Library Organizations
Friends of the Library
Purpose
The purpose of this organization is to foster closer relations between the Chadron Public Library and the citizens of Chadron and Dawes County; to promote knowledge of the functions, resources, services, and needs of the library; to lead the development of a program for the extension and improvement of the library's services and resources; to receive and encourage gifts to the library; to expend and use these gifts for the library; to lend legislative support for libraries where needed; and to support the freedom to read as expressed in the American Library Association Bill of Rights.
Membership
Membership in this organization shall be open to all individuals in sympathy with its purpose and to representatives of organizations and clubs when such representation is desired.
Each individual member, family member (over eighteen years of age), corporate member representative, and lifetime member shall be entitled to one vote. Adult and Children’s librarians shall be honorary members, each entitled to one vote.
Annual dues shall be payable after September 1. Dues shall be voted on at the annual meeting. There shall be the following classes of membership and dues:
- Individual Membership = $10
- Individual Membership Plus = $20
- Family Membership = $25
- Non-profit/Business/Corporate Membership = $50
- Individual Lifetime Membership = $100
Friends of the Library - Officers - 2013/2014
- President: Pat Kaus
- Vice President: Susan Vastine
- Secretary: Sharon Jones
- Treasurer: Sharon Jones
Click here for the 2013 Friends Calendar of Events.
Click here for the Friends of the Library Constitution and Bylaws (rev. November 2012)
Library Board of Directors
Meetings are open to the public.
- Teresa Hawk, President (2013)
- Kit Watson, Vice President (2015)
- Drew Petersen, Secretary (2015)
- Doris Harrington (2013)
- Glenda Gamby (2014)
- Rossella Tesch (Library Director)
The members of the Library Board of Directors are appointed by the Chadron City Council. The Board meets every second Tuesday for regular business and every third Tuesday for Library Renovation business.
Chadron Public Library Foundation
The Chadron Public Library Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the support of Chadron Public Library by providing funds for cultural events, scholarships, and various other activities and goals. The Foundation is also involved in fund raising for the library's renovation. Click here for the Foundation's web site.
- George Ledbetter, President (at-large, Jan. 2017)
- Vacant, Vice-president (at-large Jan. 2015)
- Kathryn Johnson, Secretary (Friends of the Library Representative)
- Roger Wess, Treasurer (at-large, Jan. 2015)
- Suze Jone (at-large, Jan. 2014)
- Kerry Bailey (at-large, Jan. 2015)
- Marguerite Vey-Miller (at-large, Jan. 2015)
- Doris Harrington (Library Board Representative)
- Rossella Tesch (Library Director)
