Board Policy:
The Williams County Public Library may approve, on a limited basis, to area groups the right to sell or solicit funds or collect donated items for their organization or group.
Administrative Procedure:
All solicitations will be based on the following criteria:
- All groups requesting assistance from the library must be Non- Profit.
- A Non-Profit Organization Solicitation Approval form can be obtained from any library employee and filled out by the non-profit organization.
- The non-profit organization must agree that the library is not responsible for solicited items or money and that responsibility is the solicitors.
- All solicitation must be approved by the director, branch manager, or department coordinator.
- The library will take precedence over any outside organization.
- Managers and supervisors have the right to refuse solicitors on any basis, especially those concerning space.
- Time limits will be established at the discretion of the director, manager or department coordinator.
- The security or safety of any funds or items collected is the sole responsibility of the organization collecting them and not the responsibility of the library or the library staff.
- The library will have only one solicitation at a time.
- The library is not responsible for transporting or delivering any collected funds or items to the soliciting organization.
For further information also refer to the Distribution and Posting of Non-library Materials policy.
Approved: January 28, 2008