October 8, 1991

I spend the morning at home, reading, taping, wishing Barb weren't here so this house could give up its dormitory feel.  The countdown is now under the three-month mark.

The furnace guy stops by around 11.  He discovers a dangerously plugged-up unit.  That tongue of flame I discovered at the end of last year's heating season was due to a clogged flue.

I don't have a very productive afternoon; I'm too busy thinking about how my presentation to the Finance Committee will go.  I get my points across, but my gut feeling is that this is not a year for staff increases.  

The board meets at 6, and the major agenda item is the endowment policy.  The rest of the evening is relatively slow.

I read and watch the last few innings of the AL playoff game once I get home.

September 17, 1991

7213 Elmwood Avenue, some 20 years later

Big surprise on the way to work.  Julia Sherman's house has a "for sale" sign posted in front of it.  The reason for her move to Madison, as I later discover, has more to do with an ongoing custody battle with her husband than with recent council battles.  It will be a major change for the library as Julia has been the only council liaison to the board for the past 8 years.

At a special board meeting, we talk about the endowment fund policy, and by the end of our one hour together, I have what seems to be enough raw material to transform into the first draft of a written policy.