Long-time Granbury resident and retired business person Gail Lowe has accepted the post of Volunteer Coordinating Committee Chair.  A new Committee, recently formed, the Volunteer Coordinating Committee organizes Volunteers for activities throughout the year and helps with appropriate trainings for Volunteers. [...]]]> FoL is pleased to announce recent additions to our Executive Committee: two new Committee Chairs.

Long-time Granbury resident and retired business person Gail Lowe has accepted the post of Volunteer Coordinating Committee Chair.  A new Committee, recently formed, the Volunteer Coordinating Committee organizes Volunteers for activities throughout the year and helps with appropriate trainings for Volunteers. The Volunteer Coordinating Committee will annually present to the Board a report of the success of Volunteer activities during the past year and make recommendations for recruiting, maintaining, and improving the participation of Fol Volunteers each year. The Volunteer Coordinating Committee Chair may create sub-committees as needed to manage specific Volunteer Coordination tasks or events.

Dr. Jennifer T. Edwards, an Assistant Professor of Communications at Tarleton University, has accepted the Post of FoL Scholarship Committee Chair. The FoL Scholarship fund assists Hood County students enrolled in a University program leading to a graduate degree in library arts or sciences.

Board Nominations for the current FY are ongoing to fill vacant and interim posts. All members in good-standing may be considered for an Officer or Committee position. Self-nomination is deemed a leadership quality and, as such, is appreciated and welcomed. Nominations should be submitted to Nominating Chair Char Hitz. Nominations are currently being sought for the following posts:

President

First Vice-President

Recording Secretary

Parlimentarian/By-Laws Committee Chair

Book Sales Chair

All members in good-standing may be considered for an Officer position. Nominations should be submitted to Char [...]]]> Nominations Committee Chair Char Hitz has called for re-opening nominations for 2010-11 FoL Board Officers. President-elect, Richard Densley, and First Vice-president elect, Jack Padilla, re-considered their ability to serve and have withdrawn their names from the Officer slate.

All members in good-standing may be considered for an Officer position. Nominations should be submitted to Char Hitz. Self-nomination is deemed a leadership quality and, as such, is appreciated and welcomed.

Remaining Officers-elect may consider taking other posts on the Board. Those Officers-elect include:

2nd Vice President – Susan Goodrich

Recording Secretary – Elisha Cernicek

Corresponding Secretary – Jane Vaughn

Treasurer – Karen deFranchi

Therefore, nominations will be accepted for all Board Officer posts for the organization.  The Board Officer posts include:

President – The President sets the agenda for and presides at all regularly scheduled meetings of the Friends, Board, and Executive Committee meetings as well as any called meetings. The term of service for the President is one year. The President also appoints Chairs for Committees not designated by an elective office and serves as an ex-officio member of all Committees except the Nominating Committee.

First Vice-president – The First Vice-president serves as Chair of the standing Fund Raising Committee and oversees all FoL fundrasing activites, including our ongoing and semi-annual book sales. The term of service for the First Vice-President is one year. The First Vice-president also presides at meetings in the absence of the President.

Second Vice-president – The Second Vice-President serves as Chair of the standing Membership Committee, encouraging membership and maintaining a membership roll. The term of service for the Second Vice-President is one year. The Second Vice-president also presides at meetings in the absence of the President and First Vice- president.

Recording Secretary – The Recording Secretary records and keeps minutes of all meetings of the Friends and the Board. The term of service for this post is one year.

Corresponding Secretary – The Corresponding Secretary conducts all general correspondence of the Friends organization. The term of service for this post is one fiscal year.

Treasurer – The Treasurer establishes procedures for receipt and disbursement of all funds, for establishment of accounts, and any other matters consistent with sound financial management, as approved by the Board. The Treasurer is in charge of receiving and disbursing all moneys and retains receipts for disbursement of funds. The Treasurer submits a written or oral report fiscal summary at all meetings, serves as the Chair of the standing Budget Committee, and submits account books for audit at the end of the fiscal year. (Currently, the organization uses QuickBooks to maintain fiscal records.) The term of service for this post is one year.

The FoL Spring ’10 Book Sale was a huge success.  This Spring’s event brought in almost $10k in sales and around $2k in memberships. Thank you, FoL Members and Shoppers!

Congratulations to a spectacular Book Sale Volunteer crew!  We had an amazing number of FoL Volunteers helping with the set-up process.  We think we may have [...]]]>

The FoL Spring ’10 Book Sale was a huge success.  This Spring’s event brought in almost $10k in sales and around $2k in memberships. Thank you, FoL Members and Shoppers!

Congratulations to a spectacular Book Sale Volunteer crew!  We had an amazing number of FoL Volunteers helping with the set-up process.  We think we may have had the greatest number of books ever, and everyone just went to work and got them all sorted with smiles on their faces.   A special “Thanks” goes to the First National Bank of Granbury for providing eco-friendly tote bags for our shoppers.The FoL Volunteers who worked during the Book Sale were all extremely helpful, and we received many compliments from our shoppers!

Spring '10 Book Sale Success

Another special “Thanks” to the FoL Volunteer clean-up crew.   That’s always the job we do not look forward to, and we had some great workers on Monday and Tuesday after the Sale.

Book Sale Chairs Sandy Bryant, Dee Gormley, Mary Lee, and Sandra Tarver wish we could tell each of you “Thanks” personally.  You are all true Friends of the Hood County Library!

Book Sale Guru, Dee Gormley

The following Officer slate was unanimously approved by the Board:

President – Richard Densley

1st Vice President – Jack Padilla

Char Hitz, Chair of the FoL 2010-11 Board Nominations Committee presented a slate of Officers for the upcoming fiscal year (June 2010 – May 2011) to the FoL Board on April 8, 2010.

The following Officer slate was unanimously approved by the Board:

President – Richard Densley

1st Vice President – Jack Padilla

2nd Vice President – Susan Goodrich

Recording Secretary – Elisha Cernicek

Corresponding Secretary – Jane Vaughn

Treasurer – Karen deFranchi

New officers will be installed at the May meeting of the FoL Board, to begin their terms of Office June 1.

Set-up for the Book Sale coincides with National Volunteer week! So, please consider Volunteering to help the Friends! A Volunteer Sign-up sheet is available at the Front Desk of the Library. You may [...]]]> The Friends of the Library for Hood County is in need of Volunteers for the upcoming Spring ’10 semi-annual Book Sale.

Set-up for the Book Sale coincides with National Volunteer week! So, please consider Volunteering to help the Friends! A Volunteer Sign-up sheet is available at the Front Desk of the Library. You may also contact Book Sales Chair Dee Gormley.

The Friends need Volunteers for three tasks during the Book Sale (all times are “come when you can”):

Book Sale Set-up
Wednesday April 14 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.: Table/Chair/Box Movers

Thursday April 15 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.: Table/Box Movers, Book Sorters, Book Shelvers

Friday April 16 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.: Table/Box Movers, Book Sorters, Book Shelvers

Monday April 19 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.: Table/Box Movers, Book Sorters, Book Shelvers

Tuesday April 20 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.: Box Movers, Book Sorters, Book Shelvers

Wednesday April 21 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.: Box Movers, Book Sorters, Book Shelvers

Sales Assistance Volunteers
Thursday April 22 – 24, three shifts: 9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m., 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., and 3:00 p.m. – 6 p.m.: Cashiers, Door-Prize Table Assistant, Floor Assistance, and Re-Stocking Assistance.

Sunday April 25, one shift: 1:00 p.m. -4:00 p.m.: Cashiers, Door-Prize Table Assistant, Floor Assistance, and Re-Stocking Assistance.

Clean-up Assistance
The week after the sale, we will need help with Table Break-Down, Box Moving, Book Boxing, & General Clean-up .

Monday April 26, two shifts: 10:00 a.m.-1 p.m. and 1:00 p.m -4:00 p.m.

Tuesday April 27, two shifts: 10:00 a.m.-1 p.m. and 1:00 p.m -4:00 p.m.

Wednesday April 28, two shifts: 10:00 a.m.-1 p.m. and 1:00 p.m -4:00 p.m.

The Friends are also seeking Nomination of Volunteers to serve on the FoL Board of Directors for 2010-11.

Hands On - National Volunteers Week

Serving as an Officer of the Board [...]]]> At a recent FoL Board meeting, Char Hitz was named by outgoing President Jeanell Morris to Chair this year’s Nominating Committee to draw-up a slate of Nominees for election to the 2010-11 FoL Board of Directors. Once elected, incoming Board Officers will begin their terms of Office in June 2010.

Serving as an Officer of the Board is one of the best ways to contribute to the FoL organization and the Library. The Nominating Committee seeks nominations for all Officer posts. Self-nomination is appreciated and welcomed. Nominations should be submitted to Char Hitz no later than April 1, 2010.

Eloise much enjoyed playing bridge and working crossword puzzles. In her honor, her “bridge playing friends” have made donations to start a Memorial [...]]]> Long-time Friends’ supporter and former President, Eloise B. Ikard, 87, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010, at her Granbury residence. She was an often present Volunteer at the Friends’ semi-annual Book Sales.

Eloise much enjoyed playing bridge and working crossword puzzles. In her honor, her “bridge playing friends” have made donations to start a Memorial Fund for her with the Friends of the Library for Hood County.

Eloise will be missed by her Library Friends as well as her bridge friends.

Contributions to the Fund may be sent to:

Eloise Ikard Memorial Fund
Friends of the Library for Hood County
222 W Travis St
Granbury TX 76048