Friends of the Library Meetings

The Friends of the Crown Point Library will be meeting next Tuesday, March 8 at 7:00 p.m. They are in the process of re-energizing their organization and encourage all community members to attend and get involved.

Beginning this month, they have alternated their meeting times to accomodate all of their members. Every other meeting will take place in the evening. Here is an updated schedule:
2011 Meetings
March 8 - 7:00 p.m.
April 12 - 10:00 a.m.
May 10 - 7:00 p.m.
June 14 - 10:00 a.m.
July - No meeting
August - No meeting
September 13 - 7:00 p.m.
October 11 - 10:00 a.m.
November 8 - 7:00 p.m.
December 13 - 10:00 a.m.


The next few meetings will be important as the annual spring book sale and upcoming bus trips are being planned. Elections also need to be held for new Board members. All board positions are up for re-election this year, so please mark your calendars.
There are four officers (president, vice president, treasurer, secretary) and three elected directors that make up the executive board of this organization. Elected positions serve a term of one year period but will not exceed three years successively.

Duties of the officers: President - presides at all meetings, appoints all committees, keeps order, makes parliamentary
decisions, votes as any other member in a ballot vote, represents the Friends at the library and community events; Vice-President - assists the President in planning important organizational
business, assists in preparing and distributing the agenda, acts as an aide to the President and assumes the leadership role of the organization in the absence of the President; Treasurer - acts as the custodian of all funds, receives, distributes and records all funds, fees and dues, gives an itemized report of receipts and expenditures at business meetings; Secretary - records the
business of all meetings, keeps minutes and reads them at
meetings, acts as custodian of records and papers and sends
correspondence out on behalf of organization. The three
directors plan the upcoming book sales, bus trips and other activities, arrange volunteers for library programs and events.


For more information email the Friends at CPCLfriends@gmail.com or contact Laura Clemons, Library staff liason at 663-0270.