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NOMINATIONS FOR MBFOL 2015 BOARD MEMBERS

Members are invited to run for positions on the Friends’ 2015 Board of Directors. The Board consists of four officers, six members-at-large (or more if a proposed bylaws amendment is adopted by the general membership at our November meeting) and a representative to the Foundation of SLO County Public Libraries.

The officers are President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. Please refer to the Bylaws shown on our website, mbfol.org, for a description and responsibilities of the positions.

Members-at-Large are assigned to chair particular committees as defined in our Standing

Rules, to wit:

• Membership

• Newsletter

• Special Events

• Book Sales

• Volunteers

• Fundraising

• Publicity

Individual polling of the current MBFOL Board members' intentions to serve in 2015 resulted in the following slate:

Position President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice President . . . . . . . . . . Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Members-at-Large for     Membership . . . . . . . . . .     Newsletter . . . . . . . . . . .     Special Sales. . . . . . . . . .     Book Sales . . . . . . . . . . .     Volunteers . . . . . . . . . . .     Publicity . . . . . . . . . . . . .     Fundraising . . . . . . . . . . . Foundation Representative

2015 Candidate Robert (Red) Davis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trina Dougherty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan McElhinney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gerry Fuller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Gossard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan Browne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan Goldman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laurie Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan Petersen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiffany Porter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OPEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OPEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2014 Incumbent Robert (Red) Davis Trina Dougherty Susan McElhinney Gerry Fuller Susan Gossard Joan Brown Jan Goldman Laurie Allen Joan Petersen OPEN OPEN Joan Decker

Even though we already have a candidate for all but two of the Board positions for 2015, active members may apply for any Officer or Member-at-Large positions to be considered for election at the annual General Membership meeting on Friday, November 21, 2014 at 11:30 am. Location will be the conference room at the law offices of McElhinney & McElhinney, 800 Quintana Road, Suite 2F, Morro Bay CA.

Duty descriptions for the officers and members-at-large can be found on our website: mbfol.org. Please contact 2015 Nominations Chair Joan Petersen: or 772.2604 if you are interested or have questions.

Addressing the OPEN Member-at-Large positions:

Fund Raising

If you are someone who would like to work with a dedicated, proactive MBFOL board AND have experience with innovative, creative fund raising ideas, this could be the position for YOU!

The current Board recognizes the need to continue providing financial support for Library operations in the future, just as Library Friends boards before us have done for the past 25+ years. Even though the majority of accrued funds have gone to the remodeling project; you WOULD NOT have to “hit the ground running” immediately following the election!

SLO County Library Foundation Representative

If you are someone who has interest in serving on the Foundation board and the MBFOL board to keep members informed of current happenings with the Foundation, this could be the position for YOU!

For more information on the Foundation's goals, please go to their website, slolibraryfoundation.org, or contact the Nominations Chair Joan Petersen: or 772.2604, who can put you in contact with MBFOL board member Joan Decker, who is currently serving in this position.