[Michlib-l] It's Raffle Time: Three Time Emmy Award Winner, Under the Radar Michigan!

[Library Director]

Jim,
I would absolutely like to be entered in this drawing! Please! 😊. I would
make time for them to come to our library whenever they would like.
Thank you so much for the chance!
Diane Greiner, Director
Croton Township Library
8260 S. Croton-Hardy Drive
Newaygo, MI 49337
231-652-1615
crodg at llcoop.org

On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 8:11 AM Jim Flury <jflury at tln.lib.mi.us> wrote:

> All,
>
> Many of you (and your patrons, too) enjoy the Emmy Award winning (yes, UTR
> just won its THIRD Emmy) television show Under the Radar Michigan. The
> discounted UTR book and dvd purchase order opportunity was extremely well
> received by Michigan libraries. Tom Daldin and Jim Edelman are great
> friends of Michigan libraries, and if you have a chance to attend the MLA
> fall conference you can meet Tom and Jim, who will be the keynote speakers
> at the Thursday, October 29 luncheon:
> http://www.milibraries.org/prof-development-networking/annual-conference/featured-speakers/
>
> In keeping with all of the above, I am very pleased to announce that Tom
> and Jim of UTR have generously agreed to donate their time to present their
> program at a total of SIX Michigan public libraries over the course of 15
> months, beginning in September, 2015 and concluding in November, 2016. How
> well received is their program in a public library? Here is what the
> director of one TLN member library had to say:
>
> "We hosted the Under the Radar guys and it was fabulous. Tom Daldin and
> Jim Edelman from UTR accomplished something that doesn't happen often: they
> made us laugh over and over * and * reminded us how great Michiganders are.
> UTR isn't about "the best of the best" it's about the unique towns,
> festivals and travel opportunities there are in our state. It really boils
> down to the people behind these destinations. The coolest thing is that Tom
> and Jim are a Michigan success story themselves. They both found themselves
> out of work during the recession. They knew each other as fellow media
> professionals, so they put their heads together and started pitching ideas
> to PBS. Their book sales were brisk (we're hoping there can be a group
> discounted buy, maybe, for public libraries in Michigan?). At least four of
> our guests (full-house) said it was the best program they'd ever attended!
> Don't you want to have them, too?"
>
> Yes, you do. And six of you can. We promised you a raffle, and now it's
> UTR RAFFLE TIME! We have grouped Michigan public libraries into six
> geographic regions. One winning library will be chosen from each of the six
> geographic regions. Each of the six winning libraries will then work with
> Tom and Jim to come up with a date for a program that mutually works for
> both parties. Program slots are September and early November, 2015;
> February, 2016; May, 2016; July, 2016; early November, 2016. The drawing
> will be held at The Library Network on Monday, July 13. You need not be
> present to win :) If you would like to enter our Under the Radar Michigan
> raffle to have a chance to have Tom Daldin and Jim Edelman present a
> program at your library, please reply to this email by no later than
> Sunday, July 12.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Jim
>
> Jim Flury
> Technical Services Manager
> The Library Network
> 41365 Vincenti Court
> Novi, MI 48375
> 248-536-3100 x133
> Fax 248-536-3098
> jflury at tln.lib.mi.us
>
>
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