Hello! Our small, but wonderful, Friends group is discussing disbanding because none of their members are willing to serve as officers of the group. They have 8-10 members who consistently attend meetings and their current President has held an office for a large portion of the group's 42 years in existence. She cannot do it anymore and none of the other members are willing to take on the responsibility. When they discuss disbanding they mention wanting to continue to volunteer, but without the group organization. Does any library have a Friends group that operates without officers or with a different organization system? We, the library staff, are encouraging them to hold a member drive and utilize United for Libraries resources for other options before doing something drastic, like disbanding. It would be a huge blow to the library (both monetarily for programming and also support-wise for interacting with our community) if they ceased to exist. Please, send me any ideas you have, no matter how out of the box! I appreciate it! Thanks everyone! Sincerely, Jesse -- Jessica Shirtz (she/her/hers) Library Director Ishpeming Carnegie Public Library 317 N. Main Street Ishpeming, MI 49849 jshirtz@uproc.lib.mi.us 906-486-4381 www.ishpeminglibrary.info Chair, Great Lakes Great Books Award Committee www.michiganreading.org/awards/great-lakes-great-books