Trustee Alliance Workshop 2020

Trustee Alliance Workshop

Portage District Library

Portage, MI

Friday, March 27, 2020

“Sustainability”

Synopsis: Sustainability is most often defined as meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. — Investopedia

Registration deadline: March 20, 2020  Refund deadline: March 20, 2020

8:30 am – Registration and Breakfast Refreshments

9:00 am – Welcome: TBD, FOML President,Christy Klien, Library Director, Portage District Library,
Tom Welsh, Chair, Portage District Library Board
Welcome and Speaker Introduction: Shirley Bruursema, FOML Trustee Alliance
Representative and Trustee, Kent District Library

9:15 am – Deborah E. Mikula MLA Director

9:15 am – “Spreading the Word about Library Relevancy,”
Cordelia Anderson, Cordelia Anderson Consulting

10:25 am – Morning Break

10:40 am – Moderated Table Discussion

11:45 am – Lunch with Optional Library Tour

12:45 pm – Brian J. Camiller, CPA | Partner – Plante Moran

1:45 pm – Afternoon Break

2:00 pm – Moderated Table Discussion

2:45 pm – Wrap-up and Workshop Evaluation
with Shirley Bruursema

3:00 pm – Adjournment

This project is funded in part with a Library Services and Technology Act grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library of Michigan.

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