WPL Trustees | Weeks Public Library

Trustees, Agendas and Minutes

Fall, 2024

The trustees are embarking on a strategic plan under the direction of our director Adam Shlager who will guide us through the process. One of the tenets of a plan for the future is to ensure that facilities and staff are taken care of and that plans are in place for any maintenance that might arise. While our building is new, most of its mechanical parts have a twenty-year shelf life. Those systems are expensive, so we want to make sure to save for them in an appropriate fashion, so we are not caught off guard.
We will also be using our crystal ball to try and look ahead three to five years to determine our community’s needs. Services and programming are important to the success of the library and expanding those areas will certainly be key in our thinking.
Serving Greenlanders from infancy through the golden years is on our agenda. What will our children need to become successful members of our town and what can we do for our aging population to keep them vital members of the community? We will be looking to our strategic partners and our patrons to answer some of these questions. Please, don’t hesitate to let us know your thoughts.

Spring, 2024

The Trustees applaud the re-election of Libby Elwood and Chris Peters for another three-year term on the Weeks Public Library Board of Trustees and we are grateful that they have chosen to do another three-year term. At the trustee meeting on March 13,2024, the officers of the Board of Trustees were re-elected for a one-year term. Chris Peters will serve as the Chair of the Trustees, Eileen Bischoff as the Secretary and Jane Man as the Treasurer. Kari Bivona and David Phreaner were reappointed as
Alternate Trustees. We appreciate the service of all of those who stepped up to serve.

In April, Marcia McLaughlin announced that she would be moving from the area and presented her resignation to the Board of Trustees. It was with deep sadness that the resignation was
accepted and the board expressed their deep appreciation to both Marcia and Craig for all they had done to ensure the Weeks Public Library became a model for libraries on the seacoast with the construction project that occupied an incredible amount of their time and energy. We will never be able to thank them for all they have done to transform an idea into reality. Kari Bivona
agreed to accept the trustee position in Marcia’s place and serve out her term.

With Kari’s position open, a new member of the community stepped up to become a new alternate trustee. We are so pleased to welcome Mimi Boxwell to the Board and we look forward to the
positive energy she brings to the group.

The Weeks Public Library is moving forward and with Adam Shlager as our director at the helm and a wonderful support staff, we know we will be moving in a positive direction to further serve the residents of Greenland.

Please let us know if there are things you would like to see at the library going forward – programs, initiatives, etc. “the world is our oyster”.

Library Trustees

Christine Peters, Chair 2027

Eileen Bischoff, Secretary 2026

Jane Man, Treasurer 2025

Kari Bivona, 2025

Libby Ellwood, 2027

Alternates: David Phreaner, Mary Ann Boxwell

The trustees can be contacted at: trustees@weekspubliclibrary.org

Draft minutes of Trustee Meetings prior to 2021 are available at the Circulation Desk. View PDFs from individual meetings below to see approved minutes of Trustee Meetings.

Agendas and Minutes from the Building Committee Meetings and Fundraising Committee Meetings are available at the Circulation Desk.