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
Eileen Bitten		Billy Reinschmiedt
Luzanne Engh		Carole Robie
Marlene Grcevich		Karen Roemer
Nancy Horton		Jo Winzenread
Honora Murphy

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 August

To increase business for the café, the Communications Committee developed a flyer and design for the video display at the Main Library entrance. A promotional ad on Facebook for Live @ the Library concert was viewed more than 5,000 times and was believed to have increased ticket sales. The Board will discontinue the program for named spaces and furniture in the main library but will continue to offer naming opportunities for library shelves. An inventory of the shelves was completed and identified areas where the donor recognition plaques need attention to improve readability. The book sale committee continues to look for inexpensive storage for boxes of books between sales. Vandalism continues at the current location at Alameda Point. Existing commercial storage units are not large enough and too expensive. The August Docent Program was attended by over 70 people with an excellent speaker on Henri Magritte. The Live @ the Library series is almost sold out with 19 sponsorships: 6 from corporations, 8 from Board members, and 5 from other individuals. Sponsorships total $10,500. Board members are working with community members on a Filipino American history and culture event on October 17. There will be two speakers and three panels on the work of Larry Itliong, a local labor leader. The Board is working with AAUW and LWV Alameda on a showing of the film Dark Money in February. The planning committee is also working on a panel, perhaps with journalists, to discuss the film following the showing. —Karen Butter