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

2019 FAL Officers

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

2019 FAL Directors

Becky Cyr	Luzanne Engh	Marlene Grcevich	Karen Manuel
Honora Murphy	Billy Reinschmiedt	Carole Robie	Karen Roemer
Josephine Sam	Eileen Savel	Doris Ung	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 July

Under Karen Manuel’s leadership the Board and Communications Committee participated in planning FAL’s table at the Alameda Mini Maker Faire. Karen M. organized work nights to repurpose unsellable books into objects such as clocks, knife blocks, picture frames and art objects. Carole Robie and Peg Rosen have divided up the roles and responsibilities for the Book Sale Committee and identified individuals for the new jobs. Peg will work with Sita Peddada as co-chair for the fall sale. Sales for Dewey’s Café have been slow this summer but business will pick up in the fall. The Café is looking for new vendors for some of the products, especially those with very slow sales, and is testing interest in new products. Eileen Savel has arranged for an incredible line-up for three fall concerts at Live at the Library. Tickets are expected to sell out. Again, this year there will be a wine auction and sponsorships for the concerts exceed last year’s. The August art docent program will feature a ceramicist from the Contemporary Jewish Museum. A talk on James Tissot, a French painter, will be the final program in 2019. The Board held the third annual Celebration of Volunteers at Dragon Rouge with a record attendance. Karen Roemer and Jo Winzenread were thanked for outstanding organization. The Board approved the addition of two new members and will be asked to vote on a third. --Karen Butter, FAL president