<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Tracy-- Love this idea! Solves a problem and offers something pretty cool, too!</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 1, 2023 at 12:12 PM Tracy Aldrich via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size:12.8px">We have encountered the same issue at our library. After talking to our attorney, we came up with a standard "donation" we offer whenever asked: a behind the scenes tour of the library and coffee and a visit with the director in the office. (We offer this to any groups who ask, really: Rotary, Girl Scouts, homeschool parent groups, etc.) </span><div dir="auto" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:12.8px">People really enjoy the opportunity to see the behind the scenes areas of the library, like the workroom, office, drop box room, and book sale storage spaces, and as part of the tour we show them things like how we process and repair books, for example. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:12.8px">Our municipalities offer the same sort of "donation" to our library fundraising auction: a behind the scenes tour of city offices and facilities, like the wastewater treatment plant, which is rather fascinating actually, a look inside a police car, and time with the city manager. This way we can support local organizations who ask for our help while not running afoul of the law, and everyone gets to know their library and city better. And its fun, too!</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 1, 2023, 11:37 AM Membiela, Clare (MDE) via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt">Your instincts are spot on. I would strongly urge you to consult your library’s attorney before attempting a project like this.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt">Public entities may not provide donations to other entities (even non-profits or other municipalities). If your participation is in the context of your position at the library – so that the library is in effect
“lending” you to benefit another organization or cause, that could be problematic.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt">If the fundraiser is to benefit the library, there could be issues with that as well, depending on exactly what services are offered and when they are performed – even if working with your friends’ group.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt">Public entity fundraising can be complicated, so it is best to get expert assistance.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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are not free to receive and consider them. It would be a barren marketplace of ideas that had only sellers and no buyers.”
</span><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT">Lamont v. Postmaster General</span></i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">, 381 U.S. 301</span><i><span style="font-size:14pt"><u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I was recently approached to offer my services as a Story Time presenter as a biddable item for a local "Spring Fling" fundraiser. My first instinct was, "I can easily put together a bespoke story time for 5-10 kiddos. Offering literacy
services as part of a fundraiser, what a great idea!" but then the reality of the logistics and the idea of individuals paying for a private library/librarian experience set in.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I don't feel comfortable offering "private" story time services outside of the library setting, and would never want to go to an individual's residence to host a story time. The idea of "selling" a story time or even allowing someone to
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Jean Fellows</div><div dir="ltr">(she/hers)<br><div>Programming Coordinator</div><div>Grand Ledge Area District Library</div><div>131 E. Jefferson St.,</div><div>Grand Ledge, MI 48837</div><div>517-627-7014<br></div><div><br></div><div><i style="color:rgb(71,71,71);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">The Grand Ledge Area District Library is situated on ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of the Anishinaabeg – Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi peoples-- land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. For more information, see the article from Central Michigan University Library:<a href="https://blogs.cmich.edu/library/2019/11/26/the-1819-treaty-of-saginaw/#:~:text=In%20the%201819%20treaty%2C%20the,living%20on%20the%20ceded%20territory." target="_blank">https://blogs.cmich.edu/library/2019/11/26/the-1819-treaty-of-saginaw/#:~:text=In%20the%201819%20treaty%2C%20the,living%20on%20the%20ceded%20territory.</a></i><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>