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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><b style="line-height: normal;">MLA Connect Webinar: To Be, or Not to Be… a 501(c)(3) Library
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Monday, April 27</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Join MLA and Clare Membiela, Library Law Consultant, Library of Michigan for a live webinar, Monday, April 27 from 3:00 - 4:00pm.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">This webinar will discuss the meaning of a 501(c)(3) designation, the pros and cons of being a public library 501(c)(3), and what a library must do to obtain a 501(c)(3) designation. Participants in this webinar
will obtain information to help them and their library boards determine if a 501(c)(3) designation is something they should pursue.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Register online: </span></p>
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<o:p><a href="https://www.milibraries.org/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=78&Itemid=276&year=2020&month=04&day=27&title=mla-connect-webinar-to-be-or-not-to-be-a-501c3-library&uid=dda70dd852b4c78a41c899af2a024db8" id="LPlnk470370"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">https://www.milibraries.org/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=78&Itemid=276&year=2020&month=04&day=27&title=mla-connect-webinar-to-be-or-not-to-be-a-501c3-library&uid=dda70dd852b4c78a41c899af2a024db8</span></a></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">This webinar is free to attend for MLA Members. A maximum of 100 attendees can attend the live webinar. Registration is first-come, first-served. You must be an MLA member to register. Nonmembers interested
in attending are welcome to join MLA by filling out the </span><a href="https://www.milibraries.org/join-or-renew#indmemtypes" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><b style="line-height: normal;">online membership application</b></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">
or by contacting us at (517) 394-2774 or </span><a href="mailto:MLA@milibraries.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><b style="line-height: normal;">MLA@milibraries.org</b></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">A recording of the session will be available on the MLA website for those unable to attend the live event.</span></p>
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