[Library Advisory Board on Septmber 22, 2025.]
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7:01 P.M. ON SEPTEMBER 22ND MONDAY, I CALL TO ORDER THE WILEY LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING AND ABSENT THIS EVENING IS ZACHARY TODD. JUST A REMINDER, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING AN ITEM THAT IS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MUST FILL OUT A FORM PRIOR TO THE MEETING IN ORDER TO SPEAK. THE BOARD REQUESTS THAT COMMENTS BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL, SIX MINUTES FOR A GROUP. IN ADDITION, THE LIBRARY BOARD IS NOT ALLOWED TO CONVERSE, DELIBERATE, OR TAKE ACTION ON ANY MEMBER. EXCUSE ME, ANY MATTER PRESENTED DURING CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. SO WE HAVE NONE HERE TO TO PRESENT AND THAT WE CAN MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. FIRST ITEM ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA IS TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 25TH MEETING.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. SECOND.
THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES PASSES WITH SIX BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT, ONE ABSENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MOVING TO THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR WORK SESSION, WE HAVE A STAFF SPOTLIGHT. KELSEY SIDWELL FROM THE TEEN SERVICES LIBRARIAN. COME ON UP, MISS KELSEY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY KELSEY HOLDS A VERY SPECIAL DISTINCTION IN OUR LIBRARY BECAUSE SHE STARTED BACK IN 2011, RIGHT? 2000. YEAH. 11 AND SHE STARTED AS A SHELTER AND THEN SHE MOVED INTO THE CIRCULATION, THE FRONT DESK POSITION. AND THEN SHE CAME OVER TO THE CHILDREN'S AS A REFERENCE ASSISTANT. AND THEN SHE GOT HER LIBRARY DEGREE AND SHE BECAME OUR TEEN SERVICES LIBRARIAN. AND IT JUST MAKES ME TEARY. I JUST LOVE IT. SO I JUST LOVE THAT. THANK YOU.
KELSEY. GO AHEAD. TELL THEM ALL ABOUT YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I, I MEAN, I'M SURE YOU CAN ALL HEAR ME WITHOUT THIS, BUT IT'S FOR THE RECORD. YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT ON. I'M KELSEY. I'VE BEEN THE TEEN SERVICES LIBRARIAN SINCE 2018. I FINISHED MY MASTER'S AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS, WHERE IT KIND OF SPECIALIZED IN YOUTH SERVICES, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I'D BEEN FOR SO LONG, AND I ENJOYED IT SO MUCH AND WAS ABLE TO VERY SERENDIPITOUSLY MOVE INTO THE TEEN LIBRARIAN POSITION. BUT LIKE OPHELIA SAID, I HAVE BEEN AT THE LIBRARY SINCE 2011. LIKE GOT TO UNPACK BOXES AND MOVE INTO THE NEW BUILDING AND STUFF. SO THAT WAS EXCITING. I SO AS A TEEN SERVICES LIBRARIAN, I OVERSEE ALL OF THE YA COLLECTION. SO EVERYTHING IN THE TEEN ROOM, THAT'S ALL ME, ALL THE GRAPHIC NOVELS, ALL THE FICTION, THE SERIES, ALL THE NONFICTION. ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY LOVE ABOUT IT IS WE HAVE LIKE A COOL LITTLE NONFICTION AREA THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THOSE TOUCHY TOPICS THAT MAYBE IF THEY DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT WITH THEIR PARENTS, PARENTS, THEY'RE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT WITHOUT KIND OF WORRYING ABOUT, LIKE PEOPLE LOOKING OVER THEIR SHOULDER AND BEING WEIRD ABOUT IT. AND IF THEY JUST WANT TO GRAB IT AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT, THEY'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT. I ALSO DO ALL THE TEEN PROGRAMING, WHICH IS IN THE SUMMER. IT DEPENDS ON KIND OF HOW LONG THE SUMMER RUNS, BUT IT'S USUALLY TWO SUMMER PROGRAMS A WEEK, SO THAT CAN HIT ANYWHERE BETWEEN EIGHT PROGRAMS TO 12 PROGRAMS. I TRY NOT TO LIKE PUSH MYSELF TO DO 12, BECAUSE THAT CAN SOMETIMES GET VERY OVERWHELMING. SO I USUALLY CUT IT DOWN, ESPECIALLY AROUND LIKE 4TH OF JULY. THOSE BUSY, THOSE NON BUSY WEEKS WHERE THERE'S A LITTLE MORE LEEWAY. I ALSO DO THE SCHOOL YEAR PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE GOING TO BE USUALLY ABOUT THREE PROGRAMS EVERY MONTH. SO THAT'S JUST ABOUT ONE PROGRAM A WEEK. THE WAY IT WORKS OUT DEPENDING. I ALSO ON THE VERY FAR END OF THE OTHER PART OF MY YOUTH LIBRARIANSHIP, I DO THE INFANT STORYTIME ON WEDNESDAY
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MORNINGS, SO I HAVE THE TEENS ON THE FAR END OF ADOLESCENCE, AND THEN THE TEENY TINY BABIES.SO THEY SEE ME AT BOTH PARTS OF THEIR LIVES. SO I HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS NOW, ACTUALLY, WITH MY COWORKER YENTL, AND SHE AND I DO A LITTLE BITTY BABIES. AND IT'S A VERY INTERESTING ONE BECAUSE THEY AGE OUT OF THAT REALLY QUICKLY, BECAUSE IT'S WHEN THEY START TO WALK CONFIDENTLY THAT WE HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE TO THEM. AND SO WE GET THESE WEIRD, VERY LIKE, INTENSE AND SHORT LIVED RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PARENTS AND THE LITTLE ONES, BECAUSE THEN THEY'RE LIKE, WE HAVE TO GO TO TODDLER TIME, LIKE, SO WE'RE LIKE, SORRY.
YEAH, YOU HAVE TO MOVE ON. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SYMBOLIC MOMENT FOR THEM. BUT, I MEAN, I SOMETIMES THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I SHOULD MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE GONE TO ANOTHER LIBRARY SYSTEM AND EXPERIENCED OTHER LIBRARY AREAS IN TEXAS. BUT THEN I'M LIKE, WHY? LIKE, I HAVE IT REALLY GOOD HERE, AND EVERYBODY'S SO SUPPORTIVE. AND I GOT SO MUCH HELP FROM OUR STAFF ALONG MY JOURNEY AND IT'S BEEN AWESOME. SO CAN YOU TELL THEM A BIT ABOUT THIS UPCOMING BOOK CLUB WITH THE AUTHOR VISIT? BECAUSE THAT'S SUPER EXCITING. AND ALSO THE CHANGES FROM JAPANIMATION TO ASIAN POP, BECAUSE I TRIED TO EXPLAIN IT THE OTHER DAY, BUT I DON'T THINK I DID OR LAST MEETING, BUT YEAH, SO FOR OUR OCTOBER BOOK CLUB, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE EVER READ ANYTHING. BY ROSHANI CHOKSHI. SHE DID THE GILDED WOLVES SERIES, WHICH IS A YA SERIES, AND THEN SHE HAS ALSO DONE A MIDDLE GRADE SERIES CALLED IT'S ARUSHA AND IT'S LIKE ARUSHA AND THE BLAH BLAH BLAH, LIKE SOMETHING FANTASY. I HAVEN'T READ THOSE, BUT SHE HAS ONE ADULT BOOK AND THE TITLE IS ESCAPING ME RIGHT NOW. BUT IRREGARDLESS, SHE OVER THE PAST SPRING, I BELIEVE, HAD PUT UP ON HER INSTAGRAM STORY THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE WAIVING FEES FOR VIRTUAL VISITS TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND SCHOOLS, AND THAT IF WE WERE INTERESTED TO DM HER.
AND I REACHED OUT AND QUITE A FEW MONTHS LATER GOT A RESPONSE. AND WE HAVE HER SET UP NOW TO DROP IN TO OUR OCTOBER BOOK CLUB. WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE GILDED WOLVES, WHICH IS THE FIRST OF THAT SERIES, AND SHE INITIALLY WE WERE GOING TO DO 630, BUT WE HAD TO MOVE TO SIX BECAUSE HER TODDLER'S BEDTIME RIGHT AT THAT OVERLAP. SO SHE REACHED BACK OUT AND WAS LIKE, CAN WE MOVE THAT BACK? SO WE'RE GOING TO DO 6:00 AND SHE'S GOING TO DROP IN FOR LIKE HALF AN HOUR, AND SHE'LL TALK ABOUT KIND OF HER INSPIRATION FOR THE NOVEL. AND THEN THERE WILL BE TIME FOR LIKE US TO ASK QUESTIONS. SO I'M HOPING THAT THE TEENS COME WITH LIKE, LOTS OF GOOD INTROSPECTIVE QUESTIONS. BUT I HAVE A FEELING IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE, WHAT WERE YOU EATING WHEN YOU WROTE THIS? LIKE, IT'LL BE GOOD. THEY MIGHT FEEL A LITTLE BIT INTIMIDATED AT FIRST, BUT I'LL HAVE SOME PREPPED FOR THEM. AND OUR JAPANIMATION PROGRAM. IT USED TO BE KIND OF OUR ANIME MANGA CLUB, AND IT HAD KIND OF DWINDLED DOWN LIKE OVER THE PAST YEAR. AND MY COWORKER LIBBY AND I, WHO SHE ALSO JUST FINISHED HER MASTER'S DEGREE AND SHE'S STILL A PART TIME REFERENCE ASSISTANT WITH US. WE HAD KIND OF BEEN BRAINSTORMING WHAT WE COULD DO TO GET THIS, GET SOME MOMENTUM BEHIND IT AGAIN, AND WHAT WE KIND OF WANTED TO DO WAS CREATE A CLUB WHERE IT WASN'T JUST FOCUSING SO MUCH ON ANIME AND MANGA AND JAPANESE CULTURE, BECAUSE THAT IS A HUGE PART OF JAPANESE CULTURE. BUT THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO EXPLORE BESIDES THAT. AND LIKE, WE NEVER REALLY DID ANYTHING LIKE K-POP BECAUSE IT'S JAPANIMATION AND WE WERE LIKE, OH, LIKE, DO THEY WANT TO DO THAT OR NOT? SO WE THOUGHT WE'D KIND OF REBRAND IT AND DO A J-POP. AND SO THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO KIND OF INCORPORATE ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF ASIAN CULTURES. WE'RE GOING TO DO ONE MONTH. I WANT TO TRY TO DO LIKE GET SOME CERAMIC PREMADE CERAMIC TILES AND DO LIKE SHARPIE, LIKE TURKISH TILE DESIGNS, LIKE WE DID AT OUR LAST ONE. WE DID A BUNCH OF BOLLYWOOD DANCE NUMBERS, AND THEN WE DID. WE LOOKED AT THE GAMES THAT WERE FEATURED ON, LIKE THE KOREAN VERSION OF SQUID GAMES, AND LIKE I ORDERED SOME OF THOSE LITTLE LIKE CANDIES WHERE THEY HAVE TO LIKE, SCRATCH OUT THE SHAPE REAL QUICK AND STUFF. AND SO WE PLAYED SOME OF THOSE GAMES, SO IT'S KIND OF OPENING THINGS UP FOR US, AND IT HAS ALREADY BROUGHT MORE TEENS IN THAN THE JAPANIMATION PROGRAMS WERE DOING. LIKE, WE ONLY HAD LIKE 2 OR 3 KIDS AT OUR LAST JAPANIMATION PROGRAM, AND WE HAD LIKE 9 TO 10 AT OUR LIKE, ASIA POP ONE. AND THAT WAS JUST OUR FIRST MEETING THAT THEY DIDN'T REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT YET. SO I'M EXCITED. SO THAT WAS GREAT. WE ARE LIKE REQUIRING REGISTRATION NOW SO THAT WE CAN SEND LIKE REMINDERS TO THEM. AND HOPEFULLY THAT KIND OF GETS A MORE SOLID BASE OF KIDS. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING LATELY. BUT LIBBY I THINK DESERVES A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THAT BECAUSE SHE WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD ON THAT WITH ME AND REACHED OUT TO ALL THE SCHOOLS AND STUFF. SO
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SHE DID AWESOME. THANK YOU. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR KELSEY? I THINK MALLORY BEAT YOU TO IT. OH, HI. HELLO. AND I'M BLINKING. NO, I WOULD LOVE I ASKED THIS OF OPHELIA WHEN SHE SPOKE AND I'LL ASK IT OF YOU, BUT I'M GOING TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE TO IT. I'M WONDERING, LIKE, WHAT'S YOUR VISION FOR THE FOR TEEN SERVICES? LIKE THE WORK THAT YOU DO? AND I'M ALSO GOING TO ASK THEN WHAT DO YOU NEED? SO WHAT'S YOUR VISION? WHAT'S YOUR BIG, BIG PICTURE. AND THEN WHAT DO YOU NEED? SO BIG PICTURE I TRY TO REALLY WHEN WE HAVE LIKE NEW HIRES COME IN AND IT'S OKAY, TIME TO SIT IN THE TEEN ROOM AND LEARN ABOUT TEEN SERVICES.I REALLY TRY TO EMPHASIZE THAT, LIKE THEIR BRAINS ARE NOT FULLY WORKING YET, AND SO AS ANNOYING AND AS OVERWHELMING AND LIKE, YOU JUST WANT TO BE LIKE, EVERYBODY, PLEASE, LIKE, SHUT UP RIGHT NOW. LIKE WHEN THEY'RE IN THERE PLAYING THEIR VIDEO GAMES AND STUFF, IT'S LIKE THEY LITERALLY DON'T KNOW, LIKE THEY HAVE NO FUNCTION OF THAT GOING ON IN THEIR BRAINS AND LIKE, THAT'S NOT THEIR FAULT. SO I AM REALLY BIG ON LIKE, PUSHING LIKE THE EMPATHY PART OF LIBRARY SERVICES. I WOULD LIKE, HAVE AND I'VE DONE IT BEFORE, LIKE WE'VE DONE STUFF WHERE IT'S LIKE, OKAY, LIKE ADULT SERVICES, COME AND JOIN ME AND LET'S LEARN ABOUT TEEN DEVELOPMENT AND LIKE WHY WE SHOULDN'T JUST YELL AT THEM ACROSS THE LIBRARY AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I REALLY WANT FOR TEEN SERVICES IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL KEEPING IN MIND, LIKE WE'RE ALL JUST HUMANS AND THEY HAPPEN TO BE HUMANS WITHOUT FULLY DEVELOPED BRAINS YET, BUT THEY WANT TO ACT LIKE ADULTS WITH FULLY DEVELOPED BRAINS.
AND WE HAVE TO KIND OF BE LIKE, YEAH, LIKE, YOU'RE GREAT AND I TRUST YOU TO MAKE DECISIONS, BUT CAN WE JUST LIKE, BRING IT DOWN A LEVEL? SO THAT'S KIND OF MY BIG PICTURE KIND OF THING.
WHAT DO I NEED? I MEAN, I'M HARD PRESSED TO THINK OF ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I SUPER NEED I, I FEEL VERY FORTUNATE THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL VERY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR LIBRARY. I KNOW THAT SOME CITIES AREN'T AS LUCKY WITH THEIR LIBRARY BOARDS AND Y'ALL ARE AWESOME. THIS IS I MEAN, THIS QUESTION COMES KIND OF AT AN OPPORTUNE DAY BECAUSE KELSEY AND I SPENT THE MORNING AT TARGET SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY UPGRADING THE TEEN GAMING SYSTEMS. LIKE, YEAH, WE WERE LIKE, WOOHOO! UPGRADING TEEN. IF I COULD CLARIFY, CAN THINKING OF YOUR BIG PICTURE, YOUR VISION, WHAT DO YOU NEED IN ORDER TO GET US TO THAT FUTURE WHERE WE HAVE THE LEVEL OF EMPATHY THAT WE NEED FOR ADOLESCENTS WHOSE BRAINS ARE MUSH UNTIL AT LEAST THE AGE OF 26. I MEAN, BEST CASE SCENARIO, THERE WOULD BE AN ASSISTANT TEEN LIBRARIAN POSITION. I THINK THAT I HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE IN HAVING A LOT OF REALLY GOOD PART TIME REFERENCE ASSISTANTS THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KIND OF FILL THAT ROLE WITHOUT HAVING THAT ROLE BE A THING. BUT LIKE, I MEAN, IF A CITY BUDGET WERE TO BE JUST AMAZING AND LIKE THEY WANTED TO ADD STAFF MEMBERS, LIKE, THAT'S BEST CASE. LIKE THAT'S WHAT I WOULD REALLY WANT BECAUSE I SPEND A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF MY TIME IS VERY CONSUMED BY THE TEEN VOLUNTEER PROGRAM. AND AS MUCH AS I TRY TO PARE THAT DOWN, IT STILL TAKES UP A LOT OF TIME, AND THAT CAN SOMETIMES BE PRETTY DRAINING. BUT THEN ON TOP OF THAT, I'VE GOT LIKE A GROUP OF 15 PLUS KIDS IN THE TEEN ROOM LOSING THEIR MINDS ABOUT SOMETHING. AND THEN I ALSO HAVE PROGRAMS I HAVE TO GO RUN. SO LIKE, AND THEN I'M SUPPOSED TO BE EMPATHETIC. SO LIKE BEST CASE SCENARIO, I HAVE AN ASSISTANT WHO CAN HELP ME PICK UP THE SLACK. AND LIKE IF THOSE BALLS GET DROPPED AND I NEED LIKE, HEY, I NEED YOU TO GO THROUGH ALL THE NEW TEEN VOLUNTEER APPLICATIONS THAT WE HAVE AND PULL OUT THE BEST ONES. AND THEN I'M GOING TO PREP FOR THIS PROGRAM. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I MEAN, I CAN DO THAT WITH OUR PART TIME REFERENCE ASSISTANTS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE HAVING THAT TITLE AND EVERYTHING IS A LITTLE BIT MORE IMPORTANT. AND GETTING THEM THAT LIKE OFFICIAL LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE DESIGNATED TO WORK ON. SO THAT'S LIKE THE DREAM. OKAY, I CAN DO. TEENS ARE SO DIVERSE. AND THEY CHANGE DAILY. HOW DO YOU WITH RUNNING ALL THE PROGRAMS AND DOING EVERYTHING AND BEING SO INVOLVED WITH THEM?
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HOW DO YOU STAY ABREAST TO WHAT KEEPS THEM ENGAGED AND KIND OF KEEP THEM SHARP AND WHAT WORKS AND DOESN'T? HOW DO YOU STAY UP ON THAT AND KIND OF SAY, OKAY, WELL, THIS IS WHAT I'VE EXPERIENCED THIS YEAR. THIS IS MY VISION FOR NEXT YEAR. THIS DIDN'T WORK OR THEY'RE NOT TAKING TO THIS. HOW DO YOU PIVOT ON ALL THAT AND HOW DO YOU KIND OF ABSORB IT AND FIGURE IT OUT? PROBABLY LIKE PROBABLY NOT GREAT FOR MY OWN MENTAL HEALTH. BUT LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA IS SOMETIMES WHERE I HAVE TO GO. BUT I ALSO HAVE A REALLY COOL DISCORD GROUP RIGHT NOW THAT I WAS ABLE TO BECOME A PART OF. AND DISCORD IS LIKE A LIKE A CHAT PLATFORM, KIND OF.IT'S WHERE YOU CAN GROUP UP AND CREATE SEPARATE LITTLE THREADS TO DISCUSS CERTAIN TOPICS, BUT IT'S MADE UP OF SOME OTHER TEEN LIBRARIANS IN THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA THAT I MET AT A LIKE YOUTH LIBRARIAN GATHERING THAT WAS IN PFLUGERVILLE LAST YEAR. AND WE KIND OF ARE LIKE AN OFFSHOOT OF THAT. AND THEY WERE LIKE, HEY, LIKE, CAN WE LIKE, GET TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN ALL, LIKE, BOUNCE IDEAS OFF OF EACH OTHER? AND THAT WAY, LIKE, WE'RE ALL IN THE TEXAS AREA AND WE CAN ALL SHARE. AND SOMETIMES THOSE THINGS LIKE FLAG PRETTY QUICKLY AND IT'S LIKE WE ARE SO ENTHUSIASTIC. AND THEN TWO MONTHS LATER, IT'S LIKE NOBODY'S ACTUALLY TALKING. BUT THEY ACTUALLY WE THEY HAVE LIKE MONTHLY MEETINGS THAT I'M ABLE TO LIKE, GET IN ON OVER ZOOM SOMETIMES, LIKE PEOPLE ARE IN THE CHATS, LIKE ASKING QUESTIONS. SO THAT HAS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT ISOLATING SOMETIMES TO BE LIKE THE ONE LIBRARIAN WHO IS SO FOCUSED INTENSELY ON ONE AGE GROUP AND THEN NOT REALLY HAVE ANYBODY TO BOUNCE IDEAS FOR THAT AGE GROUP OFF OF. BUT IT REALLY HELPS TO HAVE THAT OTHER GROUP THERE WHO LIKE, HEY, THIS WORKED REALLY WELL. LIKE IF ANYBODY ELSE NEEDS LIKE THE PDF THAT I PUT TOGETHER FOR LIKE, HERE'S ALL THAT STUFF. SO THAT HAS BEEN REALLY COOL. AND THEN MY COWORKERS THAT ARE YOUNGER THAN ME, LIKE, I'M, I WAS LIKE VERY TAPPED IN AT ONE POINT, BUT NOW I'M 37 AND LIKE THEY'RE LIKE LITTLE 22 YEAR OLDS IN THE YOUTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT. AND THEY KNOW WHAT IS COOL. SO I'M LIKE, I HAVE A ONE OF OUR PART TIME REFERENCE ASSISTANT HAS NOW KIND OF JUST TAKEN OVER THE TEEN INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT. SO THE TEEN INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT IS PRETTY MUCH RUN BY MY COWORKER SARAH, WHO IS JUST CONSTANTLY ROPING US INTO VARIOUS VIDEOS THAT SHE WANTS TO FILM. SO IT'S VERY ENTERTAINING IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW TEEN MACHINE, FOLLOW US.
BLT MACHINE YEAH, AND TO KELSEY'S CREDIT, YOU KNOW, I MEET WITH THE AREA DIRECTORS PRETTY REGULARLY AND THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, PULLING TEETH TO TRY TO GET TEENS INTO THEIR LIBRARY.
AND I MEAN, IF YOU GO INTO THAT TEEN ROOM IN THE SUMMER, IT IS PACKED WITH TEENS. SO I GET IT.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TWO CHILDREN'S LIBRARIANS. THEY CAN KIND OF WORK OFF OF EACH OTHER.
BUT KELSEY IS AN ISLAND, SO SHE ISN'T HERSELF. SO IT IS TOUGH. YOU KNOW, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE'S SAYING. YEAH, BUT SHE DOES A GREAT JOB. YEAH. I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT AND JUST HEAP SOME PRAISE ON YOU, KELSEY. JUST BECAUSE OVER THE SUMMER I GOT TO SEE, LIKE THE AMAZING WORK THAT THAT THAT YOU, YOU DO FOR THE, FOR THE TEENS AND I MEAN HELPING OUT ACROSS ALL THE PROGRAMS. I KNOW HOW BUSY SUMMER GETS AT THE LIBRARY NOW AND JUST SORT OF HOW YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO SORT OF CONNECT WITH, YOU KNOW, THE TEENS THAT WE HAVE AT OUR SCHOOLS AND ACROSS THE COMMUNITY AND BUILDING UP THESE PROGRAMS IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE. AND EVEN, YOU KNOW, COMING FROM A MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER TRYING TO GET, YOU KNOW, OUR STUDENTS INTO THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN A TREMENDOUS RESOURCE. AND I JUST IT'S IT'S IT'S REALLY GOOD TO SEE AND I APPRECIATE IT. THANKS. JUSTIN. HAD TO HELP WITH LIKE EVERY SINGLE TEAM PROGRAM HE GOT TO SEE FIRSTHAND. AND THEN HE ALSO HAD TO CLEAN OUT THE YOUTH SERVICES MINI FRIDGE WITH ME. IT WAS GROSS. OH, NOW THAT'S ON THE RECORD. YES. ANYTHING ELSE FOR KELSEY? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. KELSEY, WILL YOU TURN THAT MIC OFF FOR ME? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. YEAH. THANK YOU. KELSEY. SECOND ITEM IN OUR WORK SESSION REVIEW. CITY SECRETARY PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE BOARD AND COMMISSION BYLAWS. THANK YOU. JUSTIN. SO OUR CITY SECRETARY, STEPHANIE STORM, PROPOSED SOME CHANGES TO THE BYLAWS, AND THEN SHE JUST I MEAN, TO TO THE COUNCIL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO BECAUSE OUT OF ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, THEY ALL SEEM TO HAVE DIFFERENT RULES. SO IT'S VERY CONFUSING WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO APPLY TO THESE, WHICH YOU ALL MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED. THAT OR MAYBE NOT, BECAUSE IF
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YOU ONLY APPLIED TO ONE, YOU MAY NOT HAVE SEEN ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT YOU KNOW, SOME SOME OF THEM REQUIRE THIS, SOME OF THEM DON'T, SOME OF THEM REQUIRE IT, SOME OF THEM DON'T. SO SHE WAS TRYING TO STREAMLINE IT A BIT TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR HER AND HER STAFF. SO I JUST WANTED TO REVIEW THOSE. I DON'T THINK ANY OF THESE ARE GOING TO AFFECT YOU GUYS, AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW KIND OF WHAT COUNCIL SAID AND WHAT THEY WERE THINKING OF. SO THE FIRST ONE, THERE ARE 12 BOARDS, BY THE WAY, TOTAL FOR THE CITY. AND I THINK THERE'S ONE COMMISSION. THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE THE COMMISSION BECAUSE THEY HAVE SEPARATE RULES AND SEPARATE THINGS THAT THEY GO BY. SO SHE WAS JUST FOCUSING ON THE BOARDS AND REALLY HER TWO THINGS THAT SHE WANTED HAD OPINIONS ON WERE THE FIRST TWO, THE OTHER THREE, SHE WAS INDIFFERENT. SHE JUST KIND OF WANTED THEIR FEEDBACK BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT, WELL, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT ALL OF THEM. SO THE FIRST ONE BEING THE VOTER REGISTRATION STATUS, THERE WERE FOUR BOARDS THAT REQUIRED IT. NO, FOUR BOARDS THAT DID NOT REQUIRE IT, SEVEN THAT DID. OUR BOARD BEING ONE OF THEM THAT DID REQUIRE YOU HAD TO BE A REGISTERED VOTER TO BE ON THE BOARD. SO SHE JUST WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD JUST GET THEM ALL THE SAME, BECAUSE IT WAS JUST HARD TO YOU'D HAVE TO GO AND CHECK FOR EACH ONE, AND THEN YOU'D HAVE TO REACH OUT TO THE PERSON AND SAY, I'M SORRY. THE BOARD YOU APPLIED FOR REQUIRES THIS. YOU DON'T HAVE THIS. DO YOU WANT TO DO ONE OF THESE OTHER BOARDS INSTEAD? SO IT WAS A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH. SO THAT WOULD JUST MAKE IT EASY. AND CITY COUNCIL ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE VOTER REGISTRATION BE THE THE REQUIRED FOR ALL BOARDS. SO SHE'S MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. THE SECOND ONE, THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT WITHIN CITY LIMITS. THIS WAS VERY PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF US. SOME OF THE BOARDS DID REQUIRE IT, SOME OF THEM DIDN'T. WE WERE THE WEIRD ONES THAT ARE. THE ORDINANCE SAYS YOU HAVE TO BE A CITIZEN OF WYLIE, BUT THE CHARTER DOES NOT. AND USUALLY THE CHARTER OVER RIDES THE ORDINANCE. BUT THEY HAD BECAUSE THE ORDINANCE WAS OLDER, THEY'D ALWAYS GONE BY THE ORDINANCE.SO IT WAS KIND OF CRAZY. SO ANYWAY, SO SHE WAS LIKE, I JUST NEED TO KNOW, CAN WE JUST GO ONE WAY OR THE OTHER? THERE WERE SOME EXCEPTIONS TO THAT. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE SOME BOARDS THAT WERE VERY REQUIRE VERY SPECIFIC PEOPLE. FOR EXAMPLE, ANIMAL SHELTER BOARD REQUIRES A VETERINARIAN ON THE BOARD, WHICH MAKES TOTAL SENSE. SO SHE WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR THAT, BECAUSE THERE MAY NOT BE A VET IN WYLIE THAT'S ABLE TO SERVE, BUT THERE MIGHT BE ONE IN SEXY OR THERE MIGHT BE ONE, YOU KNOW. SO FOR WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS, SHE WAS ASKING IF WE COULD JUST MAKE IT WHERE EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT. THERE WERE 131 APPLICATIONS, I BELIEVE, SHE SAID, OVER THE LAST YEAR, BUT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TWO YEARS AND ONLY FIVE WERE NONRESIDENTS, SO IT DOESN'T COME UP THAT OFTEN, BUT IT DOES. AND ALL OF THOSE FIVE, I BELIEVE, WERE FROM INSPIRATION, WHICH IS TECHNICALLY THEY HAVE A WYLIE ADDRESS, BUT THEY'RE NOT IN WYLIE CITY LIMITS. SO IT'S KIND OF TRICKY. SO I CAN SEE WHERE PEOPLE MIGHT BE UPSET ABOUT THAT. HOWEVER, THE BOARD DID I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, THE COUNCIL DID GIVE DIRECTION TO CHANGE IT ALL TO BEING RESIDENTS, WHICH MAKES SENSE. I HAD WHEN SHE CAME AND ASKED ME ABOUT IT BECAUSE SHE MADE ME AWARE OF THIS DISCREPANCY LAST YEAR, I THINK SOMETIME, AND I SAID, I THINK AT THE, WELL, MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE LONGER, BECAUSE WE WERE WORKING ON OUR COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY AT THE TIME.
AND I TOLD HER, I SAID, OUR COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY SAYS YOU HAVE TO BE A CITIZEN TO CHALLENGE SOMETHING. SO IT MAKES NO SENSE TO HAVE THE BOARD BE NONRESIDENTS LIKE THAT.
JUST THAT'S CRAZY. SO SHE WAS LIKE, I TOTALLY AGREE. SO SHE, YOU KNOW, SHE'D BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A WHILE TO TRY TO GET A CONSENSUS GOING. SO THEY DID AGREE THAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE A RESIDENT TO, TO SERVE ON A BOARD. THE NEXT ONE, THE MINIMUM LENGTH OF RESIDENCY.
THERE REALLY WASN'T A LOT OF THE BOARDS DIDN'T HAVE THAT. HOWEVER, FOR CITY COUNCIL, YOU HAVE TO LIVE IN THE CITY FOR A YEAR FOR 12 MONTHS BEFORE APPLYING, AND THEY FELT THAT WAS A FAIR REQUIREMENT FOR ALL THE BOARDS. AND IT MAKES SENSE TO ME TOO. SO THAT'S WHAT THEY RECOMMENDED. SHE DIDN'T HAVE A SUGGESTION, SHE JUST WANTED THEIR FEEDBACK AND THAT WAS WHAT THEY SUGGESTED. NUMBER FOUR WAS AN INTERESTING ONE. SO IT WAS ABOUT EMPLOYEES SERVING ON BOARDS UP UNTIL WELL, ACTUALLY UNTIL THE VERY LAST ONE, THEY THERE WAS NO THEY DIDN'T KNOW. SO IT WOULD BE LIKE THEY WOULD GET THE APPLICATIONS, THEY WOULD PROCESS THEM. AND IT WASN'T UNTIL LATER THAT THEY'D REALIZE, OH, WAIT A MINUTE, THIS PERSON WORKS FOR THE CITY, AND THEY WEREN'T NECESSARILY ASKING TO BE ON BOARDS THAT PERTAIN TO THEIR DEPARTMENTS. YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE SOMEONE WHO WORKS IN PARKS AND REC BUT WANTS TO BE ON THE ANIMAL BOARD OR WHATEVER, BUT THEY FELT LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL FELT LIKE THE PERCEPTION WASN'T GOOD. SO THEY THEY REQUESTED A NEW RULE IN THERE, SAYING THAT EMPLOYEES COULD NOT SERVE ON BOARDS WHILE THEY WERE EMPLOYED WITH THE CITY. THAT'S A VERY COMMON THING. IN OTHER CITIES. SHE HAD QUERIED OTHER CITIES ABOUT THAT. THE NEXT ONE WASN'T. SO THE NEXT ONE, IT STARTED OUT AS FAMILY MEMBERS OF EMPLOYEES AND MAYOR PRO TEM MALIKI SAID, IF YOU LIMIT IT TO NO FAMILY MEMBERS, NO ONE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO SERVE ON A BOARD LIKE
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WE'RE ALL RELATED TO SOMEBODY IN THE CITY, RIGHT? SO THEY DECIDED TO SAY SPOUSES SPECIFICALLY. SHE DID GO OUT TO OTHER CITIES TO ASK IF ANYBODY ELSE HAD A RULE LIKE THAT, AND NOBODY DID. SO MY GUESS IS IT'S PROBABLY NOT LAWFUL, BUT SHE'S GOING TO DOUBLE CHECK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY TO SEE BECAUSE THEY FELT THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT SO THAT, YOU KNOW, A BOARD COULDN'T STACK SOMEBODY WITH SPOUSES OF EMPLOYEES, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT YOU COULD EASILY SAY THERE WAS A CONFLICT OF, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD A LIBRARY SPOUSE TRYING TO GET ON THE BOARD, WE COULD SAY THERE WAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND THEY COULD SERVE ON ANOTHER BOARD, YOU KNOW? SO I HAVE A FEELING THAT'S THE WAY THAT ONE'S GOING TO GO. BUT I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY. SO SHE'S GOING TO CHECK ON THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION WAS TO NOT ALLOW SPOUSES EITHER TO SERVE. SO CONSIDERING THAT NO OTHER CITY DOES THAT, MY GUESS IS IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO FLY. BUT WE'LL SEE. ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU GUYS AWARE OF THAT, JUST SO THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THEY ARE TRYING TO STREAMLINE THAT AND MAKE IT MORE CONSISTENT AND CLEAR AND CLEAR, AND ALSO JUST TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE WHOLE PROCESSING OF THOSE APPLICATIONS. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE? THE QUESTION YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE ANSWER FOR THIS IS WHEN COULD WE EXPECT THESE CHANGES? OR WOULD THEY TAKE EFFECT AT OUR, I DON'T KNOW, NEXT TERM OR NEXT WAVE OF APPLICATIONS? YEAH. THAT'S WHEN I THINK THEY'RE KIND OF YEAH. LOOKING AT IT SHE'S GOING I GUESS SHE'S HAVING TO DRAFT LIKE ALL THE REVISIONS. THEN I'M TASHA WOULD PROBABLY KNOW BETTER TO THIS THAN ME BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT SHE DOES FOR A LIVING. BUT THEN SUBMIT IT TO THE ATTORNEYS AND THEN GO FROM THERE. AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, SOMETIMES THEY DO HAVE TO SUBMIT IT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ASK. SO IT'S A PROCESS FOR SURE. SO I THINK THEIR GOAL IS TO HAVE IT DONE BY NEXT SPRING. YEAH. FOR WHEN THE NEW WHEN THEY START SIGNING UP FOR BOARDS AGAIN OKAY. THANK YOU. DID THEY SPEAK ABOUT TERMS AT ALL. TERM LIMITS ARE STILL STANDING OKAY. YEAH I KNOW I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO LEAVE. I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO BE HERE FOREVER. YOU JUST GOTTA SIT OUT ONE. JUST TWO YEARS. OR IS IT ONE YEAR? ONE YEAR JUST TO SIT OUT ONE YEAR, YOU CAN COME RIGHT BACK. SO. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE? OKAY. I DIDN'T WANT Y'ALL TO BE SURPRISED BY THAT. IF WHEN YOU WENT TO GO RENEW AND YOU'RE LIKE, THERE ARE ALL THESE RULES, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON. NEXT. ALL RIGHT. SO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA CONCERNS ONE OF OUR LIBRARY POLICIES, THE REVIEWING THE MEETING ROOM AND SMALL BUSINESS CENTER POLICIES. THANK YOU JUSTIN. SO THE MEETING ROOM POLICY IS GOING TO BE UP FOR REVIEW. IT'S THE DEADLINE IS APRIL OF NEXT YEAR. WE'RE HOPING TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU IN MARCH. BUT I WANTED TO PUT IT HERE JUST SO THAT YOU GUYS COULD START LOOKING AT IT, BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU FEEL IS MISSING, OR IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT ANY OF IT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO MAKE TOO MANY BIG CHANGES. I KNOW THAT WE MIGHT PUT IN A FEW MORE DETAILS AS FAR AS THE PURPOSE OF THE ROOM. WE HAD A GROUP RECENTLY THAT WANTED TO DO A CRAFT CRAFTING PROGRAM IN THERE THAT WAS VERY MESSY, AND SENIOR CAME IN AND WAS LIKE, AND I WAS LIKE, YEAH, NO, THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. BECAUSE CARPET, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CARPET IN THERE. SO I THINK AND IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW. AND WHEN WE DO MESSY PROGRAMS, POOR IS IN CHARGE OF LINING ALL THAT CARPET TO BE SURE THAT YOU KNOW.SO IT'S IT'S A CHORE. SO TYPICALLY WHEN SOMEBODY NEEDS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE MOPPED OR SWEPT UP, WE SEND THEM OVER TO THE REC BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT KIND OF FLOOR IN THEIR MEETING ROOMS, AND WE DON'T HAVE A SINK, SO THERE'S NO WAY TO CLEAN UP, YOU KNOW? SO WE MIGHT HAVE TO INCLUDE SOME OF THAT KIND OF STUFF IN HERE. THAT'S THOSE ARE THE KIND OF CHANGES WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE. THE BIGGEST CHANGE THAT WE WANT TO MAKE INVOLVES THAT SMALL BUSINESS CENTER POLICY, WHICH STARTS ON PAGE TEN. WE WANT TO INCORPORATE IT INTO THE MAIN MEETING ROOM POLICY. SO THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER, I THINK I'VE TOLD YOU ALL BEFORE, BUT I'LL REITERATE BECAUSE IT'S RIVETING. SO HOW YOU COULD FORGET? I DON'T KNOW, BUT THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER WAS ORIGINALLY A ROOM THAT, WELL, IT STILL IS A ROOM THAT WAS SPONSORED BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. SO IT STARTED LIFE AS AN ACTUAL LIKE A SEPARATE ROOM. IT HAD COMPUTERS. IT HAD ALL KINDS OF REFERENCE RESOURCES FOR STARTING A BUSINESS. AND PEOPLE WOULD IT WOULD BE OPEN. PEOPLE COULD JUST GO IN AND TO WRITE A BUSINESS PLAN OR DO WHATEVER IT IS THEY NEEDED, WHICH WAS GREAT IN 2011. BUT AS YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY CHANGES AND WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING IT INTO A MORE TELEWORK KIND OF THING, VIRTUAL THING WHEN COVID HIT AND WE WERE LIKE, OH, WELL, THIS IS GREAT. KIND OF GOOD TIMING, BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF WHEN ALL OF THAT REALLY TOOK OFF. BUT AFTER COVID, NOBODY
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WAS USING THAT ROOM. SO WE WENT BACK TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND SAID, HEY, CAN WE EXPAND THE USE OF THIS A LITTLE BIT? RIGHT NOW IT'S VERY NARROW. IT HAS TO BE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, USING IT FOR SMALL BUSINESS PURPOSES, TRYING TO GET A JOB, YOU KNOW, TRAINING THAT KIND OF STUFF. AND THEY WERE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH THAT ROOM. SO WE WERE LIKE, YAY! OKAY, SO WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO KIND OF MORPH IT MORE INTO IS A SMALL GROUP MEETING ROOM. SO WE STILL WANT TO ENCOURAGE SMALL BUSINESSES TO USE IT FOR TRAINING. IT'LL STILL HAVE THAT SAME CAPABILITY. THAT TV WILL STILL BE THERE. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE THE CONFIGURATION OF THE ROOM, AND THE FURNITURE IS GOING TO CHANGE A LITTLE BIT SO WE CAN GET WE FIGURED ABOUT EIGHT PEOPLE IN THERE COMFORTABLY, WHICH IS ABOUT HALF OF WHAT YOU CAN GET IN THE SMALL IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM.SO IT'S JUST ANOTHER OPTION FOR PEOPLE. SO IF THEY WANTED, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING FROM A BIBLE STUDY GROUP, WE HAVE A REALTOR GROUP THAT MEETS FOR A BOOK CLUB THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MEETING IN THERE CURRENTLY, BUT THEIR NUMBERS ARE GROWING. SO IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD GET THEM A BIGGER, BIGGER TABLE TO SIT AROUND IN THERE. IT STARTED OUT WITH LIKE 3 OR 4. I THINK THEY'RE UP TO SIX. HOMESCHOOL GROUPS COULD MEET IN THERE IF THEY'RE HAVING TO TAKE A TEST, OR IF THEY NEED TO WATCH A VIDEO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD OPTION FOR THEM. SO IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE CONFERENCE ROOM IN THAT THE CONFERENCE ROOM WE YOU HAVE TO CHARGE FOR IF YOU'RE NOT A NONPROFIT, WHEREAS THIS ROOM WOULD BE FREE FOR EVERYBODY BECAUSE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HAS STILL AGREED TO SPONSOR IT, WHICH IS GREAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THAT TO SEE HOW WE CAN KIND OF BROADEN THE USE OF THAT ROOM A LITTLE BIT MORE TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE AND HAVE MORE SMALLER GROUPS JUST GIVEN ANOTHER OPTION FOR PEOPLE TO USE. SO IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY FEEDBACK ABOUT THAT, ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SEE OR MAYBE EXPERIENCE WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS FROM ANOTHER LIFE, ANOTHER JOB THAT YOU'RE LIKE, DON'T DO THIS, LET ME KNOW, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SO WE'RE I'VE, I'VE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO MY. NETWORK TO KIND OF SAY, HEY, WHAT DO Y'ALL ALLOW IN YOUR ROOMS? WHAT YOU DON'T HOW DO YOU WORD THIS? YOU KNOW, THEIR POLICIES AND THINGS. SO WE CAN LOOK AT THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE TO REINVENT THE WHEEL. GREAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU GUYS AWARE AND FAMILIAR WITH IT. SO WHEN WE BRING THIS BACK, I'M HOPING THAT LIKE I SAID, WE'LL HAVE THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER RENAMED AND AND INCORPORATED INTO THE JUST THE GENERAL MEETING ROOM POLICY AND MAYBE HAVE MAYBE MORE, A LITTLE MORE STREAMLINED OR. WE'RE WORKING ON IT. IT'S BASICALLY IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS. SO BUT I WANTED YOU TO KNOW WHERE WE STARTED. SO WHEN THE NEW ONE CAME AROUND, YOU GUYS WOULD KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD BE. SO I'M HOPING TO HAVE IT TO YOU IN MARCH. BEST LAID PLANS. I'VE SAID THAT BEFORE, SO IT'S NOT THE REASON I SAY MARCH IS BECAUSE IT'S TECHNICALLY NOT DUE TILL APRIL. SO THAT GIVES ME A LITTLE BIT OF A OF A CUSHION SHOULD SOMETHING GO TERRIBLY AWRY. SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HEAD, OR ANY SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THE ROOMS? NOW THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS AND FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME LATER, YOU KNOW, OR AT THE NEXT MEETING SAY, HEY, I THOUGHT OF SOMETHING. WHATEVER. I'M HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS HAPPY TO LISTEN, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE. WILL THERE HAVE TO BE ANY CHANGES TO THE PATRON BEHAVIOR POLICY OR ANY SORT OF CORRECTIONS, OR WILL REVIEWING ONE POLICY? WE NEED TO REVIEW THE PATRON BEHAVIOR POLICY? I DON'T BELIEVE SO. SO THE PATRON BEHAVIOR POLICY I BELIEVE WE REVIEWED IN 2023. SO THAT ONE'S NOT UP FOR RENEWAL BECAUSE IT'S FIVE YEARS. BUT I DON'T THINK CHANGING ANYTHING.
I'LL DOUBLE CHECK THAT. BUT I DON'T THINK CHANGING ANYTHING IN THIS ROOM WOULD. MAYBE, BUT I DON'T THINK SO BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE NEED THEM IN THERE. BUT I WILL DOUBLE CHECK THAT. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. I'LL SEARCH THE OTHER POLICIES, MAKE SURE THEY DON'T MENTION. THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER. THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION WITH THAT ROOM RIGHT NOW. AND LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SEE IT EMPTY AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, WHY CAN'T I GO IN THERE? AND IT'S LIKE, YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN THIS WHOLE THING. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO TRYING TO GET THERE TO WHERE IT'S VERY CLEAR ON THIS IS WHY THIS IS THE WAY IT IS, AND THESE ARE THE RULES FOR THAT ROOM. SO AND, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S SOMEBODY THAT FITS THE CURRENT, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE'S GOT A JOB INTERVIEW, THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD GET A STUDY ROOM. STUDY ROOMS ARE BOOKED, YOU KNOW, COME OUT AND TALK TO THEM. AND IF WE CAN GET IF WE CAN MAKE IT WORK AND THERE'S NOT SOMEBODY ALREADY IN THERE, YOU KNOW, WE WE TRY WE DO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THEM AS BEST WE CAN. BUT SOMETIMES UNFORTUNATELY THEY DON'T FIT THOSE PARAMETERS. AND WE AND WE CAN'T DO IT. SO BUT LIKE I SAID, WHILE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HAS BEEN GREAT AND
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THEY'VE LET YOU KNOW SAID, BROADEN THE ROOM, DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO. SO YEAH.EXCELLENT. WE'LL GET THERE. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP ON OUR AGENDA IS JUST REVIEWING THE MONTHLY REPORT OKAY. MONTHLY REPORT STARTING ON PAGE 12. SO THIS WAS THAT WEIRD TIME WHERE THE LEGISLATURE RULE CHANGED. AND WE HAD TO SUBMIT THE AGENDA A WEEK EARLIER THAN USUAL, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE A WEEK SHORT ON THAT AUGUST 21ST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 10TH. EXCUSE ME.
IT'LL ALL RIGHT ITSELF OUT HERE FROM HERE ON FORWARD. BUT THAT'S WHY IF IT LOOKS A LITTLE WONKY, THAT'S WHY. BUT WE STARTED OUR PROGRAMS, STARTED BACK UP SEPTEMBER RIGHT AFTER LABOR DAY. SO SEPTEMBER 3RD, ALL THE KIDS STORY TIMES, BOOK CLUBS, ADULT BOOK CLUBS DON'T REALLY TAKE A BREAK NECESSARILY. SO THEY'RE ALWAYS KIND OF GOING ON AND NEITHER DOES OUR BUSINESS EXCHANGE ON WEDNESDAY MORNINGS. THOSE ARE ALWAYS GOING ON. SO YOU CAN JUST KIND OF SEE THE GENERAL NUMBERS THERE. AND OBVIOUSLY CIRCULATION IS ALWAYS HAPPENING.
SO BUT THAT IS A WEEK SHORT THAN WHAT WE USUALLY GET ON THAT FIRST COLUMN. LIKE I SAID, IT'LL ALL FIX ITSELF HERE IN THE NEXT ONE, BUT THAT'S WHY THAT ONE LOOKS SO SMALL COMPARED TO EVERYTHING ELSE. AND THEN MOVING ON TO OUR DATABASES. CREATIVEBUG WILL BE GOING AWAY VERY SOON. I THINK I MENTIONED THAT LAST TIME TOO, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT RENEWING OUR SUBSCRIPTION TO THAT, BECAUSE THE USAGE ISN'T VERY HIGH AND IT'S BEEN TAKEN OVER BY SOMEBODY ELSE AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO. BUT ANYWAY, WE WERE LIKE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO WE'RE NOT GOING TO KEEP GOING DOWN THAT PATH. SO WE'RE GOING TO LET THAT ONE GO. BUT YEAH, SO THERE ARE ALL THE NUMBERS FOR ALL OUR OTHER DATABASES AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT? GREAT DIGITAL RESOURCE USAGE? THIS IS THE FUN STUFF. LIBBY AND HOOPLA ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS. SO OUR UNIQUE USERS HOLDING STEADY RIGHT AROUND 19,000. AND THEN OF THOSE 19,000, THAT'S THE CONSORTIUM. THAT'S THE NUMBER IN THE WHOLE CONSORTIUM, 2224 ARE SPECIFICALLY OUR PATRONS. AND THE CHECKOUTS FOR SPL ARE JUST US. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CONSORTIUM AS A WHOLE, WHEN I RUN THE REPORT EVERY MONTH, OUR LIBRARY BY FAR IS THE BIGGEST USER OF OUR CONSORTIUM. SO YES, WE DO GOOD. LOTS OF HOLDS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LIBBY WORKS JUST LIKE THE LIBRARY. SO WE PURCHASE LICENSES AND YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE ITEM. YOU CAN ONLY HAVE IT CHECKED OUT ONE AT A TIME. AND WE PURCHASED 1097 ITEMS LAST MONTH. IT WAS THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR. SO IN OCTOBER WE'LL SEE A BIG BUMP, I HOPE, BECAUSE WE'LL GET ALL OUR MONEY BACK. YAY! SO ON THE NEXT PAGE WE HAVE OUR HOOPLA STATS AND HOOPLA IS STILL GOING STRONG. WE DID HAVE TO LIMIT IT A LITTLE MORE THAN USUAL OVER THE SUMMER, BECAUSE WE COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH THE USAGE. WE PAY PER USER PER CHECKOUT ON HOOPLA, SO THAT'S HOW WE KEEP FROM GOING OVER BUDGET. WE TELL THEM THIS IS HOW MANY MONIES WE HAVE, AND THEN THEY ADJUST IT SO THAT WE DON'T GO OVER THAT THAT MUCH MONEY. KANOPY IS KIND OF THE SAME THING. WE BUY A BUNCH OF CREDITS, BUT ON THAT ONE WE CAN ACTUALLY KIND OF KEEP TRACK AND WE CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE ON THAT.
I ALWAYS LOVE SEEING HOW PEOPLE WATCH KANOPY BECAUSE IT JUST EVERY MONTH IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. YOU GO FROM JULY, WHERE IT WAS 19.6 ON TABLET AND IT WAS 58.9 ON TABLET IN AUGUST.
ISN'T THAT CRAZY? I JUST FIND THAT FASCINATING. ANYWAY, TRAVELING PROBABLY, BUT WHO KNOWS WHY THAT IS. AND THEN RIGHT UNDERNEATH THAT, ALL OUR MEETINGS, TRAININGS AND HIGHLIGHTS. SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER IT. WE DID HAVE OUR ANNUAL LIBRARY IN-SERVICE DAY ON AUGUST 29TH, AND IT WAS PARKS AND RECREATION TV SHOW THEMED, SO IT WAS REALLY FUN. WE HAD LITTLE COVERS FOR EVERYBODY'S NAME BADGES OF ALL THE DIFFERENT CHARACTERS, AND THEN WE HAD A VISIT FROM LITTLE SEBASTIAN.
ACTUALLY, THREE LITTLE SEBASTIAN'S LITTLE PONIES CAME FOR A LITTLE THERAPY TIME WITH THE PONIES. WE DID DO SOME SERIOUS WORK TO TIFFANY THOMPSON CAME. SHE'S A TRAINER.
SHE'S FANTASTIC. SHE'S WORKED WITH FRISCO AND ALL KINDS OF CITIES IN THE METROPLEX. ANYWAY, SHE'S WONDERFUL AND BEEN IN ALL SORTS OF POSITIONS, EVERYTHING FROM HUMAN RESOURCES TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. BUT SHE'S A RIOT AND SHE'S REALLY FUN. AND SHE DID A LEAD FROM WHERE YOU ARE TRAINING, SO SHE WAS GREAT. WE ENJOYED THAT AND WE DID SOME WORK IN OUR DEPARTMENT'S MEETINGS. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES OUR STAFF WORK SUCH DIFFERENT SCHEDULES BECAUSE WE'RE OPEN SO LONG ON MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MORNING PEOPLE DON'T SEE THE EVENING PEOPLE. AND, YOU KNOW, SO THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DEPARTMENTS TO MEET AND GET TO DO SOME TEAM BUILDING AND JUST GO OVER THINGS SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE WE ARE AND THEY'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. SO. CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THE WALL THAT
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HEALS MEETING IN THE LIBRARY GARDEN MEETING? ABSOLUTELY. SO THE WALL THAT HEALS MEETING.THIS WAS THEY'VE FINALIZED THE PLACEMENT OF THE WALL. IT'S GOING TO BE AT FOUNDERS PARK IN THE SOUTHERNMOST FIELD. AND THE TRUCK WILL BE SITTING IN THE PARKING LOT. THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT IT HERE AT THE COMPLEX. I THINK I TOLD Y'ALL BECAUSE OF THE MUD AND THE EMERGENCY LANE.
SO THAT'S DONE. WE'RE BASICALLY AT THIS POINT JUST KIND OF I CAN FEEL THE ROLLER COASTER.
YOU KNOW, ONCE THAT OCTOBER 1ST OF OCTOBER HITS, WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING DOWN. SO I'VE ALREADY COMMUNICATED WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLS. WE'VE GOT ALL THE HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS SCHEDULED TO COME ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AT VARYING TIMES. SO THAT'S ALL GOING REALLY WELL. AND WE'RE KIND OF JUST IN THAT WEIRD PHASE BEFORE THEY REALLY START PUSHING IT OUT AND REALLY START ADVERTISING IT. WE ARE. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET AT THAT MEETING WITH THE FOLKS FROM DC, THE OFFICIAL FOLKS THAT RUN THE SHOW, BUT THEY DIDN'T COME IN. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY GOT WAYLAID OR IF THEY HAD TECHNICAL PROBLEMS OR WHAT. SO I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING COMING UP WITH THEM AGAIN. BUT IT'S JUST GOING. IT'S JUST MOVING. YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF A THING UNTO ITSELF AND IT JUST KIND OF KEEPS GOING. SO BUT IT IS VERY EXCITING. WE'RE IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP TO VOLUNTEER AND YOU WANT TO, THERE IS A LINK ON THE MAIN CITY PAGE. THERE'S A WALL THAT HEALS. ONE OF THE SQUARES ON THE HOMEPAGE IS ALL WALL THAT HEALS, AND YOU CAN CLICK ON THAT AND IT TAKES YOU TO THE OFFICIAL WALL THAT HEALS PAGE FOR WYLIE. SO IT'S GOT ALL THE LINKS AND EVERYTHING YOU NEED ON THERE. YOU KNOW, ONCE IT OPENS IT IS 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. THEY DID CHANGE. THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS SET TO TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY MORNING BECAUSE IT'S OFFICIALLY OPEN 8 A.M. THURSDAY MORNING. THE 30TH? YEAH. HOWEVER, THEY LEARNED THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOME TRACK MEETS AND THINGS HAPPENING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. AND, YOU KNOW, OPENING CEREMONY INVOLVES, YOU KNOW, SHOOTING AND THINGS. AND THEY WERE LIKE, LET'S NOT MAKE PEOPLE NERVOUS. LET'S WAIT AND DO THE OPENING CEREMONY IN THE EVENING. SO IT'LL BE FINE. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. AND THEN ON SATURDAY NIGHT IT'S HOMECOMING OR YEAH, HOMECOMING NIGHT I THINK FOR WYLIE EAST.
SO THEY'RE DOING A PUSHING BACK ANOTHER CEREMONY. THEY'RE DOING A OR NO. THEY'RE MOVING IT TO EARLIER IN THE DAY. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. AND IT'S THE PTSD CEREMONY WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE VERY MOVING AS WELL. SO THE WALL WILL BE LIT UP IN ORANGE THAT NIGHT ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
SO. YEAH. WELL, I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING THE AWARD FOR THE LITERACY AWARD FOR SMALL CLUBS IN NORTH TEXAS. I SAW THAT YOU HAD GOTTEN THAT. I DID SEE THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THAT WAS EXCITING. ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT THAT WAS OR WHAT THAT IS. ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN I'LL TALK ABOUT THE GARDEN MEDIA. TASHA, I TOTALLY FORGOT I TOTALLY FORGOT. IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, I REALIZED. I LOOKED DOWN AND SAID, OH, GARDEN MEETING JUST ABOUT THE GARDEN MEETING. SO THE ROTARY PART OF THE WYLIE ROTARY EAST FORK. AND SO I WE WENT TO THE AWARD CEREMONY AND WE WON. I WAS SO PROUD. WE WON FOR LITERACY, AND IT WAS FOR THE LITTLE FREE LIBRARY PROJECT THAT WE DID WITH DELTA KAPPA GAMMA AND THE LIONS CLUB. AND WE DID TWO LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES, ONE HERE AND ONE AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
AND YEAH, IT WAS REALLY EXCITING. I TOTALLY DIDN'T EXPECT IT. SO THAT WAS REALLY COOL. AND, YOU KNOW, OUT OF ALL THE AWARDS, TO ME THAT ONE WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT. SO I WAS REALLY THRILLED AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE WERE UP FOR IT. ONE OF MY FELLOW ROTARIANS PUT US, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, PUT US IN FOR IT. AND I DIDN'T SHE DIDN'T TELL ME IT WAS A SURPRISE. SO THAT WAS REALLY FUN. SO WE GOT TO GET DOLLED UP AND GO TO THE AWARDS, AND THEY ALLOWED ME TO GO AND ACCEPT IT, WHICH WAS REALLY NICE. SO I LOVED IT. AND NOW IT'S HANGING ON MY DOOR BECAUSE IT'S GREAT. SO VERY EXCITING. AND THEN THE LIBRARY GARDEN MEETING, THIS LAST ONE I ACTUALLY HAD TO MISS BECAUSE OF THE WALL THAT HEALS MEETING. BUT THEY DID FILL ME IN THE GARDENS LOOKING REALLY GREAT, DOING REALLY WELL. AND WHAT THE BETHANY, WHO'S REALLY THE HEAD OF OUR GARDEN COMMITTEE. SHE'S BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD. SHE'S A COLLIN COUNTY MASTER GARDENER, SO SHE'S BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO RAISE THEIR PRESENCE IN THE LIBRARY. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS IT LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE LAST WEEK? YEAH. LAST WEEK THEY SET UP A TABLE IN THE LOBBY AT THE HOUR BEFORE AND AN HOUR AND LIKE HALF AN HOUR AFTER STORY TIME. SO AS KIDS WERE COMING INTO STORYTIME, THEY COULD COME IN AND DO A LITTLE GARDEN, PICK UP A LITTLE GARDEN CRAFT. THEY PRETENDED TO POT PLANT A PLANT WITH BROWN PAPER AND PAPER FLOWERS. IT WAS REALLY CUTE. AND THEN THEY GOT TO TAKE HOME A LITTLE COLORING SHEET THAT TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PLANTS AND STUFF. SO SHE'S REALLY WORKING HARD TO KIND OF MAKE THE PRESENCE OF THE GARDEN KNOWN AND RECRUITING A LOT OF COLLIN COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS TO COME OUT. SO THEY'RE PLANNING SOME PROGRAMS. INTERESTING STUFF FOR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, NOT JUST WITH THE KIDS, BUT FOR ADULTS AS WELL. AND THEN THEY EVEN HAVE THEIR PLANTING DAY ON THE CALENDAR ALREADY IN APRIL. BUT SHE KEEPS TELLING ME, DON'T
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HOLD ME TO IT, BECAUSE OF COURSE IT'S ALL WEATHER DEPENDS ON THE WEATHER. AND I'M LIKE, I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO THINK ABOUT THAT TILL MARCH, SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. SO WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES. BUT WE WE GET GARDEN VOLUNTEER APPLICATIONS EVERY WEEK, YOU KNOW. SO IT'S REALLY NICE BUT IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD OUT THERE. THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE ON THE MEETINGS AND TRAININGS? I JUST THINK JUST ONE LAST THING. CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE ABBY AWARD? CONGRATULATIONS TO ABBY AWARD IS IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, IT'S A GIANT TROPHY. I LITERALLY WENT INTO THE TROPHY STORE AND SAID, I WANT THE BIGGEST, MOST OBNOXIOUS TROPHY YOU HAVE. AND SO THEY BROUGHT IT OUT AND I WAS LIKE, YES, THAT'S WHAT I WANT, AND I NEED A COLLIE DOG ON TOP OF IT. SO OUR VERY FIRST READING DOG, WHEN WE USED TO DO. WAGGING TAILS, IT'S NOT CALLED WAGGING TAILS. THAT'S NOT RIGHT. WHAT WAS IT CALLED? IT JUST FLEW OUT OF MY MIND. IT'LL COME BACK TO ME ANYWAY, IT WAS A READ TO THE DOG PROGRAM FOR KIDS THAT WERE EITHER SHY ABOUT READING OUT LOUD, OR MAYBE THEY STUTTERED AND NEEDED TO PRACTICE READING OUT LOUD. AND SO IN ORDER TO CREATE A NON-JUDGMENTAL ENVIRONMENT, YOU WOULD COME AND READ TO THE DOG, AND THE FIRST PERSON THAT CAME UP AND APPROACHED ME ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, KAREN ADAMS, WAS IN THE OLD BUILDING WAY BACK IN 2007, AND SHE HAD THIS GORGEOUS COLLIE NAMED ABBY, AND SHE SAID ABBY WAS A TRAINED SERVICE DOG. AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO START THIS PROGRAM HERE. AND I WAS LIKE, YEAH, LET'S DO THAT. AND SO WE DID IT AND IT WAS GREAT. AND IT JUST KIND OF GREW OUT OF THAT. SO EVENTUALLY SHE ADOPTED ANOTHER DOG, MASON, WHO WAS ALSO A SERVICE DOG. SO THEN WE HAD ABBY AND MASON AND THEN AND IT JUST WENT THROUGH THE WAGGING TAILS. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS CALLED, WAGGING TAILS. I THINK I SAID READING TAILS ANYWAY, SO IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL PROGRAM. AND SO WE DECIDED TO NAME THE ABBY THE TROPHY AFTER THE DOG. SO THE DOG, THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED THE ABBY AWARD. SO IT GOES TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT HAD THE MOST PARTICIPATION IN SUMMER READING. AND IT'S SO FUN EVERY YEAR BECAUSE I'LL SEND OUT AN EMAIL AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND BE LIKE, ALL RIGHT, Y'ALL, IT'S ON WHO'S GOING TO GET IT? AND THEY ALL TRASH TALK. IT'S GREAT. ALL THE SCHOOL LIBRARY PEOPLE, ALL THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARY STAFF, THEY'RE ALL LIKE, WE'RE IT'S OURS. NO. IT'S OURS. YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY CUTE. SO THE VICE PRINCIPAL AT BUSH, EVERY TIME WE GO TO BUSH ELEMENTARY SAYS WE'RE GOING TO WIN THE EMMY AWARD THIS YEAR. SHE'S BEEN SAYING THIS FOR, LIKE, TWO YEARS. HER FACE WHEN I WALKED IN WITH THIS THING THAT MORNING BECAUSE THE PRINCIPAL DIDN'T TELL HER WE WERE COMING. SO WHEN WE WALKED, DEBBIE AND I WALKED IN WITH THIS GIANT TROPHY. SHE WAS LIKE, YEAH, SHE WAS SO EXCITED. IT WAS LIKE SHE WAS AT A WRESTLING MATCH OR SOMETHING. IT WAS GREAT. SO OF COURSE, AND THE KIDS CAN'T SEE US, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OFF TO THE SIDE. AND SO WHEN WE WALKED IN, THEY ALL LOST THEIR MINDS TOO.SO IT WAS REALLY FUN TO PRESENT. AND IT'S BETTER THAN COFFEE. YOU NEED A MORNING PICK ME UP.
GO TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT 730. AND WILEY, THEY WILL THEY WILL GET YOU THERE. THEY'RE DOING THEIR CHANTS AND THEIR THINGS AND YOU KNOW, OH MY GOODNESS. SO IT'S REALLY, REALLY FUN. THEY WORKED REALLY HARD. IT WAS VERY CLOSE. I THINK IT WAS MAYBE TWO PEOPLE, TWO KIDS DIFFERENCE. I MEAN IT WAS VERY CLOSE AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO THE SECOND SCHOOL WAS. BUT FOR A WHILE THERE, SMITH ELEMENTARY WAS WINNING CONSTANTLY. TIBBLES WON SEVERAL YEARS IN A ROW, BUT IT'S BEEN JUMPING AROUND THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, SO, YOU KNOW, IF ANY OF THEM CAN. MAYBE THAT. WHAT'S THE NEW ONE? KRAMER? MAYBE KRAMER WILL GET IT THIS YEAR.
WHO KNOWS. SO. YEAH. FUN. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY FUN. YOU FEEL LIKE A ROCK STAR AGAIN, YOU KNOW? ALL RIGHT. NO OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR. WELL, LET'S LOOK AT OUR UPCOMING PROGRAMS. THERE WE GO, YOU GUYS. IT IS FALL. AND I KNOW IT BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH GOING ON. SO THIS IS MY INVITATION TO ALL OF YOU. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER FOR ANYTHING, LET ME KNOW. WE WOULD LOVE YOUR HELP, PARTICULARLY WITH NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, WHICH IS COMING OUT UP TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH. IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN. FUN EVENT WE DO. WE HAVE A TENT.
OUR LITTLE THEME IS IT'S THE GREAT PUMPKINS. WE HAVE ALL OUR CHARLIE BROWN STUFF OUT, BUT WE DO TEMPORARY TATTOOS FOR THE KIDS, SO THEY'LL COME OVER AND GET TATTOOS WITH US. BUT THERE'S ALWAYS A MILLION KIDS IN LIKE TWO OF US. SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME OUT AND HELP US WITH THAT, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU. BUT WE'VE GOT THE GHOST TOURS COMING UP FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3RD AND SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4TH. THAT'S A FUNDRAISER, AND WE PARTNER WITH THE BROWN HOUSE STAFF AND WITH THE WILEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR THAT. IT TRULY IS A JOINT VENTURE. TRACY, WHO RUNS THE BROWN HOUSE, WRITES THE SCRIPT. SHE IS A PUBLISHED AUTHOR, THE WILEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS OUR LIAISON WITH THE DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS TO MAKE SURE WITH THINGS LIKE GETTING THE MUSIC TURNED OFF DOWNTOWN AND ASKING THE BUSINESSES WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE, BECAUSE SOME DO AND SOME DON'T. AND WE'LL TALK, YOU KNOW, IN FRONT OF THEIR
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BUSINESS AND PROMOTE THEIR BUSINESS AND TALK ABOUT WHATEVER EERIE HAPPENINGS HAPPEN IN THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS. SO IT'S A REALLY FUN TOUR. IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE IT, BY ALL MEANS, COME ON OUT. I AM A GHOST IN IT EVERY YEAR SO YOU CAN COME SEE ME PERFORM IN THAT.WE STARTED OUR ESL CLASSES. THOSE HAVE BEEN GOING REALLY WELL. VERY EXCITING. YOU KNOW, SHE HAD, I BELIEVE. I THINK THEY COULD I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY THEY CAPPED IT AT, BUT WE HAVE A VERY STEADY GROUP THAT KEEPS COMING BACK. AND LAST WEEK THEY HAD MORE THAN EXPECTED. SO THAT'S GREAT. AND THIS IS FOR THE VERY VERY VERY VERY BEGINNERS. SO IN THE IN JANUARY THEY WANT TO DO KIND OF A THE NEXT STEP UP CLASS. SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES.
ANOTHER THING WE STARTED THIS MONTH WAS AND I DON'T THINK I EVEN PUT IT ON HERE, PROBABLY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN CHARGE OF IT. WE'RE JUST LETTING THEM USE THE ROOM IS GED. SO WE'VE PARTNERED WITH COLLIN COLLEGE AND THEY'RE PROVIDING GED CLASSES AT THE LIBRARY ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS. SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING. WE GOT TO MEET THE INSTRUCTOR, CHERYL, WHO'S VERY ENGAGING. SO I IMAGINE ANYONE WHO TAKES THIS CLASS WITH HER WOULD PASS WITH FLYING COLORS BECAUSE SHE WAS GREAT, VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT SHE DOES. AND THEN THERE YOU GO. WE HAVE THERE'S ANOTHER COLLIN COUNTY MASTER GARDENER EVENT COMING UP ON OCTOBER 18TH.
THESE ASK THE MASTER GARDENERS HAVE BEEN GOING REALLY WELL. PEOPLE LIKE THEY ARE WAITING.
THEY COME TO TALK TO THEM. SO THAT'S REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THAT. AND THAT HELPS THE MASTER GARDENERS OUT, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THEIR INITIATIVES IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. SO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WORKS FOR BOTH OF US REALLY WELL. AND IF YOU'RE INTO GENEALOGY, WE HAVE SOME GENEALOGY EVENTS COMING UP ON THE 14TH. JUST A BEGINNING GENEALOGY. AND THEN THE FAMILY HISTORY EVENT. THIS IS REALLY COOL. THIS IS WITH THE GENEALOGY NETWORK OF TEXAS OUT OF WACO. SO IT'S A VIRTUAL EVENT AND IT'S JUST OPENED UP THE DOORS TO A BUNCH OF SPEAKERS THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD OR TO GET HERE.
SO IF YOU'RE INTO GENEALOGY, THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD THING TO DO. AND THEN IF WE SWITCH IT OVER TO THE NEXT PAGE, CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH, WHICH IS REALLY WE KIND OF DID IT BACKWARDS. WE STARTED WITH CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH AND THEN STARTED ESL. WELL, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A LITTLE UPTICK IN CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH BECAUSE THE ESL STUDENTS ARE COMING TO THAT. SO IT'S REALLY A LOVELY THING TO SEE. SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, PRACTICING TRYING TO KEEP UP THEIR SKILLS. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT STORYTIME IS BACK. THERE'S THAT KIDS THEY'RE DOING ANOTHER GARDEN ACTIVITY WITH THE COLLIN COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS ON THE 13TH.
AGAIN. THAT'S RIGHT. BEFORE AND AFTER FAMILY BILINGUAL FAMILY STORYTIME ON MONDAY NIGHT. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. OUR DEAR EVENT BROUGHT TO US, TO US BY OUR BOARD MEMBER HERE, MISS MALLORY MORRIS. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL. I JUST COPIED AND PASTED THIS FROM SOMETHING YOU SENT ME, SO IT'S NOT WHAT'S GOING TO BE. DON'T DON'T PANIC. IT'S NOT WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE ACTUAL VERBIAGE. I JUST WENT OVER VERBIAGE WITH HER BEFORE WE STARTED OUR MEETING. YEAH. I WAS LIKE, YOU WROTE THEM, THAT'S WHY. AND THEN ALL OF OUR KIDS CLUB ON THE BACK AND THE BIG EVENT FOR OUR FRIENDS AT THE END OF OCTOBER, SPOOKY NIGHT AT THE LIBRARY. ALWAYS A GREAT TIME. WE HAVE TRICK OR TREAT AT ALL OF THE DESKS AND THEN A TREASURE HUNT. THEY HAVE TO FIND ALL THE IMAGES AND THEY GET A PRIZE. AND ALSO A COSTUME CONTEST. SO THAT ONE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF FUN AS WELL. OUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY DO THAT FOR US EVERY YEAR AND THERE'S NO NO MONEY, NOTHING. JUST COME FOR FUN JUST TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AND BRING THE YOU KNOW, THOSE KIDS ARE COSTUMES ARE EXPENSIVE, SO YOU WANT TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THEM YOU CAN. SO BRING THEM, TAKE THEM TO BALLARD, COME TO SPOOKY NIGHT, GO TRICK OR TREATING, DO ALL THE THINGS. SO. YEAH. AND THEN TEENS. SO KELSEY TOLD YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR TEEN BOOK CLUB COMING UP WITH THE AUTHOR AND THEN ROLL FOR THE INITIATIVE IS THE TEEN DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS GROUP. AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I KNOW THERE IS A LARGER DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS, ALMOST LIKE A LITTLE MINI CON COMING UP. YES. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18TH I SHOULD HAVE HAD HER TALK ABOUT THAT. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY FOR ALL AGES. IT'S NOT JUST FOR TEENS, IT'S FOR ANYBODY. THEY'RE RUNNING GAMES ALL DAY LONG. THEY'VE GOT A TROUPE THAT COMES IN AND DOES TRAVEL. YEAH, THEY DO A D&D PERFORMANCE. LAST YEAR IT WAS KIND OF LIKE ALMOST LIKE AN IMPROV. YOU WOULD THROW SOMETHING OUT AND THEY WOULD MAKE UP A STORY AROUND IT. THIS YEAR, THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE TRAVELING AROUND THE LIBRARY AND KIND OF SETTING UP LITTLE LIKE IMPROMPTU SKITS AS, SO TO SPEAK, AND KIND OF BRINGING THE PLAYERS IN. SO I THINK IT'LL BE REALLY FUN. EVERYBODY THAT CAME LAST TIME, IT WASN'T LAST YEAR, IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO. LOVED IT.
SO BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT OF WORK. SO THEY NEEDED A LITTLE TIME TO RECOVER AND KIND OF DECIDE WHAT TO BRING BACK AND WHAT NOT TO BRING BACK. THE PERSON THAT HELPED KELSEY WITH IT LAST TIME. DAVID, HE HE MOVED HE, YOU KNOW, LEFT THE AREA. SO SHE'S HAD TO KIND OF START IT FROM SCRATCH BACK ON HER OWN. BUT SHE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT IT AND SHE DOES A GREAT JOB. SO I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT IT'LL BE ANOTHER FUN ADVENTURE. YEAH. ON THE 18TH IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED. THAT'S ALL. THOSE ARE THE SAME NIGHT AS WYLIE ISD'S SPOOKTACULAR, WHICH IS
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WHERE I'LL BE THAT EVENING, SO. I USUALLY SEE MONICA THERE TOO. YEP, WE'RE ALWAYS THERE. AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT FOR YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT, WELL, IF NO ONE HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, WE CAN GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN. WE CAN HEAD OUT. MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.I SECOND. MOTION TO ADJOURN PASSES 6 TO 0 WITH ONE BOARD MEMBER ABSENT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.