<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Good morning everyone,<br><br>I hope you had a good long weekend. The first morning back after Labor Day is rarely anyone's favorite, so I am glad to start it with something worth looking forward to. The Empire State Libraries Fundraiser, featuring the Golf Outing, Pickleball Tournament, and Banquet Dinner, takes place three weeks from yesterday on Monday, September 28, at The Vineyard Golf & Country Club in Riverhead.<br><br>Registration has been open and spots are going quickly. The new pickleball tournament has limited space in particular, so if you have been meaning to sign up, this is the week to do it.<br><br>Register here: <a href="https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/empire-state-libraries-fundraiser" target="_blank">https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/empire-state-libraries-fundraiser</a><br>Or visit <a href="http://www.suffolkplda.org/" target="_blank">www.suffolkplda.org</a><br><br><b>What the day looks like:</b><br><br>11:30 am to 1:00 pm, registration and lunch for golfers<br>1:00 pm, golfers tee off<br>1:30 pm, pickleball players arrive<br>2:00 pm, pickleball tournament begins<br>5:00 to 6:00 pm, cocktail hour<br>6:00 pm, banquet dinner reception</div><div><br></div><div><b>Pick your level of athletic commitment ;)</b><br><br>Golf, lunch, and banquet dinner, $250 per person. Bring your clubs and your favorite excuse.<br><br>Pickleball, $150 per person, which covers five games, snacks, drinks, and the banquet dinner. New this year, round robin, mixed doubles, all levels welcome. That last part is sincere. Nobody is scouting you.<br><br>Banquet dinner only, $125 per person.<br><br>Banquet dinner only for SCLA and other association members, retired members, and first-time attendees, $100 per person. If your relationship with organized sports ended in high school, this is your ticket. Show up at 5:00 for the cocktail hour, stay for dinner, and let other people do the sweating.<br><br>Also new this year: raffle baskets, and several new sponsorship opportunities.<br><br><b>Sponsorships, or, a nice thing to ask your vendors about:</b><br><br>Levels run from a $150 tee-sign up to the $3,000 Nobel Prize Sponsor, with stops at $350, $550, $1,000, $1,400, and $1,800 along the way. Several include golf, lunch, banquet seats, and signage. Your vendors and business partners already want to be visible to a room full of library decision makers. Please make the introduction.<br><br><b>What it is all for:</b><br><br>Proceeds support New Yorkers for Better Libraries, the NYLA Intellectual Freedom Roundtable, the Sustainable Libraries Initiative, and Suffolk County PLDA. A day outside plus real advocacy money for New York's libraries is a hard combination to argue with.<br><br><b>Two housekeeping notes:</b><br><br>If you pay online through Zeffy, keep an eye on the summary page. Where it offers to "help keep Zeffy free," open the dropdown and choose "Other." The platform is well meaning but it would like a tip, and this is how you politely decline.<br><br>If you would rather write a check, make it payable to Suffolk County PLDA and mail it with your registration to Joanne Albano, Commack Public Library, 18 Hauppauge Rd., Commack, NY 11725.<br><br>The brochure is attached with the full sponsor list and a registration form. Please pass it along to vendors, business partners, board members, and anyone else who owes you a favor.<br><br>I look forward to seeing many of you on the 28th, whether on the course, on the court, or sensibly at the bar. Our collective thanks to Joanne Albano and Elizabeth Sullivan for leading such an outstanding event. <br><br>Bob Johnson<br>President, Suffolk County Library Association</div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>--</div><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b>Robert G. Johnson</b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b>Library Operations Manager<br></b><div><b>SCLA - President</b> - <a href="https://scla.wildapricot.org/join-us" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">join us!</a></div><div><b>CATS - Board Member</b> - <a href="https://scla.wildapricot.org/join-us" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">join us!</a></div><b>Emma S. Clark Memorial Library</b></div></div><div>120 Main Street</div><div>Setauket, NY 11733</div><div>Main: 631.941.4080 x.132</div><div>Office Direct: 631.760.4584<br>Cell: 631.872.7525</div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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