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[ Library Board on March 4, 2026]
I'M GONNA CALL A MEETING TO ORDER.YOU CAN PLEASE TAKE ROLL CALL DIRECTOR.
THERE WAS NO PUBLIC COMMENT SENT IN TODAY.
THANK YOU, SIR, FOR THAT NOTICE.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA OF THE, UH, STATE AGENDA, FEBRUARY MIN MINUTES, AND THEN THE WARRANT QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WARRANT.
WHAT IS YOUR MEASURE? I IS MIDWEST.
HAVE WE SEEN MIDWEST BEFORE? YEAH.
THEY, THEY, WHERE WE TYPICALLY ORDER OUR DVDS AND FLU RAISES FROM.
AMAZON IS A RARE OCCASION THAT WE ORDER STUFF.
IT'S ONLY IF IT'S LIKE SOMETHING WE JUST CAN'T POSSIBLY GET LIKE MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, THROUGH OUR REGULAR PROVIDERS.
AND THERE'S PRETTY GOOD CHECKOUT OF THEIR DVDS STILL.
I MEAN, THEY'RE ALWAYS POPULAR.
I FEEL LIKE DVDS AND BLU-RAYS ARE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, WHEN HOME WITH A STACK ON NEW LAUNCH.
PEOPLE STILL DON'T THINK YOU KNOW THAT NOT EVERYBODY'S MOVED INTO THE, UH, DIGITAL AGE OF STREAMING.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OLDER PEOPLE LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE DVDS AND TAKE THEM OFF.
SO I THINK PEOPLE, SOME, SOME PEOPLE PROBABLY MISS VHS A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, LIKE
SECONDED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ARE THOSE IN FAVOR? OH, NO, SORRY.
WE'LL GO ON TO NEW AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
AND WE HAVE THE ELECTIONS, SO USUALLY IN JANUARY.
SO WE'RE NOT AS LATE THIS YEAR AS YOU WERE BEFORE.
UH, IT IS FOR CHAIR AND SECRETARY.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND DISCUSS CHAIR FIRST.
ARE THERE AN NOMINATION FOR CHAIR? CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE ROLE IS? SO YES, WE, YOU RUN THE MEETINGS.
UM, BEFORE THE OTHER DIRECTORS HAVE CALLED BEFORE THE MEETING TO DISCUSS THE AGENDA AND, AND SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDED TO BE PUT ON IT.
SO, UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT YOU DO HAVE TO DO THE PRESENTATION FOR THE COUNCIL, WHICH IS WRITTEN.
YEAH, YOU JUST HAVE TO READ IT.
WE'LL ALL BE THERE TO SUPPORT YOU.
THE SECRETARY IS PRETTY MUCH, BECAUSE IT'S IN OUR BYLAWS OF THE SECRETARY.
SECRETARY DOES NOT TAKE NOTES AS YOU SEE SARAH.
SARAH'S, SARAH'S TAKING THE NOTES AND SHE'S ALREADY LIGHTS UP THE, THE MINUTES.
IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE IF MARGARET WASN'T, OR THE, THE CHAIR WASN'T HERE, THE SECRETARY WOULD REQUEST MEET.
IT'S LIKE YOU'RE BACK LIKE VICE CHAIR.
WELL I'LL NOMINATE MYSELF FOR CHAIRMAN.
IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT? SURE.
DO YOU WANNA VOTE? YEAH, LET'S VOTE.
WELL DO, IS THAT THE ONLY WE'LL DO CHAIR AND THEN WE'LL DO SECRETARY.
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AYE, NA AGAIN? AYE.AND WHAT ABOUT SECRETARY? OKAY.
UH, THAT'LL BE BEGIN NEXT MEETING.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE GRANT, UH, MOSTLY
SO THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR RECEIVING THE GRANT.
UM, IT'S ROUGHLY THE SAME AMOUNT AS LAST YEAR.
WE'LL DO WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR FOR LUNCH, THE LIBRARY.
WE'LL HAVE A SUMMER PROGRAM FOR THE EIGHT WEEKS TO FULL OUT SERVE LUNCH THREE DAYS A WEEK.
UM, I WANNA SAY IT'S GONNA PROBABLY BE TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO USE THAT MONEY TO HELP PRESENT SUMMER READING PROGRAM AND ALL THAT PROGRAM.
UM, PERFORMERS, IS IT REAPP APPLY EVERY YEAR.
SO YEAH, WE DO REAPPLY EVERY YEAR, BUT TRADITIONALLY THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRETTY STABLE IN TERMS OF LIKE, GIVING YOU THE MONEY.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THEIR SPOT IS LIKE.
SO THIS IS NOT AN ACTION ITEM, IS IT? IT IS.
YOU DO? YEAH, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BRING IT TO COUNCIL.
SO, UH, MOTION TO ACCEPT THE GRANT? NO, I, I'M JUST READING OKAY.
AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, SO NOW THAT WE HAVE A NEW BOARD, A NEW CHAIR, AND A SECRETARY, THE CHAIR TYPICALLY DOES NOT MAKE THE MOTIONS.
TYPICALLY IT'S ONE OF THE OTHER MEMBERS.
SO, UH, THE CHAIR WILL VOTE ON EVERYTHING, BUT TYPICALLY DOES NOT MAKE THE MOTIONS JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY.
TO ACCEPT THE GRANT, THE LIBRARY.
SO I DON'T HAVE A WRITTEN REPORT FOR YOU.
UH, AND ACTUALLY FORGET MY WRITTEN REPORT IN THE OFFICE.
UM, BUT I WANNA KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE, UM, IDEA OF WHAT WE HAVE COMING UP IN THE NEXT MONTH.
SO, UH, MARCH IS QUITE A BUSY MONTH FOR US.
WE HAVE QUITE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS. SO WE START OUT WITH MARIO DAY, WHICH IS MARCH 10TH.
UM, MAR FOR MARCH, AND THEN ONE ZERO FOR MARIA.
UH, SO DURING OUR GAMERS WORLD WE WILL HAVE, UH, A TOURNAMENT FOR THE KIDS AND THEN WE'LL GIVE OUT SOME, UH, TROPHIES AND PRIZES.
SO THAT SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN.
WE HAVE OUR TAX PREP COMING UP ON 17TH, UH, THE 13TH.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE, UM, ALL DAY.
AND IF YOU DO WANNA SIGN UP FOR IT, YOU DO CALL JUST TWO ONE ONE AND THEY CAN SIGN YOU UP FOR THE PROGRAM.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT IS LIKE, UM, IT JUST, IT IS A FREE PROGRAM PROVIDED TO US BY THE, UH, JEWISH
IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE LIKE SERVICES THAT THEY HAVE.
AND I'M SAD WE ONLY GOT ONE DAY, BUT OKAY.
UM, WE ALSO DID FREEPRESS AMERICA THIS MONTH, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING.
UM, SARAH WENT, I READ THIS SOME STUDENT, UH, WE HAD SOME OF OUR LITERACY DEPARTMENT COME AND READ.
UM, A LOT OF THE KIDS RECOGNIZED THE STAFF AND THEY WERE VERY EXCITED WE COULD SEE THE LIBRARY, SO THAT WAS REALLY FUN FOR US.
WE HAVE OUR EGG HUNT COMING UP OUR SECOND ANNUAL, UH, LAST YEAR WE HID 2000 EGGS IN THE LIBRARY.
AND WHEN I SAY HI, I MEAN THREW THEM ON THE FLOOR BECAUSE IT WAS
WE HAD THEM IN THE STACK, BUT IT WAS JUST LIKE,
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THERE WAS JUST SO MANY THAT WE, UH, SO WE'LL BE DOING IT AGAIN.WE HAVE ALL OF OUR EGGS WE SAVED FROM LAST YEAR.
WE WILL HIDE THEM ALL OVER THE LIBRARY AGAIN.
UM, IT SHOULD BE A REALLY FUN TIME FOR ALL THE KIDS.
UH, AND THAT WILL BE ON THE 28TH.
UM, AND WE'RE JUST GONNA BE DOING THE, A HUNT THIS YEAR AS OPPOSED TO THE EGG AND CRAFT BECAUSE THE A HUNT REALLY IS A FOCAL POINT OF THE ACTIVITY.
UM, YOU'RE ALL WELCOME TO COME AND ENJOY GREAT CHILDREN WITH YOU.
WE'RE A NEW ROOF FINISHED, BEAUTIFUL SHINY.
UM, HOPEFULLY IT ALLOWS US ANOTHER 20 YEARS.
UM, WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED THAT THERE'S NO MORE BANGING ON THE ROOF, SO IT'S MUCH MORE PEACEFUL
THERE THERE BE DAMAGE THAT NEEDED STILL UP ON CEILING THAT NEEDS TO BE.
UM, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING INSIDE THAT GOT DAMAGED.
IT WAS JUST, YOU COULD HEAR THE REVER LIKE, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THE LEVERS HOLLOWS, YOU JUST HEAR THE POUNDING INSIDE.
IT JUST SOUNDED LIKE THEY WERE BREAKING THINGS, BUT IT, WE DIDN'T GET ANY ACTUAL, LIKE INSIDE NO RAIN DAMAGE, NO RAIN DAMAGE.
UM, THEY LUCKILY WERE ABLE TO PUT LIKE, TARPS DOWN WHILE THE RAINS HAPPENED, SO IT DIDN'T LEAK THROUGH.
UM, THERE'S A SOCIAL SECURITY CLASS COMING UP ON THE NINTH, WHICH IS NEXT MONDAY.
SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY, THINGS LIKE THAT, IT WOULD BE A REALLY HELPFUL CLASS IN THE AFTERNOON THROUGH LITERACY.
UH, WE ALSO, UM, PRESENT IT AT OUR FEBRUARY 17TH MEETING ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO THE CITY HAS A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WENT THROUGH 2025.
UM, AND WE HAVE A BRIDGE PLAN THAT'S GONNA GO FROM 25 TO 27 WHILE WE WORK ON A FIVE YEAR PLAN FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE AND WHILE OUR OWN PERSONAL DEPARTMENTS.
UM, SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, OUR GOALS FOR THIS THIS YEAR, UM, IS GOING TO BE FOSTER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INCLUSION, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT THE LIBRARY ALWAYS STRIVES FOR.
AND OF COURSE WE'RE ALREADY ON OUR WAY TO DOING THAT WITH THE NEW ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS LIKE FILIPINO HERITAGE THAT, UM, WE'RE IMPLEMENTING NEW TECHNOLOGIES INTO THE LIBRARY.
SO WE HAVE OUR TECH LAB COMING BACK.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME CODING CLASSES FOR THE TECH LAB FOR BOTH KIDS AND ADULTS.
SO THIS IS A NICE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYBODY TO COME AND LEARN A NEW SKILL.
WE'RE ALSO BRINGING BACK OUR 3D PRINTING, UM, LAB AS WELL.
SO THAT'S ALL GONNA BE COMING BACK THIS YEAR WITH ADDITION TO OUR, UM, NEWER ITEMS LIKE OUR LASER CUTTER, UM, AND WHATEVER WE PURCHASE THIS YEAR TO CONTINUE TO ADD TO THE TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE IN THE LIBRARY.
AND THEN WE HAVE PRESERVING LOCAL ARCHIVES, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE THE LOCAL HISTORY ROOM AND SO FOR US THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A HIGHLIGHT OF OUR BUILDING.
WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT MATERIAL.
SO WE'RE GONNA PARTNER WITH SAN DIEGO STATE.
WE'RE WORKING WITH CALIFORNIA REVEALED TO LIKE, DIGITIZE MANY OF THE MATERIALS IN THERE SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THEM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FUTURE MM-HMM
AND THEN ADD THEM TO A LOT OF THE ONLINE ARCHIVES SO THAT THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY, NOT JUST PEOPLE HERE IN THE THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN OUR FINAL, UM, ITEM IS IMPLEMENTING OUR NEW LIBRARY SYSTEM, OUR NEW INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM.
SO, UH, IT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL LAST YEAR.
SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING EVERYTHING ON BOARD.
IT WILL GO LIVE AUGUST 11TH HOPEFULLY.
UM, BUT IT'LL BE A WEB-BASED SYSTEM, SO THAT MEANS EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE A LOT EASIER, QUICKER.
AND WE CAN GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY WITH LIKE AN IPAD AND WE CAN BE IN THE PARK CREATING A LIBRARY CARD OR LOOKING FOR A BOOK OR PUTTING A RESERVE ON SOMETHING.
SO IT'S GONNA GIVE A LOT MORE ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, WITHOUT, WITH US LIKE DOING MORE OUTREACH, DOING THOSE MORE THINGS TO BE INCLUSIVE AND TO BE MORE PART OF LIKE OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, SO THAT'S ALL THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE STAFF, WE WILL ALL WORK ON SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS FOR OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, THIS CAN BE SOMETHING WE ALSO DISCUSS WITH THE BOARD.
IF THERE ARE THINGS YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THE LIBRARY DO IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WE CAN DEFINITELY HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING WHAT THE CORE OF OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS FROM US SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO SERVE THEM THE BEST WE CAN.
WILL THAT BE AGENDA
AND WE'RE GONNA DO A COUPLE MONTHS OF LIKE PLANNING AND THEN WE CAN BRING TO THE BOARD WHAT WE HAVE AND WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE.
OR IF YOU THINK THE IDEAS THAT WE HAVE ARE, ARE SOMETHING THAT ARE, WOULD GO INTO THE FUTURE WITH US.
UM, OUR LA MY LAST ITEM WAS AT OUR COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT.
IT WAS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND THEY DID RECOGNITIONS AND OUR WONDERFUL FRIENDS AND LIBRARY.
PRESIDENT SHIRLEY WAS RECOGNIZED AS ONE
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OF THE RECIPIENTS OF OUR, UM, WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH PROCLAMATION.AND IT WAS VERY EXCITING TO SEE HER.
AND SHE HAD HER, SHE SHOUTED OUT, YOU KNOW, THE LIBRARY OF COURSE IN HER SPEECH.
UM, AND SHE MENTIONED THAT ONE OF MY OTHER ITEMS, WHICH I CAN ON MY LIST, WHICH IS OUR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH EVENT, WHICH IS ON THE 14TH.
THIS IS OUR THIRD ANNUAL EVENT, I BELIEVE.
UM, WE'LL DO A TEA IN THE AFTERNOON FROM ONE TO THREE.
UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT WOMEN'S HISTORY.
UM, THERE MAY BE, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE THERE IN COSTUME AND IT SHOULD BE, IT SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US.
BUT IT WAS, IT WAS LOVELY TO SEE THAT SHE GOT RECOGNITION LAST NIGHT.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE ALL OF MY, MY UPDATES.
AND, UH, AS FAR WITH FRIENDS YOU MENTIONED IT, THAT'S THE THINGS THAT WE LIVING ON HAPPENS WOMEN'S, UH, MONTH EVENT.
AND THAT IS GOING TO BE ON THE FOURTH.
SUSAN, MICHELLE, SUSAN WILL BE THERE.
SO OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE APRIL THE FIRST 5 32 COMMENTS.
WHAT IS NOT THE PURPOSE, BUT WHAT EXACTLY IS THE OFFICER WITHIN THE LIBRARY SUPPOSED TO DO WHILE THEY'RE IN THE LIBRARY? UH, WELL THEY, THEY HAVE, I MEAN, WE DO GIVE THEM WHEN THEY START USUALLY, AND MOST OF OUR OFFICERS HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE NOW MM-HMM
SO THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO WALK AROUND INSIDE THE BUILDING, OUTSIDE THE BUILDING.
UM, JUST BE KIND OF A WELCOMING PRESENCE AT THE DOOR.
UM, IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHO THE OFFICER IS, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME THEY SHOULD BE JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO, LIKE, WORK ON THEIR LAPTOPS OR WHATEVER FOR, YOU KNOW, BUT AS LONG AS THEY'RE PAYING ATTENTION, THEY'RE WELCOMING PEOPLE INTO THE BUILDING, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE REASON I ASK IS THE LAST TIME THAT I WAS THERE, WHICH WAS LAST MONTH I BELIEVE, FOR THE BOOKSTORE, UM, WE DIDN'T SEE THE OFFICER WHEN WE WALKED IN AND THEN WHEN I NOTICED SHE WAS THERE, SHE WAS SITTING THE ENTIRE TIME HIDING BEHIND THE LITTLE WALL BY WHERE THE PODIUM IS.
AND SO I WAS GOING IN AND OUT 'CAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF KIDS AND WE WERE LOOKING FOR THE BOOKS.
SO THAT'S A CONCERN BECAUSE IF WE'RE PAYING THEM, 'CAUSE IT'S NOT FREE.
UM, AND IN THE BATHROOM WHEN NICHOLAS AND I WENT, THERE WAS TWO GIRLS WHO WERE VAPING.
SO, I MEAN, TO ME, IF WE'RE GONNA BE SPENDING THE MONEY TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S SECURE, IT SHOULD BE SECURE.
AND I, I GET IT THAT THEY CAN WORK HERE AND THERE, BUT I THINK IF WE'RE GONNA BE PAYING FOR THEM, THEY NEED TO BE, THEY NEED TO BE DOING SOMETHING.
AND, AND WE'VE HAD OTHER ISSUES WHERE IF THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPEN, I'LL JUST EMAIL THEIR SERGEANT AND THEN THINGS BECOME YES.
SO THAT'S A CONCERN BECAUSE I'M LIKE, WELL, I KNOW SHE'S NOT THERE FOR FREE.
AND IF SHE'S HIDING, I MEAN, IT IS, LET'S JUST SAY IF SOMEONE WERE TO WALK IN, YOU KNOW, WITH A WEAPON OR SOMETHING, BY THE TIME SHE REALIZE THAT SHE'S SITTING THERE MM-HMM
I I WILL, I'LL SEND AN EMAIL TOMORROW.
I WAS JUST, I WAS UPSET ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KEPT WATCHING HER AND SHE WASN'T DOING ANYTHING EXCEPT TYPING AWAY IN HER LITTLE LAPTOP.
AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, I KNOW IT'S NOT WHAT SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE DOING, BUT THAT'S WHY I WANTED ASK.
AND THEN ACTUALLY I LIKE
SO, I MEAN, YOU COULD SAY THAT UP.
SO IT'S A POST ABOUT THE BOOKSTORE, UM, AND THE HOURS, BECAUSE THE LAST TIME THAT WE WERE THERE, WE HAD A LOT OF NEW FACES.
SOME OF 'EM WERE FROM NICORA'S SCHOOL 'CAUSE WE DO ADVERTISE AT A SCHOOL.
I CREATE A FLYER, I CREATE AN IMAGE EVERY TIME AND THE TEACHERS PASS IT OUT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I PESTER THE PEOPLE AT WORK, BUT WE DID GET COMMENTS FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO WERE AT THE LIBRARY WHO SAID THAT THEY'D NEVER BEEN ABLE TO GO, 'CAUSE IT'S NEVER OPENED AT NIGHT.
SO THEY'RE LIKE, OH, CAN I JUST BROWSE? AND I'M LIKE, YES, WE'LL BE HERE AGAIN.
SO IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING, AT LEAST WHEN WE'RE THERE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SO TO REMIND THEM THAT AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH WE'RE THERE AT NIGHT.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD DRIVE SOME TRAFFIC.
UM, BECAUSE THE, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE WERE TEACHERS, SO THEY WERE LOOKING FOR LIKE MAGAZINES AND THINGS FOR THEIR CLASSROOM.
AND EVERYTHING'S SO CHEAP THAT I'M LIKE, WELL, IT'S THE PERFECT SPOT, BUT
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I DON'T THINK WE ADVERTISE IT ENOUGH.SO I WOULD LIKE, THIS IS MY OLD LIBRARY.
SO IF WE COULD, UM, TALK TO WHOEVER'S DOING THE CITY'S, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA.
'CAUSE I NOTICED NATIONAL CITY HAS STARTED TO DO A LOT MORE, UM, IF THEY COULD DO SOMETHING FOR THE LIBRARY POSTER.
SO THE WAY SOCIAL MEDIA WORKS IS WE CREATE OUR OWN SOCIAL MEDIA TEMPLATE FLYER OR WHATEVER MM-HMM
AND THEN WE RUN IT PAST THE PIO O MM-HMM
BUT THE LIBRARY IS GOING TO BE GETTING OUR OWN OKAY.
SPECIFIC LIBRARY, SOCIAL MEDIA.
THEY, WELL, THEY TRUST US BECAUSE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE CONFORM, WE'RE ABLE TO DO THE FLYERS THE WAY THEY LIKE, SO WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING, UH, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND TIKTOK WILL BE WHAT WE GET.
AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO TO EFFECT THIS MONTH, BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT THE DETAILS ON HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK.
BUT ESSENTIALLY THEN WE'LL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO POST OURSELVES AS OPPOSED TO SENDING IT THROUGH THE, THE PI.
AND SO THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO POST YES, PLEASE.
AND WE CAN DO LITTLE TIKTOK VIDEOS AND OTHER THINGS TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, GET PEOPLE INTO THE BOOKSTORE.
SO THE FRIENDS, THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE SAYING BEFORE, THE FRIENDS WILL NOT BE PART OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO IT'S, SO LIKE WE CAN, WE CAN PROMOTE THE BOOKSTORE, COME SEE US AT THE BOOKSTORE, BUT IF YOU GUYS WANNA PROMOTE LIKE SELLING YOUR
BECAUSE WE CAN'T SELL ANYTHING AT THE LIBRARY.
BUT WE CAN PROMOTE, COME VISIT US IN THE BOOKSTORE.
SO WHAT, WHAT SHE JUST SHOWED US, WHAT SHE JUST SHOWED US.
AND THEN YOU GUYS, IF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN SOCIAL MEDIA, THEN YOU GUYS CAN PROMOTE THE SAME AND WE CAN TAG YOU.
LIKE IF YOU'RE SELLING TICKETS TO SOMETHING, WE CAN TAG YOU.
AND THEN MY LAST AND FINAL COMMENT, UM, SARAH'S BEEN WONDERFUL, UH, IN HELPING ME DRIVE MORE TRAFFIC TO THE BOOKSTORE.
UM, SHE ALWAYS TELLS ME A LOT, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH SARAH.
BUT WITH THAT, AS I ASKED BEFORE, IF WE COULD HAVE NEW MATERIAL, LIKE EVERY MONTH I KNOW THAT THERE'S STUFF THAT'S DISCARDED AND IT COMES FROM OTHER LIBRARIES AND SCHOOLS AND WHATNOT.
UM, BECAUSE WE KIND OF HAVE THE SAME STUFF.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TELL PEOPLE LIKE, COME CHECK US OUT, SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, THE LIBRARY, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
BUT IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME STUFF.
SO THE ONLY MATERIAL THAT WE GIVE TO YOU YEAH.
IS EITHER DONATIONS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THAT WE CANNOT ADD.
AND THEN THAT COMES FROM WHOEVER.
AND THAT'S TYPICALLY LIKE PEOPLE JUST DROPPING OFF THEIR OLD BOOKS.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS ANYTHING WE READ FROM THE LIBRARY, WE TYPICALLY WILL DO LIKE A BETTER WORLD BOOK.
WE SCAN IT FIRST AND THEN THAT'S WHEN THEY GO.
OTHERWISE THEY'RE USUALLY IN SUCH TERRIBLE CONDITION THAT YOU DON'T WANT THEM IN THE BOOKSTORE.
WELL WE, WE HAD A, A COUPLE OF THOSE, WHICH I DID TELL NIKKI ABOUT.
I MEAN THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS FULL OF MOLD.
THERE WAS A DVD THAT LOOKED LIKE IT HAD GONE THROUGH THE TOILET AND BATH.
SO I MEAN, SO WE WILL, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PROVIDE IT TO YOU.
BUT IT'S MORE ABOUT LIKE, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO DO SOME SORT OF POST LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DO GET SOCIAL MEDIA, THEN IT'S LIKE, HEY, DO YOU WANNA COME DONATE? OKAY, COME BRING THINGS HERE.
THEN THAT WAY YOU GET MORE INFLUX OF OF MATERIALS.
'CAUSE UNFORTUNATELY WE WERE SURROUNDED BY MANY LIBRARIES AND A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WILL JUST, WHEREVER THEY SEE MM-HMM
THEIR FIRST OPPORTUNITY, THEY WILL DROP IT OFF.
UM, AND I KNOW I'VE BEEN AT BRANCHES WHERE WE'VE GOTTEN BOXES AND BOXES AND BOXES AND BOXES AND BOXES AND SOME BRANCHES GET LIKE A BAG EVERY WEEK, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM.
SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON, ON THE BRANCH.
BUT IF YOU KNOW PEOPLE AND YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, YOU WANNA DONATE BOOKS, THEN THAT COULD BE A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE UPDATE THE, THE COLLECTION.
YEAH, BECAUSE WE TELL PARENTS AT THE SCHOOL, TELL
AND UNFORTUNATELY JUST BASED ON LIKE WHAT THEY, WHAT PEOPLE BRING TO US.
IS THE LIBRARY ABLE TO DONATE ALL YOUR OLD MAGAZINES TO THE YEAH.
OH, IF YOU GUYS WANT THEM, WE CAN DO THEM.
I JUST TELL 'EM TO, 'CAUSE THE MAGAZINES, WE USUALLY JUST OBVIOUSLY RECYCLE.
SO WE CAN DEFINITELY HAVE OUT, SO THE TEACHERS THAT COME IN, LIKE THE MAGAZINES, 'CAUSE THEY TAKE THEM BACK TO THEIR CLASSROOM.
I'M GONNA, THEY JUST GOT, UH, LIKE FIVE OR SIX GIANT DONATIONS OF, IT'S ALL IN SPANISH, BUT IT'S MAGAZINE THAT HAS PICTURES AND STUFF, SO, SO I'LL JUST TELL THEM MAGAZINE, IT WOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT OF LIKE VANITY FAIR.
BUT I MEAN SHE, SHE HAS BUNCH OF STUFF THAT JUST CAME IN.
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AND THEY'RE IN THE OFFICE.ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE TASK.
HOW IS THAT? I MEAN THE INSTAGRAM THING KIND OF ANSWERS IT FOR ME, BUT, UM, HOW IS THAT BEING ADVERTISED? THAT MOSTLY IT'S JUST LIKE AT THE LIBRARY PEOPLE CAN SEE FLYER.
WE HAVE FLYERS IN THE LIBRARY.
WE ALSO HAVE IT ON OUR, OUR, THE CITY'S SOCIAL MEDIA.
BUT PEOPLE ARE CALLING, PEOPLE ARE CALLING EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I WOULD THINK THAT'D BE VERY POSSIBLE.
ANY TAX PREPARATION ACROSS THE BOARD OR WHOEVER'S, IT'S LIKE IMMEDIATELY IT FILLS UP ALMOST INSTANTLY.
'CAUSE PEOPLE ARE JUST LIKE AWARE OF IT.
AS SOON AS THEY SEE IT, THEY TELL SOMEBODY AND IT JUST BECOMES LIKE THEY'RE FULL.
AND IS THIS, IT'LL BE FULL, IS THIS AN OFFERING THAT COMES TO YOUR, LIKE DO YOU HAVE TO APPLY FOR IT OR ARE YOU NO, THEY COME TO US EVERY YEAR.
SOMETIMES WE GET A COUPLE DAYS, LIKE I THINK LAST YEAR WE HAD ONE EACH DAY.
I THINK LIKE THAT OR EACH MONTH.
BUT IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THEIR AVAILABILITY IS FOR THEIR, I THINK THEY'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS BASICALLY.
AND THAT'S FANTASTIC SENDING TO COMMENT.
CONGRATULATIONS TO AND JOSE, THANK YOU.
AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN AND THAT YOU ADJOURN.