Bob was the treasurer of Austin Friends Meeting for 10 years, and chair
of its finance committee for 14 years. Since moving to Santa Fe in
2005, Bob has been on the Santa Fe Friends Meeting's finance committee
for three years, recently completing two years as treasurer. For the
past four years Bob has been a member of the finance committee of the
Eldorado Community Improvement Association. He is a member and past
president of the Joan Duffy Chapter of Veterans for Peace.
Bob retired in 2005 after a career as a public librarian. During his last 20 years he helped the 76 city, county, and nonprofit public libraries of the Central Texas Library System automate and connect to the Internet. He served for five years as the chair of a Texas Library Association statewide committee developing standards for public libraries and for three years as chair of a statewide committee advising the Texas Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board on the distribution of $130 million in grants to 8,000 school, public, and college libraries. He has also served as board chair of a statewide nonprofit supporting Texas libraries. In 2001 he was named Librarian of the Year by the Texas Library Association.
Bob’s involvement with the Interfaith Shelter began through the Friends and Veterans for Peace, two participating organizations that have provided volunteer and financial support.
Bob retired in 2005 after a career as a public librarian. During his last 20 years he helped the 76 city, county, and nonprofit public libraries of the Central Texas Library System automate and connect to the Internet. He served for five years as the chair of a Texas Library Association statewide committee developing standards for public libraries and for three years as chair of a statewide committee advising the Texas Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board on the distribution of $130 million in grants to 8,000 school, public, and college libraries. He has also served as board chair of a statewide nonprofit supporting Texas libraries. In 2001 he was named Librarian of the Year by the Texas Library Association.
Bob’s involvement with the Interfaith Shelter began through the Friends and Veterans for Peace, two participating organizations that have provided volunteer and financial support.
Bob Gaines
Interfaith Community Shelter Group P.O. Box 22653 Santa Fe, NM 87502
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