARD JOB, BUT AN IMPORTANT ONE!