Friends of the Alameda Free Library Board - Friends of the Alameda Free Library

2018 FAL Officers

President	Karen Butter
Vice President	Kumar Fanse
Secretary	David Beall
Treasurer	Bill Gibbs

2018 FAL Directors

Karen Manuel		Eileen Savel
		Billy Reinschmiedt
Luzanne Engh		Carole Robie
Marlene Grcevich		Karen Roemer
Honora Murphy		Jo Winzenread

The Board meets the fourth Monday of each month except December, at
6:30 p.m. in the Family Room, Main Library. The public is welcome.

Responsibilities of each FAL Board Member

Advocate for the Alameda Free Library
Attend Board meetings
Participate in discussions
Support Board decisions, plans and policies
Work to develop long range Board plans
Serve on committee(s) as liaison or chair; estimated to be 1-5 hours/week
Make an annual financial donation to FAL that is significant to you
Participate in FAL fundraising events/campaigns.

The FAL Bylaws are available in PDF form by clicking here.

Board president’s report for March

FAL rented a commercial storage unit to store boxes of books ready for the sale. The city-operated space was subject to ongoing thefts, water damage and destruction of property. The Library Director is working with the city on the possibility of another city-owned space that may be available in a few months. The Book Sale Committee was delighted that the commercial storage company moved the books without charge. The Café has added two new volunteers so they can open for business on Tuesdays. The Café is testing new items from Feel Good Bakery – the tea cakes are popular. The Café did a brisk business serving drinks and snacks before the February 13 Dark Money event. Beth Sibley was congratulated on a very informative report. FAL sponsored three very successful programs in February with attendance at each of 75-80 people. The screening of the movie Dark Money, was held on February 13 followed by an excellent panel discussion with Dennis Evanovsky, Alameda Sun, and Allan Mann, LWVA, about the role of money in elections. On February 25, in honor of Black History Month, FAL sponsored a powerful and enlightening discussion from three Alameda women leaders. It was suggested that Stories from Alameda Leaders becomes an annual event. A docent talk on Charles and Ray Eames rounded out the month with an outstanding presentation by Avril Angevine on the exhibit at the Oakland Museum of California FAL will provide lunch to Alameda Free Library staff during National Library Week, an event valued by the staff. FAL has a few vacant positions and will develop job descriptions to help recruit volunteers: the Communications Committee, Live at the Library Committee and the Revenue Generating Committee. —Karen Butter