Meeting Room Policy

The Fitzgerald-Ben Hill County Library, as a service to the community, provides meeting rooms for use by community groups and organizations. The facilities are to be used for library-sponsored programs, for the local governments which provide continuing financial support to the library and for community group activities of an educational, civic or cultural nature appropriate to the facility.

Priority of use will be given to library-related programs and those co-sponsored by the library. Community groups and organizations will be granted permission to use the facilities at no charge for civic, cultural or educational activities. Use cannot be granted for private, social or money-making activities. Businesses or for-profit groups may use the facilities for organizational or training meetings but may be assessed a fee to recover the cost of operating the meeting rooms.

Space may be reserved for workshops, conferences, institutes, book discussions, training, touring exhibits, programs, seminars, etc. No more than two meetings per month by any single group or organization will be allowed.

All programs, events, meetings and gatherings shall be open to the public at no admission fee. No selling of goods or services is allowed. An organization may charge for materials used in a program or for meals service, but not for admission. Library-related programs or sales to benefit the library may be scheduled in library facilities.

Permission to use library facilities in no way constitutes an endorsement of a group's policies or beliefs. The Library Board of Trustees reserves the right to review any or all applications, and may demand sufficient time to make proper investigation before action is taken on a request. The Board may reject applications. The Library reserves the right to cancel a reservation if necessary. No meeting will be permitted if it is suspected that the meeting will result in disruptive consequences to the library as a whole.