<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default"><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">Hello Trustee Alliance Friends,</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="garamond, serif"><font size="4">The theme of the next FOML Trustee Alliance workshop is <b><i>"</i></b></font><font size="4"><b><i>Knowledge is Power:  What Trustees Need to Know about Library Governance</i></b></font><font size="4"><b><i>"</i></b> and it's coming up on <b>Friday, October 14th, 2016</b> at the <b>Kalamazoo Public Library - Central Branch!</b></font></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">We have special guest speaker <b>Josie Parker</b> and her topics include:</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;font-family:garamond,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font size="4" face="garamond, serif">"The Power and Limitations of Library Trustees: What's Being a Trustee All About?"<br></font></li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font size="4" face="garamond, serif">"Knowledge Is Power: Lessons Learned About Trustee Governance"<br></font></li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font size="4" face="garamond, serif">"Talk About Trustees: What Knowledge About Governing Your Library Can You Share?"<br></font></li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font size="4" face="garamond, serif">and "Knowledge Is Power: Lessons Learned and Knowledge Gained from Today's Workshop"</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>Kalamazoo Public Library</b>, and spend a day learning how to support your library! </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"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default">Registration will open soon at <a href="http://www.fomltrusteealliance.org/" target="_blank">www.fomltrusteealliance.org</a>. We will also have registration forms in the upcoming Trustee Alliance newsletter.</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_default">The FOML Friends Group workshop will also be held at the Kalamazoo Public Library the day before, on Thursday, October 13th. <font face="garamond, serif" size="4">I</font>f you want to attend BOTH workshops, you save even more. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;font-family:arial"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">Remember, 2016 FOML Trustee Alliance members receive a discount.  </span><span style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">If you haven't had time to renew your Trustee Alliance membership yet, you can do so online</span><span style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"> </span><a href="http://fomltrusteealliance.org/membership/" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">here</a><span style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">.</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">I hope to see you there!</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Shirley Bruursema</div><div class="gmail_default">FOML Trustee Alliance Representative</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div></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"><br></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"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span><img src="cid:ii_153392707253cbf6" alt="Inline image 1" width="562" height="253" style="margin-right: 0px;">                                                    <img src="cid:ii_1533929825f1ccde" alt="Inline image 2" width="224" height="205" style="margin-right: 0px;"></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"><br></div><div class="gmail_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