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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;font-family:garamond,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;font-family:garamond,serif">Hello Trustee Alliance Friends,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;font-family:garamond,serif">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;font-family:garamond,serif"><font size="4">The next FOML Trustee Alliance workshop is called <b><i>"Connecting the Dots: Creating a Star Board of Trustees"</i></b> and it's coming up on <b>Friday, September 12, 2014</b> at the <b>Cascade Township Branch of the Kent District Library!</b></font></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;font-family:garamond,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;font-family:garamond,serif">We have special guest speaker <b>Sarah Ann Long</b> and her topics include:</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;font-family:garamond,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font size="4" face="garamond, serif">The Trustees Role: What is it? Are there dos and don’ts?<br>
</font></li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font size="4" face="garamond, serif">The Library Director’s Role vs. Trustee Roles<br></font></li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font size="4" face="garamond, serif">Evaluating the Library Director: Why It’s Necessary and a Formula for Success<br>
</font></li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font size="4" face="garamond, serif">Library Funding Issues: Reprise</font></li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font size="4" face="garamond, serif">Library Policies: What’s Needed and Not Needed (By-Laws, Library Policy and Staff Procedures)</font></li>
</ul></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;font-family:garamond,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;font-family:garamond,serif">FOML Trustee Alliance workshops are a great time to network with other Trustee groups, tour the <b>Cascade Township Library</b>, and spend a day learning how to support your library! Please keep in mind that this is a similar program that was presented at the Spring workshop last April at the Canton Public Library.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default"></div><div class="gmail_default">This project is funded (in part) with a Library Services and Technology Act grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library of Michigan.</div>
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You will find a registration form <a href="http://fomltrusteealliance.org/workshop/" target="_blank">here</a> or contact Linda Pierce at <a href="mailto:LPierce1@kettering.edu" target="_blank">LPierce1@kettering.edu</a> or <a href="tel:%28810%29%20762-9840" value="+18107629840" target="_blank">(810) 762-9840</a>.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;font-family:garamond,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial"><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">If you'd like to also attend the FOML Friends Group workshop on Thursday, September 11th, you will find the agenda and registration form <a href="http://foml.org/eventsconferences/2014-october-workshop/" target="_blank">here</a>.</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial"><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial"><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">Remember, 2014 FOML Trustee Alliance members receive a discount. I</font><span style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">f you want to attend BOTH workshops,</span><span style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"> you save even more</span><span style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">. If you haven't had time to renew your membership yet, learn more about the benefits of membership at our website: <a href="http://www.fomltrusteealliance.org">www.fomltrusteealliance.org</a>.</span></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;font-family:garamond,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;font-family:garamond,serif">I hope to see you there!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;font-family:garamond,serif">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;font-family:garamond,serif">Shirley Bruursema</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;font-family:garamond,serif">FOML Trustee Alliance Representative</div>
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<br></div></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div><font color="#000099" size="4">Linda Pierce</font></div><div>Administrative Specialist</div><div>Kettering Library</div><div><br></div><div>Phone: (810) 762-9840 </div>
<div>Fax: (810) 762-9744 </div><div>1700 University Avenue ~ Flint, MI 48504</div><div><br></div><div><font color="#000099" size="4">Kettering University</font></div>
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