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[Library Advisory Board on February 23, 2026.]

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TO ORDER THE FEBRUARY 23RD, 2026 WYLIE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING. THE TIME IS NOW 7:00. ALL BOARD MEMBERS HERE AND PRESENT COMMENTS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. 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 MATTER PRESENT PRESENTED DURING CITIZEN PARTICIPATION. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO CITIZENS HERE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD MOVING TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. FIRST ITEM IS TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 27TH, 2025 MEETING. IF WE COULD DO THAT. HERE.

AND IF WE CAN GET A MOTION TO ACCEPT THOSE MINUTES AS PRESENTED, I MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND. MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES PASSES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE FIRST ITEM IN OUR REGULAR AGENDA IS TO REVIEW AND APPROVE UPDATED MEETING POLICY. BUT, MISS OPHELIA, DID YOU HAVE A DID YOU WANT TO MOVE INTO OUR WORK SESSION OR STAFF SPOTLIGHT? NO. WE'LL START.

WE'LL START WITH THE REGULAR AGENDA, IF THAT'S OKAY. GO AHEAD AND GET THIS PART DONE.

SO THE I'VE BEEN TELLING Y'ALL THAT THIS IS COMING OUR MEETING ROOM POLICY. SO WE HAVE TO REVIEW OUR POLICIES EVERY FIVE YEARS. SO THIS ONE WAS UP FOR REVIEW THIS YEAR. WHAT WE DID WE REALLY DIDN'T CHANGE MUCH. WE ADDED THE WHAT USED TO BE KNOWN AS THE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER IS NOW THE SMALL MEETING ROOM, AND IT'S GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO USE FOR FREE. THE WE'RE FINDING THAT WE NEEDED A SPACE THAT WAS A LITTLE BIGGER THAN A STUDY ROOM, BUT NOT AS BIG AS THE CONFERENCE ROOM FOR, YOU KNOW, BIBLE STUDIES, SMALL BOOK CLUBS, HOMESCHOOLERS, THINGS LIKE THAT TO MEET. AND SO THE WAY THIS WILL WORK IS JUST LIKE THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM AND THE CONFERENCE ROOM. THEY'LL HAVE TO BOOK IT THREE DAYS AT LEAST IN ADVANCE, HAVE TO HAVE A LIBRARY CARD, ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE FREE. THERE'S NO COST TO DO THAT. THE SMALL BUSINESS ROOM WAS ORIGINALLY SPONSORED BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. WHEN WE TOLD THEM THAT IT REALLY WASN'T BEING USED, THEY GAVE US THEIR PERMISSION TO DO WHATEVER WE WANTED WITH IT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH IT, BECAUSE BUSINESSES CAN STILL TECHNICALLY USE IT IF THEY WANT TO FOR FREE, AS LONG, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S WITHIN, IT'S ONLY FITS EIGHT PEOPLE. SO IT'S IT'S PRETTY SMALL. THAT'S FIRE CODE FOR THAT ROOM. SO THAT'S THE BIGGEST ADDITION TO THIS.

OTHERWISE WHAT WE DID THE LAST ONE POLICY, I SHOULD HAVE PUT IT IN HERE FOR Y'ALL, JUST TO REMIND Y'ALL WAS VERY WORDY, VERY LONG. AND SO YOU SHOULD SEE WHAT I DID. I CUT IT ALL UP.

IT LOOKED LIKE A RANSOM LETTER. AND I PUT IT LIKE I STARTED GROUPING THINGS TOGETHER AND THEN, YOU KNOW, CUT IT, CUT AND PASTED IT INTO A DOCUMENT AND THEN FED IT TO CHATGPT TO CLEAN IT UP. SO THIS IS KIND OF HOW THAT AND THEN WE WENT BACK AND REWORKED WHAT WE NEEDED TO REWORK AND ADDED IN STUFF THAT WE WANTED TO INCLUDE. SO THIS IS KIND OF WHAT CAME OUT. I THINK IT'S MUCH CLEANER THIS WAY. IT READS MUCH BETTER, EASIER TO UNDERSTAND. YOU'LL NOTICE THE PARTS. YOU DON'T EVEN SEE THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR ROOMS UNTIL YOU GET INTO THE FEES SECTION, WHICH IS AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE SEVEN OF YOUR PACKET. YOU'LL SEE THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM, THE CAPACITY. THAT'S FOR STANDING ROOM ONLY. THAT'S A QUESTION WE GOT. A LOT PEOPLE WOULD SIGN UP. THEY WANTED 200 TABLES AND CHAIRS IN THE WHOLE NIGHT. YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE IT'S NOT A WEDDING VENUE. IT'S 200 PEOPLE. THAT'S LIKE FIRE CODE. SO THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO PUT STANDING ROOM ONLY. IF YOU HAVE ACTUAL FURNITURE IN THERE, IT'S MORE LIKE HALF OF THAT. AND THEN THE CONFERENCE ROOM AND THEN ON THE OTHER, AT THE VERY END, YOU SEE THE SMALL MEETING ROOM CAPACITY, MAXIMUM EIGHT PEOPLE. I'M HOPING THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN. WE WE DEBATED PUTTING A TIME LIMIT ON THAT. RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE A TIME LIMIT ON ANY OF THE OTHER ROOMS, SO WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT ALL THE SAME. IF WE'RE FINDING THAT THERE'S KIND OF AN ABUSE OF THAT ROOM WHERE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO BOOK IT 12 HOURS A

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DAY, I MIGHT HAVE TO BRING BACK A REVISED COPY OF THIS TO YOU. I'M HOPING THAT'S NOT THE CASE, OR THAT IF IT IS, WE CAN DEAL WITH IT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. BUT THIS IS I EVEN SHOWED IT TO OUR MY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, LETTY YANEZ, JUST TO LET HER KNOW, USUALLY WHEN WE DO A BIG POLICY CHANGE, WE HAVE TO PUT IT THROUGH TO THE ATTORNEYS. BUT WE WEREN'T REALLY CHANGING ANYTHING. SO SHE DID. SHE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT NEEDED TO GO THROUGH ATTORNEY APPROVAL EITHER. SO IT'S VERY MINOR. THOSE ARE PRETTY MUCH THE BIG CHANGES IN THERE. I THINK THE ONLY OTHER THING, WE KIND OF CLEARED UP A LITTLE BIT ON THE PART ON PUBLICITY AND MARKETING IN THE OLD. POLICY WAS VERY WORDY AND KIND OF HARD TO FOLLOW. THIS WAS THIS IS MUCH CLEARER AND IT'S MUCH MORE LIKE, THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN DO, THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN'T DO. SO IT'S VERY EASY BECAUSE WE WOULD TELL PEOPLE IT SAYS IN THE POLICY AND THEY'D BE LIKE, NO, IT DOESN'T. AND I'M LIKE, SURE IT IS. IT'S AN AA THIRD SENTENCE. FOURTH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, BECAUSE THERE'S JUST SO MANY WORDS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS MUCH CLEANER. SO I HOPE THAT THAT WILL HELP WITH ANY ISSUES WE'VE BEEN HAVING WITH THAT. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THE POLICY THE WAY IT IS? I HAVE A QUESTION OR A TWO PART QUESTION. SURE.

UNDER THE FIRST PART PURPOSE, WHERE YOU SAY MEETING ROOMS MAY NOT BE USED FOR CORRECT THE LAST TWO BULLETS, HOW DO YOU HOW IS THERE A DEFINITION OR HOW ARE YOU DEFINING A PARTIZAN EVENT AND HOW ARE YOU DEFINING SOMETHING, BEING IN CONFLICT WITH ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS AND SERVICES? I'M GLAD YOU ASKED BECAUSE A LITTLE VAGUE TO ME. YOU KNOW HOW THEY SAY THAT IF YOU SEE IT IN A POLICY, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENED. THAT'S WHAT THESE ARE ABOUT. SO THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OR PARTIZAN EVENTS, LAST TIME WE REVISED THIS POLICY, I INCLUDED THIS, AND I DID GET SOME PUSHBACK ON OUR ATTORNEYS ABOUT IT, BUT IT WAS BECAUSE WE HAD A SPECIFIC THING HAPPEN. WE HAD THE PARTIZAN EVENT WAS A GROUP THAT WAS ORGANIZING TO SUPPORT A PARTICULAR CANDIDATE, AND THEY WERE PUTTING UP SIGNS IN THE LIBRARY WINDOWS FOR THIS CANDIDATE. THEY WERE NOT NECESSARILY TALKING TO PEOPLE AS THEY WERE COMING INTO THE LIBRARY, BUT AS THEY WERE COMING ONTO THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX GROUNDS. SO PEOPLE WERE THINKING THAT WE WERE ADVOCATING FOR THIS CANDIDATE, WHICH IS WHERE THAT CAME FROM.

SO SENIA IS VERY GOOD AT GETTING THE INFORMATION FROM EVERY ALL MEETING REQUESTS GO THROUGH SENIA. SO WHEN THEY COME IN AND THEY SAY, OH, WELL, WE NEED IT FOR A MEETING, SHE'S LIKE, OKAY, WHAT KIND OF MEETING? YOU KNOW, SHE'S VERY GOOD AT GETTING THAT KIND OF INFORMATION OUT AND MAKING. AND SHE'S VERY GOOD ABOUT SAYING, YOU CAN'T USE IT FOR THIS AND THIS AND THIS. AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT DOING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOOD. SO SO FAR WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES WITH THAT. LIKE I OFTEN TELL PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE STUFF THAT GETS BIASED. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE'RE WE WONDER IF PEOPLE ARE USING THE ROOMS TO SELL OR TO, YOU KNOW, AND ALL WE CAN DO IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO TAKE PEOPLE AT THEIR WORD AND, YOU KNOW, HOPE THAT THEY'RE TELLING THE TRUTH. WE DO HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE ROOMS SO WE CAN WALK IN AT ANY TIME AND OBSERVE. SO IF WE DO FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING DEFINITELY GOING DOWN THAT'S AGAINST THE POLICY, THAT IS AN OPTION THAT WE HAVE. THE ONE THAT HAPPENED WITH OUR IN CONFLICT WITH OUR ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS. WE HAD A GROUP OUT OF SEXY, THE FORMER. THIS WAS YEARS AND THIS IT'S EASILY A DECADE AGO BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN IN OUR POLICY FOR A LONG TIME. THE FORMER CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN OVER THERE RETIRED BUT STILL WANTED TO DO STORY TIME. WELL, OBVIOUSLY THE SEXY DIDN'T WANT TO LET HER DO THAT. SHE WAS NO LONGER EMPLOYED. UNDERSTANDABLE. SO THEY GROUP WANTED TO RENT THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM TO DO THEIR OWN LITTLE STORY TIME. BUT IT WAS IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH OURS, SO WE OBVIOUSLY WE COULDN'T HAVE THAT. SO IF THEY WANTED TO DO IT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND DIDN'T, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO. SO ANYHOW, THAT'S HOW THAT CAME ABOUT. SO DOES THAT HELP ANSWER THE QUESTION? YEAH, I GUESS I WAS MORE INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S SOME KIND OF CLARITY. YES. FOR WHEN PEOPLE ASK, HEY, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN EXACTLY? YES. AND LIKE I SAID, SENIORS VERY GOOD AT GETTING TO THE ROOT OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING IN THERE AND ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS, KIND OF PROBING QUESTIONS AND GETTING THOSE ANSWERS. AND IF THERE'S ANY EVER, ANY, EVER ANY CONCERN, THAT'S WHERE I COME IN AND GIVE THEM A CALL OR GO BY AND TALK TO THEM AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THEY KNOW WE'RE WATCHING.

I THINK TASHA HAD A QUESTION, TOO. IS SHE NOT? SO WE DON'T HAVE TO. IS IT ON? YES, MA'AM.

WE DON'T HAVE TO INCLUDE ANYTHING ABOUT THE PET POLICY. RIGHT. BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY COVERED FOR THE WHOLE LIBRARY. PET POLICY IS SEPARATE, CORRECT? OKAY. YEAH, IT IS ALREADY A SEPARATE WHOLE. IT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE WHOLE COMPLEX. PERFECT. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU.

TO KIND OF RESPOND TO THAT, TO ENSURE THAT THINGS GET CAUGHT SOME WAY SOMEHOW. AND IT'S COVERED IN THE POLICY. IS THERE ANY INTEREST IN ADDING A STATEMENT SOMEWHERE THAT JUST

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SAYS THAT, LIKE FINAL REVIEW OR APPROVAL OF ROOMS, OR IF SOMETHING'S CONTENDED THAT THE LIBRARY, THE HEAD LIBRARIAN, LIKE, I SCANNED IT VERY QUICKLY, I DIDN'T, I COULDN'T I DIDN'T SEE IT JUST UNDER QUESTIONS LIKE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WE WANTED TO PUT A STATEMENT THAT SAID IT'S UNDER LIBRARY, RIGHT. IT'S FANTASTIC THAT THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR MAY CANCEL OR DENY RESERVATIONS. OKAY, FANTASTIC. YEAH, GREAT. THANK YOU.

ANYTHING'S VIOLATED IF WE NEED THE SPACE OR IF IT DISRUPTS LIBRARY OPERATIONS. EXCELLENT.

THAT LAST SENTENCE THERE. UNDER LIBRARY RIGHTS, THE ORGANIZATIONS WILL DEFEND, INDEMNIFY, HOLD HARMLESS. THAT WAS THE STATEMENT THAT THE ATTORNEY INSISTS WE PUT IN THERE. SO NO KIDDING. SURPRISE. YEAH, BECAUSE I DID NOT WRITE THAT. I'M NOT SURE I KNOW WHAT INDEMNIFY MEANS, BUT I WILL FIND OUT. AND I'M TEASING. SORT OF BUILDING ON THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR MAY CANCEL DENY RESERVATIONS. IS THAT UP TO THIS, LIKE SOLELY THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR? CORRECT. OKAY. I HAVE THE POWER. I RARELY ACT BY MYSELF, THOUGH. I MEAN, USUALLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A MEETING ABOUT IT. IF SOMEBODY SUSPECTS SOMETHING, WE TALK ABOUT IT, WE WORK IT THROUGH, AND WE WE GO THROUGH A LOT, GIVE PEOPLE A LOT OF CHANCES BEFORE WE TURN THEM AWAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? ONE FINAL QUESTION UNDER THE CONDUCT AND SAFETY PROHIBITED ITEMS, IS THERE SORT OF A COMPREHENSIVE LIST? HEY, THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T BRING INTO THE LIBRARY THAT WE REFER TO. OR IS IT LIMITED JUST TO THESE BULLET POINTS? NO ASKING. IS THERE IS THERE A LARGER LIST LIKE HEY, OR ANYTHING ELSE PROHIBITED? FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK THAT. IT'S IN THE PATRON BEHAVIOR POLICY, WHICH I'M PROBABLY GOING TO BE BRINGING YOU NEXT MONTH. IT IS NOT UP FOR REVIEW, HOWEVER, WE'VE BEEN HAVING SOME ISSUES, SO THERE'S SOME WE WANT TO MAKE SOME ADDITIONS TO THAT POLICY AND SOME CLARIFICATIONS. SO THERE'S A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LIST IN THAT POLICY OF WHAT IS ALLOWED AND WHAT NOT ALLOWED IN THE BUILDING IN GENERAL. THESE ARE SPECIFICALLY THE THINGS THAT WE OFTEN GET ASKED ABOUT IN THE MEETING ROOMS. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO BRING IN FOOD, SOMETIMES THEY WANT TO DO THOSE STENOS AND I'M LIKE, NO, YOU'RE IN A NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT. OBVIOUSLY, ALCOHOL, THAT'S JUST A CITY. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I WISH WE COULD. AND THEN FOR DEER EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, NOT DURING THE WORKWEEK. AND THEN OF COURSE SMOKING, VAPING AGAINST PROCEED ORDINANCE AND THEN POSTING AND ATTACHING MATERIALS THAT A LOT OF THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE CITY STUFF. BUT TO YOUR POINT, YES, IT'S IN THE PATRON BEHAVIOR POLICY. SO WE WILL GET INTO THAT NEXT MONTH. PROBABLY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER FINAL COMMENTS AS FAR AS THE MEETING ROOM POLICY IS CONCERNED, IF WE CAN MOVE ON TO WE WOULD NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND AND THEN WE NEED TO VOTE ON APPROVAL OF IT IF YOU GUYS ARE GOOD WITH IT. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE UPDATED MEETING ROOM POLICY AS PRESENTED. I SECOND.

MOTION TO APPROVE THE UPDATED MEETING ROOM POLICY AS PRESENTED PASSES 7 TO 0. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU EVERYONE. AND JUST SO YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, WE'VE GOT WHICH THIS IS A GOOD SEGUE INTO ALLISON'S PRESENTATION BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME LOVELY NEW FURNITURE, AND THE OLD FURNITURE IS CURRENTLY BEING STORED IN THAT SMALL MEETING ROOM, BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING AN AUCTION RIGHT NOW TO TRY TO GET IT OUT OF HERE. SO THAT SMALL MEETING ROOM PROBABLY WILL NOT GO LIVE UNTIL THE END OF MIDDLE TO THE END OF MARCH. SO JUST TO MAKE EVERYTHING CLEAR. OKAY. I MENTIONED EARLIER, BUT WE WEREN'T OFFICIALLY ON, SO LET ME JUST MENTION THAT OUR STAFF SPOTLIGHT DEBBIE HAD A PET EMERGENCY THIS EVENING, SO SHE'S NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT IN. WE WILL GET HER RESCHEDULED AT ANOTHER MEETING. SO. ALL RIGHT, ENTERING OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE WORK SESSION, ACTUALLY. NOW THE SECOND ITEM. FRIENDS OF LIBRARY REVIEW AND UPDATES WITH MISS ALLISON. SO WELCOME, ALLISON. YOU'LL JUST NEED TO TURN ON THAT LITTLE MICROPHONE THERE. YOU GOT IT. OKAY, WELL, I WAS HERE A COUPLE YEARS AGO, BUT MY

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NAME IS ALLISON SOTO. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY. I JOINED THE FRIENDS, I THINK, JANUARY OF 2023, I THINK, AND I BECAME PRESIDENT JANUARY OF 2024. YEAH. SO IT'S TWO YEARS. YEAH. OKAY. SO. OH, CAN WE SHOW THE LITTLE THING THAT. SORRY. OH, OH DO I NEED TO DO THAT I THINK OH YES. SO IF YOU OPEN THAT UP SORRY. YEAH. DID IN THE POCKET. OH OKAY. OH WAIT. NO THAT ONE'S THE CITY COUNCIL ONE THOUGH. OH OKAY. LOOK AT US GO LIKE YOU ALL HAVE BEEN. YOU'VE BEEN UPGRADED. THIS ONE. I DON'T THINK SO. OKAY. WE'LL JUST SKIP IT THEN.

THEY HAVE IT PRINTED IN FRONT OF THEM. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. WE'LL JUST CLOSE THAT. OKAY.

WE'LL MOVE IT ON. OKAY. SO ON THAT SHEET OF PAPER IT TALKS ABOUT THE TOTAL FUNDS THAT WE RAISED IN 2025, WHICH WAS $37,251.52. EXCUSE ME, 5865 OF THAT WAS FROM THE BOOK SALE ALONE. OTHER THINGS THAT WE DID TO RAISE MONEY LAST YEAR. WE HAD EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, ONE OF WHICH IS A MURDER MYSTERY. ON VALENTINE'S DAY, WE HAD A MINI GOLF EVENT. WE ALSO MAKE MONEY. THE, YOU KNOW, THE BOOK SALE THAT ONGOING IN THE LOBBY, MEMBERSHIPS, DONATIONS, LIBRARY GIVING DAY, NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY, AND THEN DONATIONS THROUGH KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS AND WALMART SPARK GOOD PROGRAM. WE GAINED 47 NEW MEMBERS THIS YEAR. I THINK THAT'S LAST YEAR. AND THEN WE CURRENTLY HAVE 119 MEMBERS. I THINK NEXT UP ON THAT THING IS THE DEER AFTER DARK IS OUR NEXT EVENT COMING UP ON MARCH 21ST. YEAH, I THINK PEOPLE HAVE REALLY LOVED THAT EVENT. BE INCLUDED. OKAY. ALSO LIKE OPHELIA MENTIONED IS WE GOT NEW FURNITURE. IF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN IN THE LIBRARY AND SEEN IT LIKE NEW PODS, CHAIRS, LIKE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, LIKE BAR SEATING AREA AGAINST THE WALL SO PEOPLE CAN WORK ON LAPTOPS.

EVERY TIME I'M IN THERE, IT'S PACKED. ALL OF THOSE. SO VERY POPULAR. YEAH. THAT WAS THAT WAS A HIGH COST. BUT LUCKILY WE'RE BRINGING THE MONEY TO DO THAT. YES. YEAH. AND I GUESS THIS IS THE MOST EXCITING NEWS OF ALL. I DON'T KNOW IF OPHELIA SHARED ANY OF THIS. I'VE SAID NOTHING. OKAY, SO IS PROJECT JUDY. THERE WAS A WOMAN NAMED JUDY WHO PASSED AWAY WHO DECIDED TO HAND OVER CONTROL OF GIVING UP SOME OF HER MONEY TO THIS THIS LADY WHO'S AN ANONYMOUS COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO HAS MADE A DONATION TO THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY FOR IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT HOPEFULLY THREE YEARS IN A ROW. WE'VE RECEIVED OUR FIRST DONATION, WHICH IS $111,000. WOW. SO WE HAVE A LOT THAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THAT MONEY, BUT HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE GET ABOUT THAT SAME AMOUNT EVERY SINGLE YEAR. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE PLAN ANYWAYS. SO I WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT WE PLAN TO DO WITH IT. LET ME SEE. OKAY. THE FIRST THING WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO BUY A VAN. WE'RE GOING TO BUY AN OUTREACH VAN, YOU KNOW, TO GO IN AND SERVE UNDER SERVED POPULATIONS AND COMMUNITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO USE SOME OF THAT MONEY TO SUPPLY THE VAN WITH TOYS AND BOOKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE CAN GO OUT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS. WE'RE GOING TO WRAP IT SO EVERYBODY KNOWS IT'S THE LIBRARY VAN AND THEN THE LIKE MAINTENANCE ON THE VEHICLE WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED LIKE THAT. MONEY WILL ALSO COVER THAT FOR THAT YEAR. AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING STIPEND. SO WE HAVE I THINK THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE YEAH. LIBRARY EMPLOYEE WHO'S TEACHING ESL CLASSES. AND SHE'S GOING TO RECEIVE A STIPEND FOR THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS GED PROGRAMING. WE'RE GOING TO LAUNCH THAT I THINK THIS FALL. AND THE MONEY WILL ALSO BE USED FOR THAT. SO EVERY YEAR WE'RE GOING TO REEVALUATE WHAT WE PLAN TO USE THAT MONEY FOR. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO USE IT FOR THIS TIME. SO WE SHOULD SAY THAT THE DONOR HAD VERY SPECIFIC THINGS SHE WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH. SHE HAD VERY SPECIFIC THINGS SHE WANTED THE MONEY USED TOWARDS. SO AS SOON AS I HEARD THAT AMOUNT, I WENT FURNITURE AND LIGHTING AND SHE WENT, NO. AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, SO SO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD. SO THEY'VE BEEN THE FRIENDS HAVE BEEN VERY DILIGENTLY WORKING ON THIS FOR A YEAR TO GET THE AGREEMENT DOWN TO WHERE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL IS MANAGEABLE THAT SHE AGREED TO. SO KUDOS TO THEM FOR WORKING SO HARD AND GETTING THAT MONEY AND BEING WILLING TO TO DO THAT. AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. I THINK THIS VAN, NOT ONLY CAN WE DO OUR SILVER LININGS DELIVERIES, BUT WE DO POP UP LIBRARY EVENTS. WE CAN GO TO OUR REGULAR OUTREACH EVENTS WITH THIS THING. IT'S JUST

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GOING TO BE REALLY COOL. SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. I'M EXCITED TOO. I MEAN, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY, A BIG RESPONSIBILITY, BUT I THINK WE'RE ALL EXCITED FOR IT. YEAH, WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. SO YEAH. YAY! OKAY, WELL THAT'S ALL I HAVE. DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING? SO MANY QUESTIONS. I'M SURE THEY'RE ALL IN SHOCK. YEAH A LITTLE BIT.

CONGRATULATIONS. THIS IS THIS IS THIS IS A IT IS A IS A IT IS A TALL ORDER, AN EXCITING PROJECT. AND I'M THRILLED. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE QUESTION IS LIKE, WELL, HOW SOON ARE Y'ALL GETTING STARTED? YOU KNOW, WHERE'S THIS VAN? WHEN CAN WE START SEEING IT ON THE STREETS.

LIKE LIKE THIS IS THIS IS AN EXCITING THING. YEAH. SO THEY'VE GONE OUT AND LOOKED AT A VAN. VAN IS AT THE. SO FUNNILY ENOUGH WE WENT TO THE WE LOOKED AT ALL THE DIFFERENT MODELS AND THE PRICES AND EVERYTHING. WE ENDED UP GOING TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN RICHARDSON. THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL, VERY EXCITED FOR US, VERY NICE. AND WE DIDN'T KNOW BECAUSE THEY WERE LIKE, WELL, HOW DO YOU WANT TO OUTFIT IT? AND I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.

THEY USUALLY DO IT FOR PLUMBERS AND ELECTRICIANS AND OBVIOUSLY WE ARE NOT PLUMBERS AND ELECTRICIANS. AND HE SAID, WELL, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, HE SAID THE PERSON, THE COMPANY THAT CUSTOMIZES ALL OUR VANS IS IN WYLIE. SO YOU CAN JUST GO OUT TO SEA TO THEIR WORKSHOP AND THEY CAN SHOW YOU THEY'RE REAL NICE. SO SURE ENOUGH, WE GO OUT THERE AND THEY WERE THEY WERE VERY NICE. AND LISA AND I WERE JUST LIKE, LET'S DO THIS, LET'S DO THIS. IT WAS JUST SO MUCH FUN. AND THEY WERE THEY WERE HAVING FUN, TOO, I GUESS, BECAUSE WHEN I GOT THE QUOTE FROM THEM, THEY DONATED THE LABOR. THEY'RE NOT CHARGING US FOR LABOR. SO THAT WAS REALLY GENEROUS OF THEM. AND SO THE VAN IS CURRENTLY AT THEIR PLACE GETTING OUTFITTED. SO THE CHECK CAME IN LAST WEEK. WE WE DEPOSITED LAST WEEK. AND SO AS SOON AS THAT'S READY WE'LL DO WHATEVER IT IS YOU DO TO MY VAN. I'VE NEVER DONE THIS I DON'T KNOW, WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT.

RIGHT NOW, LISA'S WORKING ON GETTING QUOTES FOR THE WRAP. I'M WORKING ON INSURANCE BECAUSE THE MONEY IS ALSO GOING TO PAY FOR THE INSURANCE OF THE VEHICLE. SO WE CAN GET STARTED ON DOING THAT. AND THEN SHE MENTIONED THE ESL CLASSES. THAT'S OUR SHE'S A PART TIME REFERENCE ASSISTANT. HER NAME IS CHRISTY. THAT IS HER. SHE'S TRAINED TO BE AN ESL TEACHER.

THAT'S WHAT SHE DOES. BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, SHE ENDED UP WORKING HERE WITH US PART TIME.

AND IT'S REALLY WAY ABOVE HER PAY GRADE TO DO THESE CLASSES. BUT IT'S HER PASSION. THAT'S WHAT SHE LOVES TO DO. SO SHE ASKED IF SHE COULD START AND, YOU KNOW, SURE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SAY NO, BUT WE FELT REALLY BAD BECAUSE WE KIND OF FEEL LIKE WE WERE TAKING ADVANTAGE.

BUT SHE WAS JUST INSISTENT ON DOING IT. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TO SHOW THE UNIVERSE PROVIDES.

AND THEN THIS SHOWED UP. AND SO I ASKED IF WE COULD GIVE HER BACK PAY AND THEN PAY HER A STIPEND ON TOP OF IT. AND THE DONOR SAID, ABSOLUTELY. SO WE'RE DOING THAT. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN THE GED CLASSES, WE WERE GETTING GED SERVICES FROM COLLIN COLLEGE BECAUSE THEY HAD MONEY THROUGH THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE, BUT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO DO IT RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE HAVING I DON'T KNOW. HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A STAFFING SHORTAGE. THEY SEEM TO BE HAVING SOME ISSUES.

THEY SEEMED A LITTLE UNRELIABLE SOMETIMES ANYWAY. SO I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GOING TO START IN THE FALL. WE'RE GOING TO PROCURE OUR OWN INSTRUCTOR. I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO ONE, SO WE MAY HAVE SOMETHING ALREADY IN THE WORKS THAT WE CAN DO. THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE A WEEKLY CLASS THAT WE'RE IN CHARGE OF, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GOING THROUGH. YOU KNOW, THAT WE'LL PAY THAT INSTRUCTOR DIRECTLY. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. YEAH. SO THOSE WERE THREE OF THE THINGS THAT WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE DONOR OUTREACH, LITERACY, ESL AND GED.

A LITTLE BIT OF JUDY'S STORY THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO SHARE IS THAT SHE LOST HER FATHER WHEN SHE WAS 12, AND HER MOTHER HAD NEVER WORKED OUTSIDE THE HOME, BUT NOW HAD TO WORK OUTSIDE THE HOME TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY. SO JUDY WENT TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY EVERY DAY AFTER SCHOOL. SO SHE WAS RAISED BY A LIBRARY, SO TO SPEAK, UNTIL SHE GRADUATED. SO LIBRARY IS KIND OF ALWAYS HELD A SPECIAL PLACE IN HER HEART, WHICH IS WHY THE DONOR THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP. SO. YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S A VERY MOVING STORY AND VERY EXCITING. SO WE'RE HOPING EVERYTHING GOES WELL THIS YEAR SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY LOOK FORWARD TO SOME MORE INSTALLMENTS AND SEE WHAT OTHER GREAT THINGS WE CAN ACCOMPLISH. YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF THIS. YEAH. WE HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING GROUP OF FRIENDS. OUR BOARD OF DIRECTOR ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ON THE FRIENDS THAT ALLISON LEADS ARE ALL JUST SO GUNG HO AND THEY'RE JUST READY TO TAKE THINGS ON. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. SO, YEAH.

OKAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. AND HONESTLY, AS SOON AS MISS OFILIA MENTIONED ABOUT TAKING IT TO EVENTS, I COULD JUST SEE YOU ROLLING UP AT SOME OF THE EVENTS AND I CAN GO WITH SOME BIG LIGHTS AND GLITTER AND A BUBBLE MACHINE OFF THE BACK OF IT. THANK YOU. YES, A

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GLITTER CONFETTI, WHATEVER. IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW ME. YES, YES. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXCITEMENT WITH ALL OF THIS. I KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO APPRECIATE IT. OUR CHILDREN, OUR FAMILIES ARE GOING TO ALL APPRECIATE IT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. YEAH. LOVE IT. OKAY. WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT. SO OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE OKAY. THANK YOU ALLISON. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, A TERRIFIC NEWS. I KNOW, IT'S SO EXCITING. RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM FOR OUR WORK SESSION. LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING FREQUENCY DISCUSSION. YES. THANK YOU. JUSTIN. OKAY.

SO REMEMBER, GOSH, IT FEELS LIKE YEARS SINCE WE'VE MET. SO WAY BACK IN THE, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR AT SOME POINT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT SOME CHANGES THAT WERE COMING TO THE PEOPLE WHO COULD APPLY TO BOARDS. IT WAS LIKE, IT CAN BE YOU CAN HAVE A SPOUSE THAT WORKED FOR THE CITY.

YOU HAD TO BE A REGISTERED VOTER. THEY WERE TRYING TO CLEAN UP TO WHERE EVERYTHING WAS THE SAME. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS PASSED. SO EVERYONE'S HAVING TO MAKE AMENDMENTS TO THEIR BYLAWS. SO SINCE WE'RE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THIS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SUGGESTED WAS THAT WE CHECK WITH OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND TO SEE IF THE MEETING FREQUENCY WAS WHAT THEY FELT WAS GOOD, I GUESS WHETHER IT MEANT WE NEEDED TO MEET OR TO MEET MORE.

SOME BOARDS, I GUESS, DON'T HAVE AS MUCH TO DO. OR, YOU KNOW, I DON'T. SOMETIMES I DON'T HAVE A VERY BIG AGENDA FOR Y'ALL, BUT USUALLY I LET YOU KNOW I NEVER WANT TO FEEL LIKE I'M WASTING YOUR TIME. SO I JUST THOUGHT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND BRING IT TO YOU SINCE EVERYONE ELSE IS TALKING ABOUT IT TOO. OR DO YOU, LIKE ONCE A MONTH? IF IT'S ONCE A MONTH, GOOD. IS THAT TOO MUCH? DO WE NEED TO DO ONCE A QUARTER AND JUST DO LIKE BIG, YOU KNOW, REPORTS EVERY THREE MONTHS? AS IT STANDS NOW, EVEN THOUGH WE SAY ONCE A MONTH, WE REALLY DON'T MEET IN MAY BECAUSE IT ALWAYS FALLS ON MEMORIAL DAY. WE DON'T MEET IN NOVEMBER, TYPICALLY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THANKSGIVING WEEK AND WE DON'T MEET IN DECEMBER BECAUSE IT'S A HOLIDAY. SO REALLY IT'S MORE LIKE NINE MONTHS OF MEETINGS. AND SOMETIMES IN THERE I CANCEL ONE JUST BECAUSE WE JUST IT'S A LIGHT AGENDA. AND I DON'T WANT TO BRING YOU ALL OUT HERE FOR TEN MINUTES OF TALK TO LOOK AT NUMBERS. SO I JUST WANTED TO OPEN IT UP TO YOU TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS FELT. IF THE FREQUENCY WAS GOOD OR BAD, IF YOU PREFERRED IT, MAYBE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I'M ALL EARS. SO SINCE WE'RE CHANGING BYLAWS, THIS WOULD BE THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT. SO. I KNOW I'M ROLLING OFF, BUT OH, DON'T SAY THAT. I KNOW IT'S COMING TOO FAST. BUT I LIKE THE FLOW. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE MEETINGS AND YOU ALWAYS HAVE GOOD INFORMATION FOR US. AND LIKE YOU SAID, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD WRAP INTO ANOTHER MEETING, YOU DO. SO CURRENTLY. I LIKE IT THE WAY IT IS. OKAY. AND I HAVE TO AGREE WITH TASHA. I THINK, I MEAN, WITH THE POLICIES AND STRUCTURES IN PLACE AT THE LIBRARY, I DON'T THINK THERE ARE SORT OF A FREQUENCY OF ISSUES THAT THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE BOARD. I THINK OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE, I MEAN, FITS IN ANY OF THOSE THINGS THAT NEED TO COME UP OR NEED TO BE ADDRESSED OR THAT ARE BROUGHT FORWARD. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, LIGHTER MEETINGS THAT THAT WE HAVE THAT CAN GET CANCELED OR ROLLED INTO THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH I DO APPRECIATE THOSE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO WASTE OUR TIME. I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT AS IT STANDS, I THINK OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE IS IS FINE. I DON'T SEE ANY NECESSARY CHANGES, BUT I'M JUST. DOES ANYONE TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH THAT OR FEEL DIFFERENTLY? OKAY, GOOD. I LIKE ONCE A MONTH TO. I FEEL LIKE OTHERWISE IT WOULD JUST BE LIKE THERE'S SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU ALL AND GET A FLOW AND MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS AND HAVE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. BUT LIKE I SAID, I IT'S NOT ABOUT ME, IT'S ABOUT Y'ALL. SO WHATEVER Y'ALL WANT TO DO. SO IF YOU GUYS ARE GOOD WITH THAT, I'LL KEEP IT AT ONCE A MONTH IN THE BYLAWS. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. OH, AND BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I DO HAVE A LIST THAT SHOWS ALL OF THE OFFICIAL EMAILS FOR YOU GUYS. IF YOU COULD JUST CHECK ON THIS AND MAKE SURE IT'S CORRECT. WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO JUST DOUBLE CHECK THAT THEY'RE ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. NOW INTO OUR MONTHLY REPORTS, OUR FOURTH ITEM ON OUR WORK SESSION, MONTHLY REPORT FOR JANUARY. OKAY. OUR JANUARY REPORT WAS A DOOZY BECAUSE REMEMBER WE DIDN'T MEET IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER. SO IT ACTUALLY COVERS A REALLY LONG PERIOD OF TIME. IN NOVEMBER, I WENT TO A PUBLIC LIBRARY ADMINISTRATORS OF NORTH TEXAS CONFERENCE, AND PART OF THAT CONFERENCE, PEOPLE WERE SHARING THE TYPES OF REPORTS THAT THEY

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LIKE, EXAMPLES OF WHAT THEY SHARE WITH THEIR BOARD. AND A LOT OF THEM WERE THESE AT A GLANCE STYLES. I'M KIND OF GETTING INTO THE NEXT WORK SESSION, BUT BASICALLY THIS IS, YOU'LL SEE ON PAGES, PUT YOUR GLASSES ON IF YOU LIKE, PAGES 12 AND 13. WELL, REALLY, PAGES 12 THROUGH 14 THROUGH 15. THAT'S THE TYPICAL REPORT I GIVE YOU GUYS. IF YOU GO TO PAGE 16 AND 17, THIS WAS MORE THE STYLE OF REPORT THAT A LOT OF OTHER PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARDS ARE GETTING. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, THIS IS KIND OF FUN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S VERY GRAPHIC, IMPACTFUL. IT'S NOT SO MUCH NUMBERS IN YOUR FACE. SO I KIND OF WANTED TO PRESENT BOTH STYLES TO Y'ALL AND SEE WHICH ONE YOU LIKE BETTER. IF YOU'RE HAPPY WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE CAN KEEP DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING. THAT IS OKAY WITH ME. EITHER WAY, I HAVE TO DO IT THIS WAY TO GET THE OTHER NUMBERS SO IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME HOWEVER Y'ALL WANT. SO WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH THEM BOTH AND SEE WHAT YOU LIKE. BUT THIS PARTICULAR ONE FOR JANUARY IS ACTUALLY FROM OCTOBER 16TH THROUGH JANUARY 14TH, SO IT'S A DOOZY, NOT ONLY ON PAGE 12, IT BREAKS IT DOWN BY EACH MONTH, AS IF WE HAD HAD A MEETING EACH MONTH. AND THEN AGAIN, WHEN WE GET TO THE DATABASES, IT BREAKS THEM DOWN BY MONTH. BUT AND ALSO IN THE DIGITAL RESOURCES. BUT WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO MEETING TRAININGS AND HIGHLIGHTS, IT'S STARTING ALL THE WAY BACK IN OCTOBER, ALL THE WAY THROUGH JANUARY. SO IT'S A IT'S A DOOZY. SO I CAN GIVE YOU GUYS SOME TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. SINCE WE DIDN'T GET TO LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE OTHER NUMBERS BEFORE IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER. AND SINCE WE DIDN'T GET TO MEET IN JANUARY. I DON'T. NONE OF THESE STAND OUT TO ME AS ANYTHING KIND OF CRAZY OR ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPLAINED, BUT IF Y'ALL SEE SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, LET ME KNOW. IN THE STATS AT THE TOP OF PAGE 12. AS FAR AS STORY TIME, CIRCULATION, VISITORS, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF, AND THEN OUR DATA GOING INTO OUR DATABASES AS WELL. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OVER THAT FIRST PART? YES. MISS TASHA, ON THAT PORTION IN OCTOBER THROUGH NOVEMBER, THERE WERE SOME BIG JUMPS, LIKE THE KID EVENTS COMPLETELY SKYROCKETED AND THE ADULT EVENTS AND THEN THE OUTREACH WHERE WE JUST REALLY PUSHING FORWARD ON THOSE AREAS DURING THAT TIME, THE KID EVENTS FOR LIKE DECEMBER 11TH THROUGH JANUARY 14TH OR EVEN NOVEMBER 13TH, IT WAS KIND OF SMALL. THAT COULD BE BECAUSE OF JUST THE WAY THE DATES FALL. WE HAD A LOT OF HOLIDAY TIME BETWEEN NOVEMBER 13TH AND DECEMBER 10TH AS FAR AS THANKSGIVING WEEK.

THE THE ONE BEFORE THAT, THE ONE THAT'S SO HIGH, I'M TRYING TO THINK, OH, WE HAD SPOOKY NIGHT INVOLVED IN THAT. SO THAT WAS A BIG ONE. AND I WANT TO SAY THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE BIG AT THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER THAT'S ESCAPING ME. BUT I THINK WE HAD SOME BIG FAMILY EVENTS, AND THAT'S WHERE THAT NUMBER GOT SO BIG. AND THEN BETWEEN DECEMBER AND JANUARY, WE DO DIFFERENT EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE HOLIDAY WEEKS. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS.

CAN YOU CAN YOU SPEAK ON THIS DATA AXLE RIGHT THERE? AND WHAT WAS GOING ON IN OCTOBER? WE WERE PROBABLY PROMOTING IT. SO DATA AXLE IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES USE BECAUSE YOU CAN SEARCH, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND CLIENTS THAT WORK IN A PARTICULAR INDUSTRY OR IF YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND A PARTICULAR PEOPLE IN A PARTICULAR INDUSTRY OR A DEMOGRAPHIC IN A CITY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS. IT MAY BE THAT WE WERE PROMOTING THAT TO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S WHY THAT WENT UP SO MUCH TYPICALLY. WELL, THANK YOU. I'M SURPRISED, HONESTLY, IN DECEMBER, BECAUSE USUALLY EVERYTHING IN DECEMBER GOES DOWN BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S SO BUSY WITH HOLIDAY STUFF. SO I WAS LIKE, WOW, 157 SEARCHES. BUT NOTICE IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE, SO WE HAD SOME POWER USER OR LOGINS, I SHOULDN'T SAY PEOPLE SMALL AMOUNT OF LOGINS.

SO WE HAD SOME POWER USERS THAT MONTH THAT WERE REALLY USING TO, YOU KNOW, USING IT HEAVY, WHICH IS GREAT. THAT'S WHAT IT'S THERE FOR. IT'S I LOVE DATA AXLE BECAUSE IT'S GOT SUCH GREAT INFORMATION, BUT IT IS YOU KIND OF HAVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO PLAY, YOU KNOW.

SO I OFTEN WHEN WE PRESENT IT TO OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITIES VIA THE BUSINESS CONNECT ON WEDNESDAY MORNINGS THAT WE DO AT THE LIBRARY, OR WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO ONE ON ONE LIBRARY, YOU KNOW, BOOK A LIBRARIAN BECAUSE YOU CAN GET A LOT MORE IN DEPTH INTO WHAT EXACTLY YOU'RE TRYING TO LIMIT FOR. AND ONCE YOU KNOW THE LITTLE TIPS AND TRICKS AND WHAT TO LOOK FOR, IT'S IT'S THEN YOU GET THAT INFORMATION YOU REALLY WANT. BUT WHEN YOU FIRST GET IN THERE, IT CAN BE A LITTLE OVERWHELMING. SO IT MAY HAVE BEEN SOMEBODY PLAYING WITH IT,

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TRYING TO FIND WHAT IT WAS THAT THEY REALLY WANTED. SO I HOPE THEY FOUND IT. IT SAID THEY DOWNLOADED RECORDS, SO I'M GOING TO ASSUME THEY DID. IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, WE'LL MOVE ON TO DIGITAL RESOURCE USAGE. SO OUR LIBBY, YOU KNOW STILL GOING STRONG.

OUR CHECKOUTS. LIKE I SAID, IT'S FUNNY HOW WHEN THE DATABASES GO DOWN. BUT DURING HOLIDAYS THE DIGITAL DATABASES GO UP THE DIGITAL RESOURCES BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING AND THEY DON'T WANT TO CARRY A BIG, HEAVY BOOK WITH THEM. SO THEY'LL DO IT ON LIBBY OR ON HOOPLA. SO YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPTICK THERE ON CHECKOUTS IN DECEMBER AS OPPOSED TO NOVEMBER, ALTHOUGH OCTOBER WAS STILL WALKING AND ROLLING REALLY HIGH. SO THAT'S GREAT HOOPLA YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT PAGE. THAT'S PAGE 14. HOOPLA IS ALWAYS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS AS FAR AS MOVIES, MUSIC, BINGE PASSES, ALL KINDS OF STUFF. SO IT'S A LITTLE MORE UNPREDICTABLE, I FEEL, THAN LIBBY IS, BUT STILL REALLY GOOD NUMBERS TOTALS ON THERE AND THEN KANOPY AS WELL. YOU'LL NOTICE THE INCREASE IN USAGE, OR THAT THE USAGE WAS STILL REALLY HIGH IN DECEMBER. AND ALSO, I THINK SOMETIMES WITH THE WEATHER, IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH IT. RIGHT? SO IF YOU CAN'T GO OUT AND DO STUFF, YOU'RE GOING TO STAY IN AND WATCH MOVIES, RIGHT? SO YOU'RE GOING TO PULL UP KANOPY TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT. AND THEN ALL OF OUR MEETINGS, TRAININGS, HIGHLIGHTS. THIS IS JUST A SMALL SAMPLE. OTHERWISE THIS PACKET WOULD BE THREE TIMES AS LONG AS IT IS. BUT JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS AN IDEA. OH THERE'S THAT BOO BASH TOO. THAT WAS AT THE END OF OCTOBER. SO THAT WAS A PART OF THAT OUTREACH NUMBER. OH. MY GOODNESS. THE WALL THAT HEALS.

THAT FEELS LIKE YEARS AGO. AND THAT WAS JUST LAST YEAR. HOW IS THE ATTENDANCE FOR THAT. SORRY.

HOW WAS THE ATTENDANCE AND THE OVERALL RECEPTION FOR THE WALL THAT HEALS? OH REALLY GOOD.

VERY, VERY GOOD. YEAH. THE ORGANIZERS ACTUALLY WERE VERY COMPLIMENTARY AND SAID THAT NOT ONLY WERE WE VERY WELL PREPARED, THERE WERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WILEY DID THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SUGGEST TO OTHER PEOPLE MOVING FORWARD JUST BECAUSE IT WORKS SO SMOOTHLY WITH US. SO OUR MARKETING TEAM JUST KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK. THEY DID JUST A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THAT, REALLY. IT WAS DOWN TO THE VOLUNTEERS. I MEAN, THEY WERE JUST DID A GREAT JOB RECRUITING PEOPLE TO BECAUSE IT'S JUST TOO MUCH WORK TO DO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CITY TO DO.

SO. A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS REALLY TOOK THE LEAD AND AND MADE IT WHAT IT WAS. SO IT WAS A REALLY COOL EVENT AND THE WEATHER WAS BEAUTIFUL FOR IT. SO THAT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL. IT'S ONE OF THOSE WHERE YOU WISH YOU COULD DO IT AGAIN, BECAUSE NOW YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU LEARNED ALL THE THINGS, BUT IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY, UNFORTUNATELY. BUT YOU'RE LIKE, NOW I KNOW ALL THE THINGS. WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER. BUT YEAH. IS THE THE GARDEN COMMITTEE, ARE THEY STILL ON TRACK? OH YES. SO THEY HAVE A PLANTING DAY SCHEDULED FOR EARLY APRIL. I WANT TO SAY I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT'S THE FIRST SATURDAY IN APRIL. WE JUST MET WITH THEM LAST WEEK. THEY ARE VERY EXCITED. I THINK IT'S APRIL 18TH. MAYBE IT'S A THIRD APRIL 18TH, SATURDAY IN APRIL. THEY JUST GOT A NEW SPIGOT OUT IN THE GARDEN. THEY DON'T HAVE TO LEAN DOWN TO REACH TO DO THE HOSE. THE SPIGOT ACTUALLY COMES UP. SO THEY ARE JUST VERY HAPPY.

SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THAT FOREVER. SO THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OKAY. SO THAT WHOLE REPORT WE JUST REVIEWED IS BASICALLY MIRRORED. THIS IS THE SAME INFORMATION. SO PAGES 16 AND 17 AT THE THE AT A GLANCE REPORT. NOTICE THE DATE RANGE OCTOBER 16TH THROUGH JANUARY 14TH. SINCE WE HADN'T MET DURING THAT SINCE THAT TIME.

SO IT'S JUST KIND OF GIVING YOU A MORE CONDENSED VERSION OF THAT INFORMATION, KIND OF MORE PRETTILY ARRANGED. A LOT OF THE REPORTS HAD THIS ON THE TOP OF PAGE 17. THESE STORIES OF IMPACT WHERE WHETHER WE GET WHETHER IT'S COMPLIMENTS OR GOOGLE REVIEWS OR, YOU KNOW, OVERHEARD ABOUT THE LIBRARY OR THESE THIS CUTE LITTLE NOTE THAT LIBBY GOT THE LITTLE THANK YOU CARD, THAT'S SO SWEET FOR DOING THE SHOW. I THOUGHT THAT WAS SO CUTE. THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU GUYS IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT. AND THEN KIND OF A LITTLE MORE CONDENSED VERSION OF THE MEETING AND TRAINING HIGHLIGHTS. I LOVE THESE STORIES, THE STORIES OF

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IMPACT PAGE. I MEAN, I ALSO LOVE THE GRAPHIC BECAUSE READING THE CHART IS NOT MY FAVORITE PASTIME, BUT IN WHATEVER DIRECTION YOU MOVE FORWARD AND HOW YOU PRESENT IT, HAVING THOSE STORIES, HAVING JUST THOSE, THOSE SNIPPETS OF LIKE, HEY, HERE'S SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. THE ANECDOTAL INFORMATION I THINK IS LOVELY. I'M NOT A DATA PERSON EITHER, SO THAT SPEAKS TO ME AS WELL, I GET IT. YEAH. I'LL BE HONEST. SOMETIMES WHEN I SEE THESE, THESE NUMBERS, MY EYES KIND OF GLAZE OVER AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT I'M LOOKING AT OR THE IMPORTANCE. IT'S KIND OF NICE TO SEE IT PRESENTED A LITTLE MORE, YOU KNOW. SO YOU LIKE THE AT A GLANCE? YEAH, THE AT A GLANCE. I THINK PERSONALLY, AGAIN, FOR ME BEING YOU KNOW, I WAS AN ENGLISH MAJOR SO NUMBERS JUST DON'T WORK WITH ME. ME TOO I FEEL YOU. I LIKE THE AT A GLANCE, BUT I'M LOOKING AT IT AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, COLORFUL AND ALL THAT. BUT WHEN I WANT TO DIG INTO THE KIND OF THE MEAT AND THE DETAILS OF IT, THEN I CAN LOOK AT THIS PAGE AND IT TELLS ME OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER. IT GIVES ME ALL THE DETAIL I CAN READ ACROSS IT AND SAY, WOW, OKAY, OCTOBER WAS A BIG MONTH TO SEE EVERYTHING YOU KNOW AT ONE ONE SPOT, BUT THEN THE STORIES OF IMPACT IS A REALLY NICE ADDITION TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, AND YOU ALL'S WORLD THAT YOU GET TO SHARE WITH US, AND WE CAN KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT AND SHARE THAT WITH YOU AND KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. BUT AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, HOW IS THE. THE MACHINE, HOW IS THE THE LOADING MACHINE DOING THE THE DISORDER, THE DISORDER IS IT BREAKING DOWN IS ALL IT'S BEEN SO EASY. IT'S BEEN I SHOULD KNOCK ON WOOD BECAUSE I DON'T WANT IT TO. OH I'M GOING TO SAY THAT THEN TOMORROW IT'S ALL GOING TO BE LIKE WE'RE DOWN. I DON'T KNOW, IT'S MY FAULT. I'M SORRY. NO, IT'S BEEN WORKING GREAT. WE LOVE IT. AND IT'S SO MUCH MORE QUIETER THAN THE LAST MACHINE. AND, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL HAVE HEARD ME SAY A MILLION TIMES, I DON'T HAVE TO HEAR A SORTER DOWN A MILLION TIMES A DAY, SO IT'S GREAT. I LOVE IT. IT'S DOING WONDERFUL. AND AS FAR AS BETWEEN ONE REPORT OR THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, I LIKE THE THE DATA OF THE REPORTS BECAUSE WE CAN RECOGNIZE TRENDS, BUT THE, THE EASE AT WHICH WE CAN KIND OF SEE THIS AT A GLANCE IS, IS TREMENDOUS. I THINK THIS IS THE KIND OF INFORMATION THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD, YOU KNOW, SHARE WITH US. OF COURSE WE KNOW HOW HOW, HOW GREAT Y'ALL ARE DOING, BUT EVEN SHARING IT WITH THE COMMUNITY, I LOVE SEEING THIS, THE STORIES OF IMPACT AND JUST REMINDING PEOPLE THAT, HEY, THIS IS THIS SORT OF AMAZING THINGS THAT THAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW WE'RE AFFECTING OUR PATRONS. SO I LOVE THE ADDITION OF THESE STORIES OF IMPACT. YEAH, THOSE WARM MY HEART. OKAY.

WHAT I CAN DO MAYBE, IS MOVE TOWARDS THIS AT A GLANCE STYLE, BUT MAYBE INCLUDE A PAGE IN THE BACK FOR TASHA WITH A LITTLE MORE NUMBERS IN IT. WOULD THAT WORK? OKAY, I CAN DO THAT. I AM NOTHING IF NOT FLEXIBLE. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THIS? OKAY, GREAT. DO WE SHARE THINGS LIKE THAT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY LIKE A ONE PAGER TO SAY THIS IS HOW GREAT WE'RE DOING. YOU KNOW WE HAVEN'T AND WE CERTAINLY CAN. AND TO JUSTIN'S POINT, WHEN IT'S IN THE BOARD MINUTES, THAT'S PUBLIC. BUT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW TO GO LOOK AT THAT. BUT THIS IS EASILY THIS AT A GLANCE IS EASILY CONVERTED TO AN INSTAGRAM POST OR FACEBOOK POST OR WHATEVER. SO THAT WOULD BE AN EASY WAY TO DO THAT, ALMOST LIKE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MONTHLY OR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER. HERE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. OR YEAH, PUTTING IT IN THE NEWSLETTER IS ANOTHER OPTION BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A NEWSLETTER AS WELL. SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD SUGGESTION. I LIKE THAT A LOT. SHOULD WE MOVE ON TO FEBRUARY THEN FEBRUARY? OKAY, SO FEBRUARY KIND OF THE SAME THING. I STARTED WITH OUR USUAL REPORT AS ALWAYS. ONLY THIS TIME YOU'LL NOTICE YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN THE DECEMBER THROUGH JANUARY NUMBERS.

NOVEMBER, EXCUSE ME, NOVEMBER THROUGH JANUARY NUMBERS. SO WE'RE JUST THIS REPORT, JUST THE NEW STUFF IS JUST JANUARY 15TH THROUGH FEBRUARY 11TH. SO NOT QUITE AS A EXPANSIVE OF TIME. IT'S JUST A MONTH. AND SO THEN THE AT A GLANCE REPORT THAT STARTS ON PAGE 22 IS JUST THOSE FOUR WEEKS, JANUARY 15TH THROUGH FEBRUARY 11TH. SO I'LL GIVE YOU SOME TIME TO LOOK THROUGH THOSE. AND THEN YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT. FOR THE NEW BORROWERS. DO YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL DO DIFFERENTLY TO BRING FOLKS IN, OR DO WE HAVE AN EVENT GOING ON THAT YOU SEE THAT WE START GETTING MORE NEW BORROWERS, OR IS IT JUST KIND OF STEADY? NEW BORROWERS ARE INTERESTING BECAUSE I ALWAYS THINK IT'S GOING TO I MEAN, AT

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THIS POINT YOU THINK EVERYONE'S GOT A CARD, IT'S GOING TO GO DOWN. IT NEVER DOES. SO I THINK PART OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MOVING IN, PEOPLE THAT MAYBE REALIZE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT THAT MAYBE DON'T LIVE, YOU KNOW, TOO FAR, WANT TO COME BY. WE GET A LOT OF NEW BORROWERS ONLINE WITH WE CALL THEM ONLINE. THEY GET ONLINE BORROWING PRIVILEGES FIRST. AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY JUST KIND OF CHECK OUT TO SEE IF THEY LIKE THE ELECTRONIC RESOURCES. IF THEY DO, THEY HAVE TO COME IN AND GET THEIR PHYSICAL CARD BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO SHOW THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE BEFORE THEY GET THAT. AND THEY'VE GOT, I THINK, SIX MONTHS TO DO THAT. SO SOMETIMES THAT REPORT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT INFLATED BECAUSE PEOPLE GO AND LOOK AT THOSE RESOURCES AND THEN THEY DECIDE NOT TO AND THEY DON'T COME IN AND THEY FALL OFF. SO, YOU KNOW, IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS. BUT THE BIG EVENTS WHERE WE DO MOST CARDS, I WOULD SAY IS SUMMER KICKOFF. WE GET A LOT OF CARDS DURING THAT IN THE SUMMER, AND I'M TRYING TO THINK IF THERE'S ANYTHING AS BIG AS THAT, SOME IT DEPENDS ON THE OUTREACH EVENT. SOMETIMES WE'LL GO AND WE'LL GET A WHOLE LOT AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T. ONE THAT WE DO IS THE BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT IN AUGUST WITH WYLIE ISD. WHEN THEY DO THE FREE BACKPACKS AND THE CHECKUPS AND THE HAIRCUTS AND ALL THAT STUFF, WE DO GET A LOT OF CARDS DURING THAT EVENT AS WELL. SO BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF USUALLY NEW KIDS COMING INTO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO YEAH, YEAH. REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE NUMBER OF LIBRARY CARDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MOVED JUST THROUGH THAT VAN THAT'S GOING TO SHOW UP AT ALL THESE EVENTS. YES. AND WE HAVE ONE SIDE IS GOING TO BE ALL SHELVING AND THE OTHER SIDE BECAUSE IT'S SHORTER IS GOING TO HAVE BINS AND DRAWERS. AND SO ONE DRAWER FULL OF LIBRARY CARDS IS WHAT I'M ENVISIONING. I IMAGINE THIS IS GOING TO BE LIKE THE VEHICLE FOR LIKE I SAW LIKE A ESL OUTREACH EVENT AT BIRMINGHAM.

YES, WE WOULD TAKE THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LIBRARY. CORRECT. WHEN WE DO MY FAVORITE OUTREACH EVENT, THIS WYLIE ISD SPOOKTACULAR. EVERY YEAR, THE HALLOWEEN EVENT, WE'LL TAKE THE VAN AND WE'LL DRESS IT UP LIKE A SPIDER OR WHATEVER IT IS. YOU KNOW, WE'LL DO SOMETHING FUN WITH IT. SO YEAH, FOR SURE. SO THEN WE TOOK THAT THOSE ALL THAT DETAIL INFORMATION AND THEN STARTING ON PAGE 22 DID ANOTHER AT A GLANCE. BUT THIS IS JUST FOR THOSE THAT MONTH.

SO THAT'S WHY THOSE NUMBERS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER THAN THE LAST GLANCE. UNDER OUR STORIES OF IMPACT, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE DID GET THE 2025 ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE IN LIBRARIES AWARD. AGAIN, I KNOW I EMAILED THAT TO Y'ALL, BUT FOR THE SIXTH YEAR IN A ROW, FOR THE SIXTH YEAR IN A ROW, JUST TO MENTION THAT AND JUST SOMETHING FUN WE DID FOR THE STAFF. WE DID A GOAT, GRAHAM VALENTINE. TO BE CLEAR, I PAID FOR IT OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. NO TAXPAYER MONEY WAS USED FOR THE GOAT GRAHAM, BUT THEY WERE SO CUTE. THEY WERE TWO LITTLE BABY GOATS.

SALT AND PEPPER AND SALT WAS VERY SWEET. THAT'S THE ONE YOU SEE IN ALL THE PICTURES. PEPPER WAS A LITTLE SPICY. SHE SHE LIKED. SHE MOVED AROUND A LOT. SO WE DIDN'T REALLY GET ANY GREAT PICTURES OF PEPPER, BUT SALT WAS VERY SWEET. SO THAT'S WHAT ALL THAT IS, JUST TO GIVE THE STAFF A LITTLE CUDDLE BREAK, A LITTLE FUN TIME THERE AND STAFFING UPDATE. SO WE HAVE A NEW TEEN SERVICES LIBRARIAN, LIBBY VILLEGAS. KELSEY, OUR PREVIOUS TEEN SERVICES LIBRARIAN WHO WAS WITH US FOR 15 YEARS. SHE STARTED OUT AS A SHELVER AND WORKED HER WAY UP, WHICH IS REALLY COOL, BUT SHE IS PURSUING A AN OPPORTUNITY OUT OF STATE. SO SHE'S IT'S NOTHING TO DO WITH US. IT WAS JUST SOMETHING, SOMETHING SHE WANTED TO DO. SO I'M SORRY TO SEE HER GO, BUT WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THE JOB TO LIBBY. SHE GRADUATED WITH HER MASTER'S IN MAY OF LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE, SO SHE'S KIND OF STUCK IT OUT, HOPING THAT MAYBE WE'D HAVE A POSITION BECAUSE SHE LOVES WORKING WITH US, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HER.

ARE WE GOING TO GET A CHANCE TO MEET HER? OH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. WE'LL SCHEDULE HER FOR A STAFF SPOTLIGHT. OKAY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT? ANY OF THE MEETINGS OR TRAININGS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? OPHELIA, WHAT'S THE AI TRENDS? ONE IS THERE SOME COOL STUFF COMING? YOU KNOW, MOSTLY SCARY STUFF IS WHAT THEY TALK. NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. I IT WAS A WEBINAR I WENT I ATTENDED DURING THE ICE STORM, FUNNILY ENOUGH. BUT I MEAN, I WAS SCHEDULED TO GO ANYWAY. I SAW OR NOT DIDN'T MATTER. IT WAS MORE ABOUT USING AI, THE POSITIVE WAYS TO USE AI.

RIGHT. SO ENDPOINT AS ENGLISH MAJORS TO CHECKING YOUR GRAMMAR, CHECKING FOR, YOU KNOW, MAKING THINGS MORE CLEAR, DATA PROCESSING, THAT KIND OF THING. YOU KNOW, THEY WERE TRYING TO TAKE AWAY THE FEAR OF, YOU KNOW, AI IS GOING TO TAKE OVER EVERYTHING KIND OF DEAL. BUT THEY DID TALK ABOUT SOME OF THAT, AND IT'S STILL REALLY SCARY, JUST THE JUST WHERE IT GETS SOME OF THE INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, THAT IT WASN'T PROGRAMED TO GET WHEN IT'S A

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LIMITED DATA SET AND IT STILL COMES UP WITH THIS ANSWER AND YOU'RE LIKE, WHERE DID IT GET THAT ANYWAY? THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF THAT FREAKS ME OUT. BUT ANYWAY, A LOT OF THE TRENDS AND STUFF WE'RE KIND OF ALREADY DOING, I'VE BEEN HOUNDING THE CITY FOR A WHILE TO TO GET AN AI POLICY IN PLACE. WE'RE STILL KIND OF WORKING ON THAT. SO BUT YEAH, WE YOU KNOW, THE THING IS, IS WE'RE ALREADY USING IT. YOU KNOW, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE PUT IN OUR POLICIES THROUGH CHATGPT JUST TO CLEAN THEM UP A LITTLE BIT. IT JUST IS QUICKER AND CATCHES THINGS THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY CATCH. SO EVERYTHING WE PUT IN THERE, WHICH I COACH MY STAFF ON ALL THE TIME, HAS TO BE PUBLIC. YOU CANNOT PUT PRIVATE INFORMATION, SO ANYTHING THAT'S ON OUR SITE CAN GO THROUGH THERE. YOU KNOW, WHEN I WRITE AN ARTICLE FOR THE NEWSPAPER, OFTENTIMES IT'S WAY TOO LONG. SO I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, SHORTEN THIS FOR ME BECAUSE I CAN'T DECIDE WHAT TO CUT AND IT'LL SHORTEN IT FOR ME, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT YEAH. SO IT WAS INTERESTING.

SOME OF THE YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING AND PRODUCTS AND THINGS THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE DOWN THE LINE, PARTICULARLY FOR INFORMATIONAL TYPE STUFF. THE QUESTION IS, CAN WE AFFORD THESE THINGS? YOU KNOW, AS A CITY, YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE THE LEEWAY TO PAY FOR THAT STUFF. SO I WISH I DID, BUT.

AND BECAUSE IT'LL BE HERE BEFORE WE REALLY KNOW IT, THE SUMMER KICK OFF PLANNING MEETING, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN KIND OF GIVE US A HINT FOR? OR I CAN KICK OFF? SUMMER KICKOFF IS ON MAY 29TH FROM 9 TO 1145. I'M ORDERING THE GREAT WEATHER WE HAD LAST YEAR, SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL COME IN. THE THEME THIS SUMMER FOR THE KIDS FOR YOUTH SERVICES IS DINOSAURS, WHICH IS THE BEST THEME EVER, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE DINOSAURS BACK AT THE EVENT THIS YEAR. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED. WE HAVE A GIANT T-REX AND THEN A LITTLE BABY DINOSAUR COMING, SO THAT'S GREAT. WE'RE GOING TO PRETTY MUCH DO THE SAME FORMAT AS LAST YEAR, WITH THE FOOD TRUCKS AND THE CARNIVAL GAMES AND ALL OF THAT STUFF. PARKING AGAIN IS GOING TO BE AT THE COLLEGE. THAT WORKED REALLY WELL. SO I HOPE LAST YEAR WENT SO SMOOTHLY. SO KNOCK ON WOOD AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER. SO I'M JUST HOPING THAT COOPERATES. AS LONG AS THAT COOPERATES WE'LL BE GREAT. SO YEAH EVERYTHING'S ON. IT'S SO FUNNY. WE GET TOGETHER FOR THESE MEETINGS AND WE'RE LIKE, DID YOU DO THIS? YEAH. DID YOU DO THAT? YEAH. I MEAN, WE'RE JUST SO FAR WE'RE SO USED TO THIS. WE'VE DONE IT SO MUCH, SO MUCH THAT WE'RE READY. WE COULD HAVE IT TOMORROW AND WE'D BE GOOD. READY. SO. ALL RIGHT, READY TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE UPCOMING PROGRAMS FOR MARCH 2026. LET'S DO IT. ALL RIGHT.

LET'S SEE. WE HAVE ALL OUR USUAL CLASSES, BOOK CLUBS FOR OUR ADULTS. AND ONE OF THE SPECIAL THINGS HAPPENING, THE SEED BEAD FLOWER BRACELET LOOKS REALLY CUTE. ANOTHER THING I'M EXCITED ABOUT IS THE IRISH DANCERS ON MARCH 21ST. THAT'LL BE REALLY FUN. THEY ARE BRINGING THEIR OWN FLOOR BECAUSE I'M LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, THEY'RE DOING WHAT? ON MY FLOOR? THEY'RE BRINGING THEIR OWN FLOOR SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. SOME MORE SPRING TYPE CRAFTS WITH THE PIPE CLEANER FLOWER BOUQUET IS GOING TO BE FUN AS WELL. SOMETHING THAT WE TRIED TO GET DONE IN FEBRUARY, BUT WE JUST COULDN'T FIND A SPOT ON THEIR CALENDAR WAS THE TEXAS BUFFALO SOLDIERS, SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE IN MARCH. EVERYONE'S LIKE, YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE IT FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. WE TRIED, BUT THEIR CALENDAR WAS SO FULL WE COULDN'T WE COULDN'T FIND A TIME THAT WORKED. SO WE STILL WANTED THEM TO COME. SO WE'RE JUST HAVING THEM COME IN MARCH. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL. IF WE MOVE OVER TO PAGE 25, ALL OUR REGULAR STORYTIME. OH, SORRY. GO RIGHT AHEAD. IS, IS THAT THE SAME YOUNG LADY THAT SPOKE LAST YEAR, OR WAS THAT A DIFFERENT EVENT? ABOUT THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS, OR WAS THAT SOMETHING ELSE? I THINK THAT'S SOMEBODY ELSE, I THINK POISON YOU. OKAY, SO THIS ONE'S NEW I THINK SO. OH, GREAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THERE'S SOMEBODY NEW. PRESCHOOL STORY TIMES STILL IN FULL SWING. WE DON'T TAKE A BREAK DURING SPRING BREAK. WE'RE STILL DOING STORY TIME. BUT WE DO HAVE SOME FUN THINGS COMING UP. THE MELODICS AND HARMONICS. THE MACMILLAN JUNIOR HIGH AND DAVIS INTERMEDIATE CHOIRS ARE COMING BACK MARCH 6TH TO DO THEIR THEY DO THE POP MUSIC, SO THAT'LL BE FUN IN THE LOBBY. IF YOU ALL NEED A LITTLE MUSIC BREAK, THEY DO ABOUT A 25 MINUTE SHOW OR SO. THE RAMADAN FAMILY EVENTS COMING BACK. WE DO THAT EVERY MARCH. SO THAT'S MARCH 7TH THIS YEAR. THIS YEAR WE HAVE A NEW MOTHER DAUGHTER AUTHOR TEAM. THEY WROTE A BOOK CALLED MY IT'S MY RAMADAN MOON IN THE ROOM. I FORGOT THE WORD. MY MY BAD. SORRY, BUT THEY'LL BE HERE AND THEY HAVE A HUGE MOON THAT THEY BRING. LIKE A COSTUME. SOMEBODY COMES DRESSED IN THE MOON, SO IT'S REALLY, REALLY

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CUTE. THEY DO A REALLY CUTE PRESENTATION. SO THEY'LL BE HERE DOING THAT. AND WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE CRAFT IN A TREASURE HUNT LIKE WE ALWAYS DO. THERE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE SELFIE SPOT. AND OF COURSE THE DISPLAY THAT THEY DO IN THE LOBBY. AND WE'LL HAVE THE STORY HIKES ARE COMING BACK OUT. WE HAD TO TAKE THEM DOWN. WE HAD A LITTLE ISSUE WITH SOME VANDALISM. AND HONESTLY THEY WERE SEEN AND I WENT TO GO BRING THEM INSIDE AND WE WERE LIKE, THESE ARE GROSS. SO WE JUST THREW THEM AWAY. SO WE GOT NEW ONES. SO THOSE ARE MUCH NICER. SO WE'RE GOING TO MAYBE JUST DO THEM SEASONALLY SO THEY DON'T GET SO MUCH. THEY JUST GET WITH THE WITH THE WEATHER. IT JUST GETS SO BEAT UP. SO ANYHOW WE FOUND A DIFFERENT OPTION THAN THE METAL ONES BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL RUSTED AND GETTING GROSS. SO HOPEFULLY THESE WILL WORK OUT A LITTLE BETTER. SO THOSE ARE GOING TO COME OUT NEXT MONTH. ONE OF THE STORIES WILL BE A RAMADAN STORY, AND THE OTHER ONE IS GOING TO BE A STORY ABOUT TIME ZONES, HOW TIME ZONES WORK. SO THAT'S KIND OF COOL. THEY'RE DOING ALL THEIR SAME BOOK CLUBS AND EVERYTHING IN MARCH IN YOUTH SERVICES, HOWEVER, WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL SPRING BREAK ACTIVITIES GOING ON THE RAMAZZINI CIRCUS, WHICH THEY COME EVERY SUMMER. IT'S THEY'RE A REALLY COOL.

THERE'S JUST TWO OF THEM. IT'S A DUO, BUT THEY DO ALL KINDS OF FUN CIRCUS ACTS AND THINGS.

WE'RE BRINGING THEIR BIG SHOW THIS SPRING BREAK. THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY SPONSORED IT, SO IT'S GOING TO BE OUTSIDE. IT'S THEY DO A HUGE ACROBATIC WHAT IS THAT WITH? WHAT'S NOT A TRAPEZE? ARIEL. ARIEL DANCE ACROBATICS. THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED. THEY'RE STILL DOING ALL THEIR JUGGLING FEATS, THEIR ACROBATIC CHAIR ACTS. SHE DOES ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT. SHE'S SUPER BENDY AND FLEXIBLE. ANYWAY, IT'S REALLY FUN. SO IT'S GOING TO BE OUTSIDE IN THE BEHIND THE LIBRARY. OUR LIBRARY LADIES, OUR GARDEN LADIES ARE DOING A POP UP ACTIVITY AT THE PAVILION AT THE SAME TIME. SO IF KIDS GET A LITTLE WIGGLY, THEY CAN GO DO A LITTLE POP UP ACTIVITY IN THE GARDEN. WE'RE ALSO DOING ANOTHER DEAR FAMILY EDITION, SO THAT'LL BE WHERE WE PUT OUT THE TENTS. AND IT'S SHORT AND TRUNCATED FOR THE LITTLES BECAUSE THEY GET WIGGLY, THEY CAN'T DO AN HOUR. SO WE DO 30 MINUTES, AND WE ALSO DO LITTLE COLORING SHEETS IN CASE 30 MINUTES EVEN IS TOO MUCH. THEY CAN SIT IN COLOR IF THEY WANT, AND THAT'S FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. SO WE TRY TO MARKET IT AS YOU KNOW, MODEL GOOD HABITS FOR YOUR KIDS, RIGHT? COME AND MODEL OR BREEDING FOR YOUR KIDS. SO THAT'S THE DEAR EVENT HAPPENING ON. SO THE RAMAZZINI CIRCUS IS ON MONDAY. THE DEAR EVENT IS ON TUESDAY. WE HAVE OUR BIG STORY TIME DAYS USUALLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AND THEN I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO PUT IT IN HERE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T DECIDE ON THE DATE UNTIL AFTER THIS HAD TO BE TURNED IN. BUT THE TEEN EVENT IS GOING TO BE THURSDAY. THEY'RE DOING A TRINKET FAIR, SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE EVER DONE THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, THE TEENS, IF YOU EVER SEE THEIR BACKPACKS OR THEIR PURSES OR THEIR BAGS, IT'S ALWAYS LIKE DRIP. THEY HAVE MORE KEY LITTLE RINGS AND THINGS HANGING OFF OF THEM THAN THOSE ARE HEAVIER THAN WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN THE BAG. BUT ANYWAY, SO THEY'RE DOING A LITTLE TRINKET FAIR. LIBBY PUTS THAT TOGETHER. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT FOR THE SEVENTH THROUGH 12TH GRADERS ON THAT. AND THEN OUR REGULAR MY BOOK CLUB AND IDEALAB. SO THAT'S WHY THAT TRINKET FAIR IS NOT INCLUDED THERE IN THE TEEN SECTION. BUT WE'RE ALSO HAVE ASIA POP GOING ON FOR THE TEENS ON THE ON THE 19TH AS WELL. SO THAT'S THIS GO ROUND IS ALL ABOUT FASHION. SO THE TRINKETS GO VERY WELL WITH THAT. SO. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE ACTIVITIES. OKIE DOKIE. ALL RIGHT I LOVE IT I THINK THAT COVERS A LOT LOT OF GROUND SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET. SEE THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DON'T MEET EVERY MONTH. BUT IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS OR CONSIDERATIONS, WE CAN GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN. WE CAN MAKE OUR WAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I'LL SECOND.

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* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.