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SO WE DON'T HER AND THEN MARGARET.
SO WE CAN, WHY DON'T WE, UM, INTRODUCE TO US SO WE CAN KNOW.
YOU'LL INTRODUCE OURSELVES TO YOU.
I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
I WAS CURIOUS WHY YOU HAVEN TO BE ON THE BACK GRADE BOARD? UM, I THINK I WAS KIND OF RAISED IN THE LIBRARY IN NA, NATIONAL CITY LIBRARY.
I MEAN, I'VE GROWN UP IN NATIONAL CITY ALL MY LIFE.
SPENT A LOT OF MY CHILDHOOD THERE.
UH, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S GIVEN ME THE ABILITY TO BE A CRITICAL THINKER, WHICH HAS BEEN USEFUL FOR ME, LIKE THROUGH MY, THROUGH MY TIME IN SCHOOL, THROUGH MY TIME AT WORK.
AND I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT SERVICE THAT I FEEL LIKE I WANT TO RETURN TO IT SOMEHOW.
LIKE DELIVER SOMETHING TO IT THAT'S LIKE, KIND OF LIKE A PAYBACK, I GUESS.
YOU GO TO GRAMMAR SCHOOL HERE IN, UH, I WENT TO IRA HARON.
I'VE ALSO BEEN, FOR A LONG TIME, I WAS A TEACHER AT KIMBALL AND I ALSO, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME.
I WENT TO GRAMMAR SCHOOL ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE LIBRARY.
SO WE WERE IN THE LIBRARY ALL THE TIME.
AND, UH, AFTER I RETIRED, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO SPEND MY TIME.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE LIBRARY.
I'VE BEEN DIRECTOR ABOUT THREE AND A HALF YEARS NOW.
UM, SO IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, JUST LET ME KNOW.
I'M RIGHT UP ACROSS THE STREET.
UM, YOU CAN FIND ME UP THERE ANYTIME.
I'LL GIVE YOU MY, I BACK EVERYTHING, BUT I'LL MAKE SURE I SEND YOU.
YEAH, PLEASE SEND, UM, I CAN EMAILS.
REACH OUT TO ME IF YOU HAVE A WANTED TOUR OR ANYTHING.
ANY, ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, YOU CAN REACH OUT AND WE, WE HAVE IT AS I MEET.
WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING.
SO I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD I THINK BEFORE, BUT I HAD VOLUNTEERED BEFORE FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, AND THEN I WAS EXPECTING THAT LITTLE ONE WAS GONNA BE EIGHT AND I GOT REALLY SICK, SO I HAD TO RESIGN, BUT I WANTED TO COME BACK.
MY BACKGROUND IS NOT IN EDUCATION, BUT I'VE ALWAYS USED TO LOVE BOOKS AND I'M ALWAYS LOVED THE LIBRARY.
SO LIKE YOU, I WANTED TO GIVE BACK ANY WAY I COULD.
SO MY, MY NAME IS JOSE LOPEZ AND I'VE ALSO BEEN BORN AND RAISED IN CITY ALSO.
I ALSO WENT TO ERA HARVEST AND GRANGER IN SEAWATER.
UM, BUT YEAH, BORN AND RAISED IN NATIONAL CITY.
I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR ABOUT 10 MONTHS, I BELIEVE.
UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR, UM, THE AGENDA.
AND APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I JUST HAVE MORE QUESTION, JUST SAYS SPECIAL MEETING BECAUSE WE SECOND PLEASE.
NO, THAT WOULD REALLY THE, WERE YOU, WERE YOU MOVING TO MOVE IT FOR I WANTED HIS SCREEN FOR A WHOLE CONSULT UNLESS, UNLESS SOMEBODY WANTED TO, UH, PULL UP.
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MY REPORT.UM, SO I DID NOT WRITE, THINK YOU WROTE FOR ME BECAUSE I HERE, UM, SO YOU SAID THAT, UM, LITERACY SERVICES HELPED THEIR ANNUAL VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION NIGHT ON SATURDAY.
MUSIC CRAFT, AWARD FOOD BY, FROM THE LIBRARY.
UH, WE RAISED MEXICAN RESTAURANTS AND WE HAD, UM, THREE IN, UH, WINTER VOLUNTEERS FOR THE YEAR.
WE HAD A VOLUNTEER HERE WITH GEORGE WHO DID OUR, UM, INTERNSHIP FROM SANDY JOSE.
AND THEN, UH, THE FUNDS, UH, WERE PROVIDED WITH SPECIAL PLAQUE.
THEY ALSO DID IT FOR MARKETS FOR RETIREMENT.
I THINK THE PLAQUE WAS ACTUALLY FROM BARBARA, WASN'T IT? YES.
HE WROTE LIKE THE SPECIAL PLAQUE.
UM, THE OTHER UPDATED, ONE OF OUR
UM, SHE'S BEEN, UH, VALLEY, SHE
UM, WE'LL,
UH, NIKKI HAD, I CAN GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE AND NEXT, NEXT MEETING WE'LL GIVE, USE SOME MORE DETAIL UPDATES.
BUT WE ALSO HAD SPANISH CARRIAGE MONTH, UM, WHICH WAS SUPER SUCCESS.
KIDS ON GAMES, THERE'S DRAFTS KIDS IN, UM, PRIZES.
I'LL GIVE YOU NUMBERS AND WE'LL HAVE YOU NEXT WEEK.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAD OUR FILIPINO MARRIAGE FUND AS WELL.
THEY HAD DANCERS, I LEAGUE
SO THEY WERE BOTH SUPER SUCCESSFUL, UM, EVENTS.
AND UH, IT'S NICE THAT WE BRANCH ON AND
AND, BUT THAT'S OUR, ANOTHER ANNOUNCE.
TACULAR WILL BE, UH, SATURDAY THE 24TH.
UM, WE'LL WILL CLOSE THE LIBRARY FOR THE DAY TO PREPARE THE EVENT, AND THEN WE'LL OPEN AGAIN SIX TO EIGHT AGAIN.
WE HAVE GAMES, WE HAVE OUR HAUNTED BASES RETURNING.
AND WE WILL HAVE US WELCOME COME, THE FRIEND WILL BE THERE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE YOUR, OUR MA A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY HERE, SO IT'S A LITTLE MORE SWEET TEA
SO, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT STAFFING.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING MORE ABOUT
WE ARE, UM, OFF ALL POSITION THAT NOT AS I SAID.
SO WE'RE MAKING, DO WE HAVE RIGHT NOW
WE'RE NOT THE FULL-TIME STAFF.
ALL THEY FULLTIME STAFF, BUT THE PART-TIME PEOPLE WE ARE, WE HAVE PROBABLY SIX OR SO WE'RE MOVING THINGS WRAP.
I'M GONNA ASK WHETHER YOU FEEL ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, CHILDREN'S HAVE LOST THREE PEOPLE.
SO THEY GO DOWN PRETTY SIGNIFICANT KNOW VERY HEAVY DEPARTMENT LOT PROGRAMS. SO WE HAVE THREE NEW, UM, STAFF LEADERS IN THEIR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT.
WE HAD, UM,
UM, AREAS THAT ARE LIKE SUPER IMPORTANT AND EVERYBODY, LIKE MOST PEOPLE REALLY GREAT ON THE TEAM HAVE PROBLEM STAFF AND HAVE A
UM, ARE YOU HAVE SECURITY? NO.
SECURITY, UM, JUST, UH, PRIORITY.
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STOPPED, UH, IT'S BEEN, WELL IT WAS RIGHT AFTER THE, SO IT'S, WE GENERALLY SEEN IT AT AN OUTSIDE, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD ABOUT LIKE RESPONDING US QUICKLY.UM, SO COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE DO, WE DO.
I THINK THE, UM, CITY MANAGER SAID ALL JOB.
ANYTHING TO YOU? THE FRIENDS? YES.
OH, WELL, UM, AS YOU HEARD, THE FRIENDS HELPED, UM, WITH THE APPRECIATION LUNCHEON, PROVIDE THE, THE LUNCH FOR THAT AND THEN LIKE SOMEBODY FOR THE
AND I'M SURE THAT WE'LL BE DOING SOME THINGS FOR
SO YEAH, WE'RE HAPPY THAT WE CAN DO THAT FOR THE LIBRARY.
ALRIGHT, SO TALK TO THE COMMENTS.
YOU DON'T, WE WERE SAYING ABOUT FEW MINUTES.
WE'RE HAVING OUR, UH,
AND, UH, I INVITED THE LIBRARIES, WE PARTNERED WITH THEM ONES IN THE PAST, AND I WAS, I WAS GONNA SEND AN INVITE TO THE FRONT OF THE LIBRARY AS WELL, IF YOU'D LIKE TO.
UM, CAP TABLE AT THE ART CENTER.
WE WANNA PULL AS MANY RESOURCES AND ACTUALLY PAY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO, UH, COME IN AND CONNECT WITH, SINCE THEY MIGHT NOT CONNECT WITH THEM OUTSIDE OF EVENTS, HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES THE HAVE.
SO WHAT, WHAT IS THE, UH, ON, UH, IT IS OCTOBER 30TH OVER AT THE ART CENTER.
IT IS FROM FIVE TO 9:00 PM UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THE FULL TIME THAT, UM, WE'RE GONNA LEAVE AT EIGHT.
THAT USUALLY THE EVENT THAT, AROUND THAT TIME.
BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE FOOD VENDORS ACTIVITIES, UM, AND WE'RE EXPECTING ABOUT 202 COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT USUALLY COME THERE WITH US.
AND THAT IS ALL, UM, A MAJORITY OF THEM ARE STUDENTS FROM NSDS.
AND THEN, UM, HAVE TEENAGERS FROM
SO A LOT OF OUR, YEAH, SO HAVE THEY WORKED ON ALT ALTERS? WE'RE GONNA HAVE A COMMUNITY ALTAR.
UM, WE ACTUALLY JUST SET IT UP ON, UH, LAST WEEKEND.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA SET THAT ONE UP IN THE, UM, IN OUR PATIO.
EVERYONE'S WELCOME TO BRING A PHOTO OF THEIR LOVED ONE AND PLACE IT ON THE ALTAR.
UH, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, MARIACHI, UH,
WE HAVE FILIPINO DOCTORS, UM, THAT CAME IN AS WELL.
I FEEL LIKE EVERY YEAR IS GOING, WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO HAVE PARTNERS AT THE LIBRARIES.
ANYTHING MORE? UH, JUST ONE MORE THING TO MENTION BEFORE WE RETIRE, UM, THE LIBRARY.
SO WE WILL BE, UM,
WE WILL HAVE EVERY EVERYONE ELSE BOX PRIVATE.
HAS ANYONE EVER READ BOOKS? I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT BOX OUTSIDE NOW.
LIKE THEY'RE JUST LIKE LITTLE.
AND SO IT'S REALLY, AND THEY WALK MOSTLY UNLESS AN ELECTION LOCKED.
THEY WON'T OPEN UNTIL, I THINK IF THEY'RE COMING NEXT WEEK OR SOMETHING, THEY'LL, THEY'LL OPEN AND BE LIKE, OKAY, NOW YOU CAN START.
TO THE GROUND, LIKE, YOU KNOW.
I WAS JUST THINKING WE WORKED FOR A WHILE AGO BEFORE YOU SAID WE, WE DID ONLY BECAUSE OF THERE WAS SO MANY DAYS AND WE, THIS LAST WE SHOULDN'T ACCOMMODATE THEM, BUT THIS TIME WE HAD THE