<div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><p class="gmail-desc" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16.5px;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(88,88,90)"><b style="box-sizing:inherit">Come join other Directors and Library Trustees for an overview of the Open Meetings Act and Parliamentary Procedure!</b><br style="box-sizing:inherit"></p><hr style="box-sizing:inherit;background-color:rgb(208,210,212);border:0px;height:1px;margin-bottom:1.5em;color:rgb(88,88,90);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:15px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(88,88,90)"></p><p class="gmail-start" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:18px;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(52,56,56)">4:00 pm 6:00 pm</p><p class="gmail-location" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(88,88,90)">Reese Unity District Library</p><p class="gmail-address" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-style:italic;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(88,88,90)">2065 Gates Street, Reese, MI 48757</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:18px;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,140,158)">Cost is Free but Registration is required.  </p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:18px;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,140,158)">Register here:  <a href="https://wplc.org/event/open-meetings-2023/">https://wplc.org/event/open-meetings-2023/</a></p><p class="gmail-organisation" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(88,88,90)">Organized by White Pine Library Cooperative</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(88,88,90)"><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration-line:underline">Event Description</span><br style="box-sizing:inherit"></strong><span style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">White Pine Library Cooperative will be hosting an Open Meetings Act and Parliamentarian Procedures program for you and your Library Trustees on </span><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Thursday, November 2, 2023, from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. at Reese Unity District Library.</strong><span style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> Some Boards have found themselves in need of a refresher on the Open Meetings Act as well as running a Library Board meeting while following parliamentarian procedure. You may not be experiencing meetings where a lot of the public shows up, but being prepared for this type of situation helps take the pressure off the Director and the Board.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(88,88,90)">The session will include a review of the Michigan Open Meetings Act, basic parliamentary procedure, and rules that the Board can enact. Those interested will need to register for this <strong style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">FREE</strong> event.  This is an in-person program, no virtual option will be available.  </p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(88,88,90)"><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Registration is open through October 31, 2023. Register here:  </strong></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(88,88,90)"><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://wplc.org/event/open-meetings-2023/">https://wplc.org/event/open-meetings-2023/</a></strong></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(88,88,90)"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration-line:underline"><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Presenter</strong></span><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Connie Deford </strong>is the retired City Clerk in Bay City, MI. She was voted Michigan City Clerk of the Year and was the recipient of the prestigious Quill Award from the International Institute of Municipal Clerks, the Bay County Bar Association Library Bell Award, and the Michigan Municipal League Award of Merit.  She has served since 1989 as a Professional Registered Parliamentarian and meeting consultant. She is a past president of both the Michigan State Association of Parliamentarians and the National Association of Parliamentarians. She serves clients throughout the United States and Canada.  </p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(88,88,90)"><br></p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(88,88,90)">Questions?  Contact Kate Van Auken at <a href="mailto:kvanauken@wplc.org">kvanauken@wplc.org</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(88,88,90)"><br></p></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Kate Van Auken, Director<br></div><div>White Pine Library Cooperative</div><div>429 N. State St., Suite 207</div><div>Caro, MI   48723</div><div>(989) 793-7126<br></div><div>8-4 M-F</div></div></div></div>