​​ Hello Friends, The next FOML Spring Workshop/inaugural Fred Ruffner Symposium is called *"Community Engagement: How Friends Can Promote the Value of Your Library"* and it's coming up on *Thursday, April 23, 2015* at the *Rochester Hills Public Library!* Topics include: - *"Telling Your Library Story"* by our Fred Ruffner Symposium speaker *John Pelegrino* from Gale/Cengage Learning - *"Success Stories: How Our Friends Promoted Our Millage" *with *Doreen Hannon *from Friends of the Salem-South Lyon Library - and *Kris Rzepczynski*, Archivist at the Archives of Michigan, speaking about *"Our Michigan Archives"* FOML will also hold the annual meeting for the membership and present the 2014 Outstanding Friends of the Library Merit Awards. These workshops are a great time to network with other Friends groups, tour the *Rochester Hills Public Library*, and spend a day learning how to support your library! A workshop registration form and the agenda is attached to this message. If you aren't able to download the forms, you can register online here <http://foml.org/eventsconferences/2015-spring-workshop/> or contact Linda Pierce at LPierce1@kettering.edu or (810) 762-9840. Would you like to also attend the Trustee Alliance workshop (with special guest speaker Sarah Ann Long) on Friday, April 24th? I have included that form too, or you can register online here <http://fomltrusteealliance.org/2015-spring-workshop/>. Remember, 2015 FOML members receive a discount. (I have attached at membership form, in case you haven't renewed yet) And if you want to attend BOTH workshops, you save even more. I hope to see you at the FOML Friends Spring Workshop and (very first) Fred Ruffner Symposium! Paul Snyder, President Friends of Michigan Libraries -- Linda Pierce Administrative Specialist Kettering Library Phone: (810) 762-9840 Fax: (810) 762-9744 1700 University Avenue ~ Flint, MI 48504 Kettering University