| The meeting
rooms of the Great Neck Library are an integral part of
the Library's resources. To provide for their proper assignment
and use the Board of Trustees has adopted this set of regulations.
The Meeting Rooms are intended
primarily for library sponsored or co-sponsored programs.
Other community organizations may use the rooms if the
organization or the program is designated to further the
educational, cultural, or civic needs of the community.
A "community organization" is defined as one that meets
at least once a year and 51% of whose members are residents
of the Great Neck School District. The Board may waive
this requirement at its discretion. The rooms are not
available for meetings of a commercial nature.
Permission to meet at the
Library does not in any way constitute an endorsement
of the organization or program by the Library Board or
staff. Rather, it is an affirmation of the Library
Bill of Rights, which states:
As an institution
of education for democratic living, the library should
welcome the use of its meeting rooms for socially useful
and cultural activities and discussions of current public
questions. Such meeting places should be available on
equal terms to all groups in the community regardless
of the beliefs and affiliations of their members.
Permission to use the Meeting
Rooms is granted subject to the following restrictions.
Failure to comply with any of them may result in immediate
cancellation of the permit and jeopardize future permission
to use the room.
- Permits are not transferable.
- Where meetings are jointly
sponsored, all co-sponsors must be named on the application.
- All meetings must be
open to the general public. Any publicity indicating
that a meeting is not open to the general public will
be cause for immediate cancellation of the meeting permit.
- While dues or other
moneys may be collected from the membership of the organization
sponsoring the meeting, no solicitation or collection
of funds from the general public is permitted on library
premises.
- No unwarranted implications
that an organization or program is sponsored or approved
by the Library is permitted. Neither the name nor the
address of the Great Neck Library may be used as an
official address or headquarters of any organization.
- Copies of any and all
Publicity to be disseminated to the public must be delivered
to the Programming Department of the Library at least
one weekday in advance of general distribution. This
will enable library staff to answer the many questions
received about organizational programs held at the Library.
In all material publicizing the program, the name of
the sponsoring organization must be larger and more
prominent than that of the Library. The name and address
of the Great Neck Library may be used only for the purpose
of identifying the location of the meeting. The publicity
should in no way imply that the Great Neck Library sponsors
or endorses the event.
- The Applicant requesting
use of a meeting room must be a resident of the Great
Neck School District.
Please call (516) 466-8055,
ext. 208 for further details or to obtain an application
to use a Meeting Room.
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