The following is a partial re-post of a recent Fairfax Times article by Angela Woolsey on the dispute between FCPA and the Friends of the Library:
Visitors to the Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library used book sale on June
1 through 3 received a slip of paper with their purchase warning that
the quarterly sales could come to an end.
The paper explained that
the book sales are at risk of ending due to an ongoing disagreement
between Fairfax County and the various Friends of the Library groups
that fund and sponsor many library activities.
The Friends of
Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library then suggested that concerned citizens
contact their local supervisor and the Fairfax County Public Library
administration.
The
rift between the library administration and the Friends stems from a
new memorandum of understanding that outlines the responsibilities that
each party has as participants in a public-nonprofit partnership.
Library
administrators say the MOU is necessary to clarify the county’s
relationship with the Friends groups, which are independent, nonprofit
community organizations run by volunteers and dedicated to supporting
library activities.
However, members of several Friends groups
argue that the terms in the memorandum are intrusive and restrictive,
especially when it comes to their financial reporting obligations, and
that the library is using the threat of eviction to pressure them into
signing a document despite their objections.
Click here for the rest of this article.
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