Geranium Sale 2016

Our Geranium Sale is ready to begin!
We're pleased to offer you five fabulous colors this year, including the 'Syracuse Orange'.

Here are the details:
Geraniums must be pre-ordered.
Payment must accompany your order.
Order forms can be picked up at the library, or print one from the link below, or the library's website.
Drop off your order at the library by 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 5.
Pick up day will be on Saturday, May 14 at the Camillus Village Hall
between 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon.
Parking is available behind the Village Hall.

Prices are:     Plants are in 4 1/2 inch pots
single plant - $4.00         1/2 dozen - $18.00       1 dozen - $30.00

Payment may be made by check or cash.
Make checks out to: Friends of Maxwell Library

You can print your own order form. Click on the link below.
Geranium Order Form 2016 (disabled)

Thank you for supporting the Friends!

It's National Poetry Month PLUS National Library Week

This April marks the 20th anniversary of National Poetry Month. All over the world, libraries, schools, publishers, and poets will be celebrating poetry's vital place in our culture. 

The Friends will be celebrating with a FREE book drawing.
We'll have a selection of books of poetry to give away, and all YOU have to do is enter.
Look for it during National Library Week, April 10 -16. 

It's a busy month for libraries! 

   

Finding Award Winning Books for Kids and Teens

The Onondaga County Public Library's website has a ton of excellent information if you know where to find it. Have you ever wondered what children's books are award winners, and what libraries in the system own them?
This page has award winners, and recommended titles for kids, PLUS, with one click you can check the catalog for each title.
Do have a look. You'll like it!

http://www.onlib.org/web/kids_teens/kids/read/index.htm

We're Collecting Children's Books

Please consider donating children's books you've outgrown to the Friends!
Something new for this year's Garage Sale, on Saturday, June 4.
Many families come to the Garage Sale, and the kids usually don't buy anything for themselves. 
This year, we'll be giving a book to each child who stops by our sale.
We'll need your help to gather enough books to give away.
Please make sure they're in excellent condition, and appropriate for babies through middle school.
Drop them off in the tote underneath our card catalog. Thank you!

Robert's Rules of Order

We've had some discussion regarding Robert's Rules of Order, and whether or not the president of an organization can vote.

The answer is yes. "The president has every right and privilege as all voting members. If the president is a member of the voting body, he or she has exactly the same rights and privileges as all other members have, including the right to make motions, to speak in debate, and to vote on all questions. So, in meetings of a small board (where there are not more than about a dozen board members present), and in meetings of a committee, the presiding officer may exercise these rights and privileges as fully as any other member.
However, the impartiality required of the presiding officer of any other type of assembly (especially a large one) precludes exercising the rights to make motions or speak in debate while presiding, and also requires refraining from voting except (i) when the vote is by ballot, or (ii) whenever his or her vote will affect the result.
"http://www.robertsrules.com/faq.html#1

There's no law mandating that nonprofits must make decisions using Robert's Rules.
The Friends of Maxwell use the consensus model for making decisions. Someone presents an idea. The idea is passed around. Comments and discussion are encouraged. The idea can be modified until there is a general consensus among the members in attendance.
For expenditures of  more than $250.00, the Executive Board votes on the proposal after a general consensus has been reached at a meeting of the Friends.