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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, A retirement celebration is being held in honor of
3 Robert F. Plotzke, Executive Director of Rolling Prairie
4 Library System (RPLS) in Decatur, on June 21, 2005; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Mr. Plotzke holds a B.S. from the University of
6 Wisconsin, a Master of Library Sciences from Florida State
7 University, and an M.B.A. from East Tennessee State University;
8 and
 
9     WHEREAS, Mr. Plotzke joined the Rolling Prairie Library
10 System as Executive Director in October of 1978; since that
11 time he has led the System through two remodeling programs,
12 including taking a former Piggly Wiggly grocery building and
13 transforming it into a modern, state-of-the-art office
14 facility; he has guided Rolling Prairie Library System through
15 many changes in its services as the role of the System has
16 changed to meet the needs of its member libraries and the
17 citizens of Illinois; and
 
18     WHEREAS, As more libraries were established within Rolling
19 Prairie Library System's thirteen-county region, he moved the
20 System away from being a provider of materials to a facilitator
21 of resource sharing; he oversaw the development of the delivery
22 system and several automation upgrades, which enabled RPLS
23 libraries and their patrons to receive materials from other
24 Rolling Prairie Library System libraries in a timely fashion;
25 he provided leadership when library systems in Illinois were
26 faced with severe funding challenges, enabling the System to
27 continue to provide consulting, training, and leadership to
28 Rolling Prairie Library System libraries; and
 
29     WHEREAS, In addition, Bob provided building construction
30 consulting services to more than 40 public libraries in
31 Illinois, working with library boards, librarians, and

 

 

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1 community leaders in planning new buildings, expansions, and
2 remodeling; and
 
3     WHEREAS, He served as the President of the Illinois Library
4 Association in 1986, on the Illinois State Library Advisory
5 Committee, and as Treasurer of the Illinois Library System
6 Directors Organization for the past four years; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Bob and his wife, Suzanne, have been married for
8 34 years; they have two grown children, Laurel and Michael;
9 they are active members of East Park Baptist Church in Mt.
10 Zion; in addition to all of the above activities, Bob has run
11 in both the New York and Chicago Marathons; therefore, be it
 
12     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
13 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
14 we congratulate Robert F. Plotzke on the occasion of his
15 retirement after 27 years of service; and be it further
 
16     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
17 presented to Mr. Plotzke as an expression of our respect and
18 esteem and with best wishes for a relaxing retirement.