<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><div>Hello Friends,<br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:large"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="4" style="font-size:large;font-family:garamond,serif">The next <a href="http://foml.org/" target="_blank"><span class="gmail-il">FOML</span></a> <span class="gmail-il">Workshop</span> will be held this Fall with the theme <b><i>"</i></b></font><b style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><i>Good To Great: Becoming High-Achieving Friends</i></b><font size="4" style="font-size:large;font-family:garamond,serif"><b><i>"</i></b> and it's coming up on <b>Thursday, October 12th, 201<div class="gmail_default" style="display:inline">​7</div></b> at the <b>Kent District Library Service Center!</b> </font></div><div style="font-size:large"><br></div><div style="font-size:large">Topics will include:</div><div style="font-size:large"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><i style="font-weight:bold">"Friendly Advice: Helpful Information about Successful Friends Organizations"</i> with <b>Lance Werner</b>, Director of the Kent District Library;</li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><b><i>"Organizing and Planning Book Sales and Bookstore Operations" - </i></b>a panel discussion with <b>Laurel Ingram and Nancy Harper</b> from the Friends of the Cascade Township Branch of the Kent District Library;</li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">and <b>Darnell Gundy-Reed</b>, <span class="gmail-il">FOML</span> Director and member of the Friends of Muskegon Area District Library, will host a panel discussion: <b><i>"If Only I Knew How: Tips for recruiting, retaining, and developing volunteers and Friends board members."</i></b></li></ul></div><div style="font-size:large">Here's the link for the full <a href="http://foml.org/eventsconferences/2017-fall-workshop/" target="_blank">agenda</a>.</div><div style="font-size:large"><br></div><div><font color="#0000ff" size="4"><b>For the afternoon discussions, please bring examples of handouts and presentation materials of past successful events, campaigns, fundraising, etc. to share with other groups.</b></font></div><div style="font-size:large"><br></div><div style="font-size:large">These <span class="gmail-il">workshops</span> are a great time to network with other Friends groups and spend a day learning how to support your library!</div><div style="font-size:large"><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p></div><div style="font-size:large">Registration will only remain open until this Friday, September 29th on the <a href="http://foml.org/foml-workshop-registration/" target="_blank"><span class="gmail-il">FOML</span> website</a>. <font face="garamond, serif" size="4">Remember, </font>2017 <span class="gmail-il">FOML</span> <a href="http://foml.org/group-membership-form/" target="_blank">members</a> receive a discount.</div><div style="font-size:large"><br></div><div style="font-size:large"><div>I hope to see you at the <span class="gmail-il">FOML</span> Friends Fall <span class="gmail-il">Workshop</span>!</div><div><br></div><div>Allison Arnold, President</div><div>Friends of Michigan Libraries</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Links in this email:</b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><font face="garamond, serif"><a href="http://foml.org/eventsconferences/2017-fall-workshop/" target="_blank">http://<span class="gmail-il">foml</span>.org/<wbr>eventsconferences/2017-fall-<wbr><span class="gmail-il">workshop</span>/</a></font><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><font face="garamond, serif"><a href="http://foml.org/foml-workshop-registration/" target="_blank">http://<span class="gmail-il">foml</span>.org/<span class="gmail-il">foml</span>-<span class="gmail-il">workshop</span>-<wbr>registration/</a></font><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><font face="garamond, serif"><a href="http://foml.org/group-membership-form/" target="_blank">http://<span class="gmail-il">foml</span>.org/group-<wbr>membership-form/</a></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><di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