HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-21-2023-BLT-ADDITIONAL HANDOUTJerold D Kappel, CEO
Newport Beach Public Library Foundation
Memo
To: Paul Watkins, Chair, Library Trustees
From: Jerold D Kappel, CEO
cc: Library Board of Trustees
Date: August 18, 2023
Re: Library Foundation Report
The Board of the Newport Beach Public Library Foundation did not meet in August. The Finance
Committee met to review the audit preparation and YTD finances.
1. Season Pass marketing: Season Passes for both Witte Lecture Series (second year)
and Library Live (first year) have exceeded goals. Currently there are 57 passes sold for
Library Live, over 32% of the house. There have been 80 Witte Lecture Series season
passes sold, or 22% of the house.
a. Although the capacity of the Friends Room is 200, because of major donor
complimentary tickets and speaker guests, the Foundation identifies the number of
potential tickets to be sold as 180 per event.
2. For the 2023-2024 season of Library Live, the Foundation will provide complimentary
tickets to students with a current Student I.D. and to the Learners of the Library’s
Literacy Program, as space permits.
3. The September Board Meeting of the Library Foundation is Monday, September 11,
2023, at 5:00 PM.
a. The Library Live Committee will meet on Tuesday, September 5, at 9:30 AM in the
Staff Conference Room. Note: depending on confirmed attendance because of
committee members travel plans, this meeting may be changed to a Zoom meeting.
b. The Witte Lecture Series Committee will meet on Thursday, September 14, at 9:30
AM in the Staff Conference Room. After the September meeting, Witte Committee
meetings will move to the First Thursday of the month.
4. The Library Leadership Reception will be held on Wednesday, October 4, from 5:00-7:00
PM in the Bamboo Courtyard. Hold the Date Cards will be mailed August 21 and formal
invites before the end of August.
a. All Trustees are on the invitation list.
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5. National Estate Planning Awareness Week begins October 16. That week will be the
launch to the Foundation’s estate giving program for the Elizabeth and John Stahr
Legacy Society in honor of the 30th anniversary of the Central Library.
a. The Foundation will be contracting with FreeWill to provide free Planned Giving
documents to our members on the website. The free will document that is
provided is California approved. FreeWill is utilized by hundreds of nonprofits,
large and small, including dozens of library foundations.
b. The Foundation has already developed a webpage for Estate Giving with
documents available for those individuals that already have an advisor and an
estate plan. https://nbplf.foundation/estate-giving/
6. The Spotlight on Science programs will start on November 15 with a presentation by UCI
professor Padhraic Smith, Ph.D., on Artificial Intelligence and its impact on scientific
research.
a. Also under consideration is Eric Rignot, UCI Professor of Earth System Science,
world-renowned glaciologist who studies the effects of global climate change on
polar ice sheets. The third presenter will be chosen before the end of August.
7. The first Book Discussion Group is on Wednesday, September 11 and the book is Lady
Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See, the first Library Live speaker. The Book Discussion
Group meets in the Friends Room the second Monday of the month at 9:30 AM.
https://nbplf.foundation/programs/book-discussion-group/
8. Medicine in Our Backyard begins on Monday, September 25, and will continue on
October 23 and November 13. https://nbplf.foundation/programs/medicine-in-our-
backyard/
9. The Financial Literacy Workshops begin Monday October 2 for six straight weeks.
https://nbplf.foundation/programs/financial-literacy-workshops/
10. Library Live will have two presentations in the Fall—Thursday, October 19 with Lisa See
and Thursday November 9 with Steve Lopez. https://nbplf.foundation/programs/library-
live/
11. Witte Lectures begin in January. https://nbplf.foundation/programs/witte-lectures/