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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:#333333">Join us a series of webinars covering the topic of library millages. Each webinar will be recorded and posted at the end of the month.
<b>Registration for the series provides you with access to all 4 sessions listed below</b>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif;color:#333333">Register here:
<a href="https://libraryofmichigan.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/libraryofmichigan/event.jsp?event=2971">
https://libraryofmichigan.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/libraryofmichigan/event.jsp?event=2971</a></span></b><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">March 9 at 1:00 pm EST</span></b><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"><br>
Before Your Millage<br>
Hear from LM staff members Clare Membiela and Joe Hamlin on library establishment and how it affects what the library can and cannot do when it comes to a millage. Information on how to find the best millage amount and how that can be calculated will also be
discussed. (1.5 hours)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">March 16 at 1:00 pm EST</span></b><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"><br>
Legal Issues: Millage Proposals and Millage Campaigns<br>
Attorney, Anne Seurynck will provide an overview of the library millage process from a legal perspective. Participants will learn the dos and don'ts of ballots and campaigning in Michigan. (1.5 hours)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">March 23 at 1:00 pm EST</span></b><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"><br>
The Legal “Dos and Don’ts” of Campaigning: YES Committees, Libraries, Boards and Friends Groups<br>
Attorneys Bill Fahey and Kendall O’Connor will provide information to help libraries legally navigate the often-complicated relationships between the library staff, the board, the friends’ and the “YES” Committee in conducting a successful- and legal- millage
campaign. (1.5 hours)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">March 30 at 1:00 pm EST</span></b><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif"><br>
Tips for Obtaining a Millage in Contentious Communities<br>
Long-time Kent District Library trustee and library millage campaign consultant Shirley Bruursema will discuss tips and secrets for successfully campaigning in millage-resistant communities, including communities questioning library content and operations.<br>
Valerie Meyerson, Petoskey Public Library, Library Director, will share how their library navigated a successful millage campaign in a contentious and difficult time. (2 hours)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>The four-part series will be recorded and available at the conclusion of the full series.</b><br>
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The webinar link will be emailed to registrants the day before the webinar begins. You only need to register once to receive links to attend all 4 sessions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">Becky Wartella
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">702 W. Kalamazoo St.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Gill Sans MT",sans-serif">Lansing, MI 48909<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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