Raffle Results

The raffle was an outstanding success, due to the generosity of all who contributed to the baskets, Wyoming Library Leadership Institute (WLLI) grads who helped sell tickets, and those who hoped to win a basket! The final amount raised was an amazing $1,788.00! And here are the winners:

Children’s Antiques – Shelley King
Chocolate – Heather Valerio
Sublette – Carol Burns
Albany County Crafts – Theresa Authier
Albany County Arts – Mary Ann Harlow
Zen Garden Kit – Deb Kelly
A Perfect Reading Space – Edie Phillips
Johnson County – Becky Packer
Fremont County Reds – Trish Palluck
Snuggle Bucket – Cynthia Twing
Once Upon a Doily – Katie Lynn
Dinner, a Movie & a Late Night – Sharon Porter
Park County – Noreen Leathum
Tea Time Around the World – Jamie Kearley
Uinta County – Great Northern Book Co.

Thank you all for a great time!

2009 Fundraiser Details

Thanks so much to all of you for donating your time and creativity to this fundraiser! I can’t wait to see all the wonderful representations of our Wyoming counties.

Some of you are already working on baskets – and selling tickets! Here is a list of those who are pulling baskets together so far. If you don’t see a name next to the county you are in, would you be willing to take on this task? And if you have know a grad alum who is not on our volunteer list from another county, would you be willing to contact him/her and ask if they could do a basket from their county?

Albany – Betsy Moore (Albany County Art, Albany County Crafts, Albany County Zen Garden Kit)
Big Horn
Campbell – Ara Anderson, Sue Knesel (Chocolate); Mary Gillis (Children's Antiques; Once Upon a Doily)
Carbon
Converse
Crook
Fremont – Gloria Brodle, Katy Jost, Barbara Oakleaf (Fremont County Reds); Becky Packer
Goshen
Hot Springs
Johnson – Cynthia Twing
Laramie – Chris Van Burgh, Erin Kinney, Teresa Authier (Snuggle Bucket)
Lincoln
Natrona
Niobrara
Park – Frances Clymer
Platte
Sheridan – Marci Mock (Dinner, a Movie and a Late Night, Tea Time Around the World)
Sublette – Sukey Hohl, Ann Stowe
Sweetwater – Cindy Moore (The Perfect Reading Space)
Teton – Volunteer Coordinator
Uinta – Dale Collum
Washakie
Weston

As far as what to include in the baskets, here are ideas from last year. Also, check out Wyoming First Products for ideas: http://www.wyomingfirst.org/index.htm. Anything is open, from the very well-known subjects (Devil's Tower) to the perhaps less well-known (Moore Pottery).

• Photos (landscape of red desert?)
• Art from local artist (pottery, painting, sculpture?)
• Book from local author
• Crafts (jewelry, knitting, crocheting, quilting, ???)
• Food (honey from local beekeeper?)
• Products from major industry (molasses from the sugar beet industry in Washakie County? Baking soda from Sweetwater County?)
• Ceramic tiles or note cards from the Wyoming State Museum Store (one design for each county)

Ideally, I would like to have the baskets dropped off on Wednesday or Thursday morning. At this time I am planning to be at the conference on Thursday only. So I will need lots of volunteers to assist at the raffle table on Thursday and Friday. Let me know which times you can sit at the table.

Thursday
7:30-9 -- Becky Packer, Lori
9-10 -- Katie Lynn
10-11 -- Katie Lynn
11-12 -- Katie Lynn
12-1 -- Katie Lynn
1-2 -- Katie Lynn
2-3 --
3-4 -- Gloria Brodle, Lori
4-5 -- Gloria Brodle, Lori

Friday
7:30-9 -- Josh Pearl
9-10 -- Josh Pearl
10-11 -- Becky Packer, Lori
11-12 -- Meg Martin
12-1 -- Meg Martin
1-2 -- Katie Lynn
2-3 -- Katie Lynn
3-4:30 -- Susan Wynne

WLLI fundraiser - WLA 2009

Hi, grads of the Wyoming Library Leadership Institute!

Many of you know that the Wyoming Library Leadership Institute (WLLI) is hanging in the balance--in great need of funding for continuation. Cynthia Twing, current Wyoming Library Association President and 2001 WLLI graduate, met with a group of graduates in July to discuss the future of WLLI. One of the outcomes of that meeting was the decision to hold a fundraiser based on the popular (and FUN) county basket fundraiser that took place last conference for the Debbie Iverson Leadership Scholarship.

I have been asked to organize the fundraiser and my first order of business is to gather volunteers to help with the fundraiser. I will not be able to fully attend the conference this year and will need help to not only solicit baskets and items, but also for manning the table (selling tickets and at the end scrambling to get baskets to winners and/or to people who can deliver them to winners).

If you would like to help with fundraiser, please CONTACT ME NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 1, 2009. I will then go through how we did things last year. We can brainstorm ways to do it all better or differently and then get to work gathering together the baskets.

I will create the raffle tickets. (If you would like me to send you some tickets to print and sell ahead of time, let me know.) This is what I will place on the ticket to describe the fundraiser:

This fundraiser is to provide for the Wyoming Library Leadership Institute (WLLI) in the summer of 2010. WLLI graduates have experienced the benefits of this leadership program. They believe the Wyoming Library Community deserves the opportunity to grow their own leaders to nurture individuals and create an environment of support. They have been able to work with nationally known presenters who have helped individuals to recognize their leadership style, learn communication and team building skills, and create state-wide connections.

Because past funding sources for WLLI are unavailable, graduates of this worthy program are making personal donations. Please join them in making a contribution to the future of WLLI.

Thank you for any consideration to help WLLI continue!

Katie Lynn
Electronic Services Librarian
Wyoming State Law Library
2301 Capitol Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82002
307-777-6487
klynn@courts.state.wy.us

Book review for returning grads of WLLI

Hi all, Thanks for hanging in there while I get this blog edited. Hope to see you all next week in Cheyenne at the Legislative Reception.

Ara

I read Leadership Challenge: How to get extraordinary things done in organizations. By James M.Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner 1^st edition Josseu-Bass publishers, San Francisco. 1990

After looking this up I’ve found that it must be pretty sound as it is being published in the fourth edition and due out in August, 2008. The book’s premise is that “Leadership is Everyone's Business." The "five practices" and how they have remained constant. They are:

5 Practices:

• Model the way.
• Inspire a shared vision.
• Challenge the process or searching for opportunities
• Enable others to act
• Encourage the heart

These are not accidents but conscious practices of a leader in our circle, a global community in the newest edition.

The Ten Commitments are:

Challenge the process by

1. Searching for opportunities

2. Experiment and take risks

Inspiring a shared Vision

· Envision the Future

· Enlist others

· Enabling Others to Act

· Foster Collaboration

· Strengthen others

Modeling the way

· Set the Example

· Plan the wins

Encouraging the Heart

· Recognizing Individual Contribution

· Celebrate Accomplishments

Look for the 4^th edition soon!

2006 Institute

Final thoughts from WLLI 2006 event

As we finished our two densely filled days of discussion about leadership, the NOLS presenters left us with a few thoughts to reflect on....

Out of the seven leadership skills:

• which are my greatest strengths?
• which are my greatest challenges?
• which are "OK" ie, middle ground, for me?

Pick one skill you choose to work toward improving and develop three specific steps that will move you forward.

What is one skill, quality, or trait that I know about myself that I can communicate to my co-workers, work group, team, or supervisor?

I had a great experience in Lander and hope you will share your thoughts with the WLLI participants via the blog as you reflect and develop your plans. You'll hear from me!

WY Library Leadership Institute Grads