One of our sustainability strategies for the Get Involved: Powered by Your Library statewide volunteerism initiative is the development of "Regional Peer Networks." In addition to our statewide efforts, the goal is to facilitate the sharing of library volunteer engagement success stories, resources, ideas and materials among folks in various geographic areas. This will help to sustain current gains, share strategies, and ensure that libraries new to Get Involved are exposed and mentored to achieve their own successes.
The Bay Area Network has scheduled 3 FREE workshops -- San Francisco March 2, Marina April 9 and San Jose May 4. Workshop Flyer with registration and contact information. Lunch and potential for regional travel reimbursement are part of the deal, so check it out! If you can't make it to one of their workshops, at least let them know if you're interested in being kept informed of Bay Area activities.
Bay Area:
Cathy Andrews - Monterey County - andrewscs@co.monterey.ca.us
Jennifer Baker - St. Helena - director@shpl.org
Kai Wilson - San Francisco - kaiwilson@sfpl.org
Joan Young - San Jose - joan.young@sjlibrary.org
The other 3 networks are gearing up too, so if you haven't made contact with them yet, here's how -- and many thanks to ALL these folks who've stepped up to take the lead!
Sacramento Region:
Randi-Kay Stephens- Sacramento - rstephens@saclibrary.org
Gail McGrath- Roseville - gmcgrath@roseville.ca.us
Central Valley:
Sherry Gomez- Kern County - sherry.gomez@kerncountylibrary.org
Elizabeth Finkle- Fresno County - elizabeth.finkle@fresnolibrary.org
Southern California:
Hillary Theyer- Torrance - htheyer@torranceca.gov
Monica Miltko- Huntington Beach - Monica.Miltko@surfcity-hb.org