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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><h1 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:22.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#3b3b3b;font-weight:normal">Friends of Michigan Libraries (FOML) Merit Award</span></h1><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:#fcfcfc;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;outline:0px"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">At the February 3, </span><sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span></sup><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">2021 FOML Board meeting a motion was approved to award a special $400 FOML Merit Award for 2020. This award will be based on a Michigan library Friends group’s project that was completed successfully in 2020 to support the library during a time when the library was closed and carrying out its services under the restrictions imposed by COVID. Friends groups from any size library in Michigan are welcome to apply for this special Merit Award.</span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:19.2pt;background:#fcfcfc;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;outline:0px"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">To apply for this award your Friends should submit a one-page description of the project answering the following questions:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;line-height:19.2pt;background:#fcfcfc;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">WHAT was the focus of the project?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;line-height:19.2pt;background:#fcfcfc;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">WHO was involved in the project and the intended audience?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;line-height:19.2pt;background:#fcfcfc;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">WHEN did the project begin and end?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;line-height:19.2pt;background:#fcfcfc;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">WHERE did the project take place? Was it a virtual project?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;line-height:19.2pt;background:#fcfcfc;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">WHAT steps did you take to publicize your project?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;line-height:19.2pt;background:#fcfcfc;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">HOW did you evaluate the success of your project?</span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:19.2pt;background:#fcfcfc;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;outline:0px"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">Deadline for submissions is Wednesday, March 31, 2021.</span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:#fcfcfc;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;outline:0px"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">To be eligible for this award, <strong><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">your Friends group must be a 2020 FOML member.</span></strong> The project or activities must have been completed during the 2020 calendar year.</span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:#fcfcfc;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:#fcfcfc;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;outline:0px"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">Please download the <strong><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">cover sheet</span></strong> to include with your submission. <a href="https://foml.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Merit_Award_cover_sheet.pdf">https://foml.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Merit_Award_cover_sheet.pdf</a></span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:#fcfcfc;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:#fcfcfc;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">Send electronic applications (in either Word or .pdf format) with the descriptions of how your Friends group achieved the results of the six criteria listed above to <a href="mailto:FriendsofMichiganLibraries@gmail.com">FriendsofMichiganLibraries@gmail.com</a></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:19.2pt;background:#fcfcfc;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">Your Friends Group could be a winner!</span></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.2pt;background:#fcfcfc;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;outline:0px"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Past Winners</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif"><br>Serving population < 12,000: 2019 Friends of the Albion District Library</span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:19.2pt;background:#fcfcfc;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif">Serving population > 12,000: 2018 Friends of the Charlotte Community Library; 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