Normally, our New Year's Day party is a casual, drop-in affair. People come in for a few minutes, or an hour or two, and we sit around, nibble on snacks and exchange gossip - a friendly social event and opportunity to see old friends.
This year, of course, it will have to be different - we will be sitting at a table, discussing what the Library should do in a new, on-line internet world.
No need to come early for set-up, or stay late for clean-up!
HOWEVER - since this will be more of a meeting format than an informatl get-together, you will propbably be better informed, and more involved, if you were to get here closer to the beginning. This will not be formal, and there will be a lot of friendly socializing, I cannot give you a specific time that the meeting format will begin.

We would like the conversation to focus making serious committments, with skills and/or time availability. The books are still in storage. It's not only a matter of finding a location, it is also about building a core group of people to keep the Library going.
We need to know that we have the people before signing a lease.
When we moved to Ballard nineteen years ago, it took a group of five people almost six months to get the furniture and shelves in and the books organized. We currently don't have enough people to do that.