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REGISTER NOW FOR FRIENDS DAY AT THE ONTARIO LIBRARY ASSOCIATION SUPER CONFERENCE  2000 – SAT. 5TH FEBRUARY, 2000  METRO TORONTO CONVENTION CENTRE

COST PER PERSON $30.00 INCLUDING LUNCH

9.a.m. – 10.15.a.m. – FUNDING & GAMING IN ONTARIO - with ROD LAVERY, SOUTHERN ONTARIO LIBRARY SERVICE, TINA TUCKER, THUNDER BAY PUBLIC LIBRARY AND LYNNE L. BERTOLINI, ALCOHOL AND GAMING COMMISSION– Obtain the latest information on how Friends’groups and non-profit organizations are regulated in Ontario.  Hear Thunder Bay’s experience with trust agreements and learn more about the new Alcohol  & Gaming Commission’s  guidelines.  Convenor: Jami Van Haaften.

10.30.a.m. – 11.45.a.m. – Two Concurrent Sessions:
A) “RUNNING A SUCCESSFUL BOOK SALE” – FRIENDS OF THE LONDON PUBLIC LIBRARY – Presenters: Viola Poletes and Grant McKillop. Convenor: Hilary Bates Neary.

B) “FRIENDS AND RELATIONS” - featuring  “THE THREE CEO’S” - Caroline Hallsworth,  Sudbury Public Library, Geoff Nie, Ajax Public Library & Robert Hubsher,  Cornwall Public Library. Explore the dynamics of successful relationships!

 12 noon LUNCH – Guest Speaker D’ARCY JENISH. Senior writer at Maclean’s and author of  “Indian Fall” (1999), Canada on Ice (1998), Money to Burn (1996) and The Stanley Cup (1996).

2.p.m. – 3.30.p.m. ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS  .. topics such as membership, amalgamation,  fundraising, challenges for rural libraries, sponsorships, .you choose!!!.

FRIENDS DAY IS SPONSORED
BY RANDOM HOUSE OF CANADA

SUPER CONFERENCE 2000REGISTRATION THE FRIENDS OF CANADIAN LIBRARIES

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(   ) FRIENDS’ DAY – Sat. 5th Feb including lunch  $30.00   ——————————

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(   ) Cheque payable to OLA for full amount.
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Forward Registration to: Ontario Library Association, 100 Lombard St. Suite 303,
Toronto, Ont. M5C 1M3 or fax to 416-941-9581 or 1-800-387-1181

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

FRIENDS OF THE MUSKOKA LAKES LIBRARY
FRIENDS OF THE DUNNVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY

To become a member of FRIENDS OF CANADIAN LIBRARIES, or renew your membership please complete the following application and send with your cheque to Val Marshall, Friends of Canadian Libraries, 702 Harwood Avenue South,
Ajax, Ontario. L1S 3Y9.

Enclosed  is a cheque in the amount of $………………………...as a NEW/RENEWAL membership

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****Please photo copy this application and make available to your Friends.

To contact Val Marshall –President of FOCAL and Editor of FOCAL POINT - 905-428-1328-Fax-905-428-8670 email vmtravel@baxter.net

MEMBERSHIP FEES

THE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEES HAVE BEEN SET FOR THE YEAR BEGINNING 1ST APRIL, 1999.  (Please note that members who have joined since 1st January, 1999, will be considered as members in good standing for the year)

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP    -   $25.00
FRIENDS GROUPS: UNDER 50 MEMBERS – $30.00
                                   OVER  50 MEMBERS    - $50.00
LIBRARY BOARDS AND ASSOCIATIONS – $75.00

*****PLEASE NOTE DONATIONS ARE ALSO GRATEFULLY ACCEPTED.

PLEASE NOTE YOUR MEMBERSHIP DUE FOR RENEWAL IF THERE IS A DOT IN THE BOX
 

 
  FRIENDS OF CANADIAN LIBRARIES CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

VICE PRESIDENT – Nomination - Nancy Goodman, Ottawa Friends.
(presently Central Canada Representative)

SECRETARY – volunteer needed!!!

Please make your applications by letter, fax or e-mail to President Val Marshall, FOCAL, 702 Harwood Ave. South, Ajax, Ont. L1S 3Y9. Fax: 905-428-8670 or  email: vmtravel@baxter.net

INCOMING PRESIDENT – Jami Van Haaften – <jvanhaaf@cyberbeach.net>
TREASURER – Tom Foulkes – <pfoulkes@altavista.net>
SECRETARY – vacant

DIRECTORS

WESTERN CANADA – We do need a volunteer!
PRAIRIES  - Nicholas Spillios – phone: 780-483-5294 Fax: 780-483-5294
CENTRAL CANADA: Nancy Goodman, Ottawa – B-613-742-0707 e-mail <ngoodman@storm.ca>
Margaret Main, Nepean –Email <mainm@achilles.net>  One more representative required

ATLANTIC CANADA – We welcome Bryon Merrett  from Yarmouth as our new representative –email  – <yarmouthfriends@goplay.com> and thank Yvonne LeBlanc for all her past participation in Friends.

CLTA REP:  Gary Archibald  <nstn2360@fox.nstn.ca>     -   CAPL REP:  Sylvia Teasdale  - <sylvia.teasdale@city.nepean.on.ca>  CLA REP:  Michael Burris – <mwburris@yahoo.com>

WE WELCOME YOUR HELP….IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASSIST WITH MEMBERSHIP, THE NEWS LETTER, PROGRAMS, EDUCATION, ETC……. PLEASE PUT YOUR NAME FORWARD…...WE NEED HELP!!!!

FROM THE EDITOR  …..Val Marshall, President

Jami and I are looking forward to meeting all our Friends again at Friends Day at the Ontario Library Association Super Conference on Saturday, 5th February, 2000, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.  Jami has worked hard to provide an exciting program that will be both thought provoking  and educational.  Again, we have to thank all of our speakers for giving freely of their expertise and time for the benefit of Friends of the Library.

This year, we have changed the format to include an opening panel discussion on the important topic of  gaming regulations.  The Round Table discussions after lunch will give everyone an opportunity to exchange ideas and views on important issues that are facing Friends groups such as amalgamation and sponsorships.

Once again, Random House of Canada is sponsoring our Friends Day.  This enables us to provide the whole day, including lunch, at a cost of $30.00 per person.  The Ontario Library Association has kindly offered to provide registration and administration for our special day.

Please be sure to photo copy  the program and the registration form and have your Friends register as soon as possible.

New Friends groups are forming all the time and information on FOCAL is frequently requested.  I also had the pleasure of being the Guest Speaker at the Lindsay Friends meeting in September.  They are off to a great start!  In October, I was also the guest of the Westmount Library in Montreal.  Over 40 enthusiastic people turned out to their information evening!

A write-up of our Friends Day at CLA was included in the last issue of “Feliciter”, the Canadian Library  Association Magazine.  We thank them for helping to spread the word about Friends.

Volunteers are needed to keep our Friends group growing.  Jami Van Haaften will be taking over the role of President in June 2000 and Nancy Goodman has agreed to stand for the position of Vice President.  We do need a Secretary, plus a Director for Western Canada and for Central Canada.  The Executive keeps in touch mainly by e-mail and meet at the national Friends Days.  This is your opportunity to be part of our onward direction.

FRIENDS NEWS FORUM..  MOOSE JAW FRIENDS have partnered with a local book store.  Friends receive a 10% discount on all regularly priced books, plus other items in the store.  They also receive an additional 5% voucher once they have spent $200.  The shop is also selling the Friends fridge magnets and book bags. Their Winter used Book Sale is planned for Sat. 22nd January...just in time for some cosy winter reading!

The founding Meeting of FRIENDS OF THE LINDSAY PUBLIC LIBRARY was held in March this year. 15 people became Founding Members and a Steering Committee was formed.  By the fall, they were up and running with a “Gigantic Book Sale” planned for the end of November.

 From the Annual Report of FRIENDS OF LIBRARIES AUSTRALIA , we learn that Friends Groups “down-under” are continuing to grow.  Their National Conference for 1998 was held in Adelaide, the site of the first friends group in their country.  The conference attracted 82 delegates from every State and Territory in Australia and included 14 speakers.  There was also strong support from Junior Friends Groups.

NORTH YORK FRIENDS face changes now that the Toronto Library encompasses the seven former library systems – the Friends must also face amalgamation.  At present there are five friends groups in the city.  The Friends of the three special collections (Osborne, Merril and Arthur Conan Doyle), the Toronto Friends who cover the southern part of the city and the North  York Friends.  North York and Toronto Friends are continuing to meet and iron out procedures.

OAKVILLE FRIENDS  obtained an Ontario Lottery Corporate Grant  of $17,266.00 to purchase reading machines and cassette players for CNIB talking books and descriptive videos for the visually impaired. Their “Friendly Greeters” for Sunday afternoons, launched earlier in the year, is being extended to all branches.  The Friends provide orientation, register new cardholders, sell Friends annual memberships and sell used books.

COBOURG FRIENDS now have a daytime Friends Book Club and an evening group sponsored by the library.  Their “No-Price” Book Sale on 16th October paid off handsomely with over $1200 being raised.  “Chocolate, Cookies and Santa” - again, this year the Friends provided hot chocolate and cookies to all the kids who came to visit Santa at the library after the Santa Claus Parade.

A town-wide awareness campaign, plus delegations to Town Council has finally paid off for FRIENDS OF THE AJAX PUBLIC LIBRARY.  They are anticipating approval of a new 34,000 sq. ft.. Main  library to be built in 2001. (They already have $250,000 towards their One Million Dollar campaign).

From FRIENDS OF LIBRARIES U.S.A. – Friends of the BEAVERTON, OREGON, CITY
LIBRARY recently sold a first edition T.S. Eliot on the Internet...while MIDLAND FRIENDS offer a “Search-a-Book” service.  SLIDELL FRIENDS hold “Second Glance at Romance” used book sales –   paper-backs at $1.00 a bag or 10 cents apiece.  CHARLESTOWN FRIENDS created a welcome package consisting of a newsletter, bookmark and a membership form.  These are mailed to new residents and also sent to a list of prospects whose names were taken off raffle ticket stubs.

OTTAWA FRIENDS received $1,345.00 from Visiting Services patrons towards the Friends’ spring  appeal.  In addition, they also gained new members bringing their total to 317.  New Board of Director member, Colin Cooke, will focus specifically on the “Friends’ Trust Fund”.

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 SUPPORT YOUR NATIONAL ORGANIZATION

FOCAL has joined Chapters.ca Affiliate Program.  We will now benefit from any online order placed through the link from our own web site <www.friendsoflibraries.ca>  Support your national association by shopping online today!

FRIENDS OF THE YEAR AWARDS
The FRIENDS OF THE YEAR AWARD will be given at the Annual General Meeting, 24th June, 2000, in Edmonton, Alberta, to a Friends of the Library group for outstanding community and volunteer involvement.  All Friends’ groups who are members in good standing of FOCAL are eligible to enter.  The name of the sponsor and the amount of the prize will be announced to the membership through the newsletter and listserv, as soon as possible.

ENTRY RULES:

1) Applicants must be a Friend’s Group in good standing in FOCAL for the year 1999.
2) Entries will be judged on the Friends group’s initiative.  Consideration will be given to endeavours with library and library board joint activity but will not receive the maximum credits for the activity.  Applications will be judged on a number of items, such as: Community involvement, membership involvement, creative involvement of people, impact on membership, impact on services and innovation.
3) Applicants must submit a short, typed narrative (two pages or less) of activities completed during the calendar year.  The activity could be one specific project or a number of activities.
4) Provide any supporting materials such as press releases, media coverage and promotional material.
5) No material will be returned.  Entries and supporting materials become the property of FOCAL and may be used in FOCAL publications.
6) The Director of the library represented by the chosen Friends’ group must agree to use the sponsor’s prize money exclusively for book purchase from the sponsoring publisher. Book selection will be left to the discretion of the library.
7) Applications must be received no later than February 28, 2000.
Please sent entries to President of  FOCAL,  702 Harwood Ave. South, Ajax, Ont. L1S 3Y9.

FOCAL  AWARD APPLICATION
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Describe the activity or activities that you feel exemplify outstanding community or volunteer involvement and deserve the award.  Attach any pertinent supporting material. (.e. newspaper article, newsletter coverage, etc.)

FRIENDS DAY AT THE CANADIAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
SAT. 24TH JUNE – EDMONTON, ALBERTA

Nicholas Spillios, our Prairies Director, and Friends of the Edmonton Public Library, are hosting our Friends Day in Edmonton in conjunction with the Canadian Library Association’s Annual Conference.  They have planned an exciting program.

9.00.a.m. to 10.15.a.m. – BOARD DEVELOPMENT FOR FRIENDS & TRUSTEES

10.45.a.m. – 12 noon – “TRUSTEES, FRIENDS AND CEO’S – MARRIAGES MADE IN HEAVEN?

12 NOON – Lunch Speaker – CAM TATE from THE EDMONTON JOURNAL

Followed by – the FRIENDS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

RANDOM HOUSE OF CANADA WILL AGAIN BE OUR MAIN SPONSOR
With  CANADIAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION