<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Greetings Michigan Friends!</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The Friends of Michigan Libraries invites you to </span>join us for <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">the return of our popular </span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">event, </span>Talk About Friends<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">,</span> on Friday, March 3, 2023 from 9:15 am – 12:30 pm at the Novi Public Library.<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span>It’s our first in-person event in three years!<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">  </span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span>This program offers the opportunity for <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">members of </span>Friends <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">groups </span>to meet and share information. There will be a presentation by the Library of Michigan about the best practices for Friends, an update on MI Right to Read, and, of course, most of the time devoted to talk tables where everyone can share information about their Friends organization.</div><br><div>This event is open to <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">everyone: <br></span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">$10 for FOML Members</span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">$15 for non-members</span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">The day's agenda and registration is here: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2ycf92k4">http://tinyurl.com/2ycf92k4</a></div><br>The deadline for registration is Tuesday, February 28<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">, 2023.</span><br><br><br><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Looking forward to seeing you there!</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">kate</div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span>Kate Pohjola Andrade <a href="https://namedrop.io/katepohjolaandrade" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">(pronounce)</a><br></span><a href="https://woodlands.lib.mi.us" target="_blank">Woodlands Library Cooperative</a><br>517-629-9469 / 586-801-0725 - cell/text<br>Board Member, <a href="https://www.mcls.org/" target="_blank">Midwest Collaborative for Library Services</a><br></span><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span></div><div><a href="https://nrr.ninja" target="_blank"><b>No Reservation Recommendations</b></a>: your source for colleague-approved vendors!<br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">she/her/hers</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://doodle.com/bp/katepohjolaandrade/meet-with-me" target="_blank">Schedule a meeting</a><br></span></div></div></div></div>