December:   No meeting scheduled,  enjoy the holidays and hope to see you again in 2026

Nov 13th  Topics This will be our in person "annual meeting" 

Oct 9th  : Topics: Virtual meeting this month.   The meeting topic was the THRIVE proposal going before the EBRP voters in November.   A presentation of the THRIVE "roadmap" (prepared by the Federation) was presented to help simplify all the elements of the 3 proposals comprising the THRIVE initiative.   Mary Stein (EBRPL) presented the impact of the proposal on the operating funding for the Library and the impacts if the vote fails. Click HERE to see her presentation.   Mayor Sid Edwards and key members of his Administration were present to answer questions from the participants.   Click HERE to view a recording of the meeting.    If you would like to view the THRIVE "Roadmap",   click HERE.    In addition to the THRIVE discussion,  proposed Directors for the Board were presented to be voted on at the November Annual meeting  

ISept 11th  :  No meeting this month. 

Aug 14th  Annual Stormwater Meeting   In person meeting at the new South Library (Rouzan).  Click HERE for copies of the presentations.

July 10th   Topics :   No meeting this month. 

Jun 12th  Topics :   No meeting this month.

May 22nd   Topics:  In person meeting at the new South Library (Rouzan).  Guest speaker Charlie Davis, Chief Administrative Officer for EBR Mayor-President Sid Edwards.  Click HERE for a copy of the presentation.

Apr 3rd   Topics:   Virtual meeting this month.   Guest speaker was DA Hillar Moore discussing proposed 4 mill property tax for funding his agency,   the whys behind the request and some comparative data on the budgets of other LA Parish DAs offices..  To view a copy of the presentation,  see this link:  DA MILLAGE     To view a recording of the meeting,  please check out the following link :   RECORDING   (Note the recording was started a few minutes into the discussion - operator error!)

Mar 13th   Topics:  No meeting this month. 

Feb 13th  Topics:  This was our kickoff meeting for 2025 held in person at the Bluebonnet library.   Agenda included:  2024 Year in Review,  introducing the Board of Directors,  focus areas for 2025,   2024 Recognition Awards presentation,  status update on several of the new Mayor's transition team activities,  approval of the annual 2025 operating budget,  membership campaign update and a sneak peak at the member meetings for the balance of 2025.  See this link for mtg presentation:    FEB 2025 Mtg

Jan 9th   No meeting this month.