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</font><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>The next FOML Workshop will be held
this Fall with the theme <b><i>"</i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Be<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">st Practices: Key Steps to Improving Your
Service as a Library Friend”</span></i></b> and it's coming up on <b>Thursday,
October 4th, 2018</b> at the <b>Delta Township District Library!</b>
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</font><ul style="list-style-type: disc; direction: ltr;"><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><i><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>"F</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>riends of All Ages: Engaging with Youth Through
Programming</span></i></b><b><i><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>"</span></i></b><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> with </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Cathy Lancaster</span></b><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>, Youth Services
Coordinator, Library of Michigan</span><b><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>
</span></b></p></li><li style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;'><p style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;'><b><i><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>"Are You Organized – or Not? Key Organizational
Principles for Successful Friends Groups"</span></i></b><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> with </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Clare Membiela</span></b><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>, Library Law
Consultant, Library of Michigan</span></p></li><li style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;'><p style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;'><b><i><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>"All Pumped Up: Strategies for Fiends’ Public Relations
& Possible Fundraising, Too” </span></i></b><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>with </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Trenton Smiley</span></b><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>, Marketing & Communications
Director and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Scott Duimstra, </b>Executive
Director, Capital Area District Libraries Groups<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></p><p style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt;'><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></p><p style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt;'><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>These workshops are a great time to
network with other Friends groups and spend a day learning how to support
your library! </span></p><p style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt;'><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></p><p style='line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt;'><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Registration is now open! Register
online at: </span><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'><a href="http://foml.org/events/friends-of-michigan-libraries-fall-2018-workshop/"><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font color="#0000ff">http://foml.org/events/friends-of-michigan-libraries-fall-2018-workshop/</font></span></a></span></p><p style='line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt;'><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></p><p style='line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt;'><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Would you like to also attend the
Trustee Alliance workshop (with special guest speaker Josie Parker) on Friday,
October 5th? You can register online at: </span><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;'><a href="http://foml.org/events/foml-trustee-alliance-fall-workshop/"><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font color="#0000ff">http://foml.org/events/foml-trustee-alliance-fall-workshop/</font></span></a></span></p><p style='line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt;'><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></p><p style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt;'><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Remember, 2018 FOML members
receive a discount. </span></p><p style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt;'><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></p><p style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt;'><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>I hope to see you at the FOML
Friends Fall Workshop! </span></p><p style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt;'><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></p><p style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt;'><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Allison Arnold, President </span></p><p style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt;'><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>Friends of Michigan Libraries </span></p></li></ul><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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