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[Library Advisory Board on November 3, 2025. ]
WITH, UH, SIX O'CLOCK.EXACTLY WHAT I GOT ON NOVEMBER 3RD.
AND ANY OTHER? TANYA, DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? WE HAVE NOBODY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
MOVING ON AGENDA ITEMS, CHAIR COMMENTS? UH, MORGAN SENT ME, IT LOOKS LIKE ACTUALLY HEARD THE STUFF THAT SHE SENT ME IS SPECIFIC TO DEIV COMMISSION, SO THAT'LL COME AT 4.4.
SO, UM, WE CAN, WE, WE CAN JUST OPEN IT UP AND IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING THAT'S NOT RELATED TO THE AGENDA, WE AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF SOME SORT.
I'M LEAVING SUNDAY TO GO DONATE MY KIDNEY.
WHERE DO YOU HAVE TO GO? UM, WE ARE GOING TO THE FRO DARK MEDICAL CENTER IN WISCONSIN, AND I'LL BE STAYING AT KATHY'S HOUSE AND JUST PRINTED OFF THE SIDE ITINERARY AND THE MORNING LABS.
'CAUSE WE'RE STARTING WITH DOING LABS HERE SO THAT I DON'T HAVE TO FLY UP ANY EARLIER THAN NECESSARY THAT THE ASSISTANT WHERE IN WAS COMPANY.
WELL, I KNOW I'M FLYING INTO MILWAUKEE, BUT I KNOW I'M NOT STAYING IN MILWAUKEE.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM ANYONE ELSE? NO.
I'M GONNA MAKE THIS SHORT AND SWEET.
I'M NOT GONNA SHOW YOU THE WHOLE, UM, PRESENTATION THAT I DID WITH, UM, CITY COUNCIL ON THE 16TH.
WE HAD TWO, UM, OF OUR LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS THERE, SO THEY GOT TO SEE IT IN ITS ENTIRETY.
SO, UM, THE WORK SESSION I THINK WAS INCREDIBLY HELPFUL.
UM, NOT JUST TO THE PEOPLE THAT WERE HEARING THE INFORMATION, BUT TO ME TOO.
UM, IT WAS A WAY FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO TALK LIBRARY, BUT NOT IN A, WITH A BUDGET KIND OF MISSION OR, UH, IT WAS REALLY JUST BRINGING AWARENESS.
UM, AND SO THEN, UH, PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND IT WASN'T JUST THE COUNCIL ON SOME OF, OF OUR LAB MEMBERS, BUT WE'VE HAD SOME OTHER CITY DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT CAME UP TO ME AFTERWARDS AND ASKED QUESTIONS AND PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WERE THERE TOO.
SO THIS IS THE PRESENTATION I USE.
I WON'T GO THROUGH THE WHOLE NAME, UH, BUT I DID PUT THIS IN PRINT IN YOUR, UM, PACKETS.
UM, WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THESE NUMBERS AND THIS, UM, I STARTED ON IN JULY OF 24.
AND SO FISCAL YEAR, UM, I CAME IN AT THE TAIL END OF FISCAL YEAR 24, UM, AND WAS HERE FOR ALL OF FISCAL YEAR 25.
AND SO HOPEFULLY WHAT WE'LL HAVE AFTER FISCAL YEAR 26 IS WE'RE JUST GONNA ADD ANOTHER COLUMN SO WE CAN KEEP HAVING THE DISCUSSION.
THERE WERE A FEW OTHER POINTS THAT COUNCIL BROUGHT UP.
THEY'D LIKE ME TO, UM, TAKE, UM, MORE DATA ON.
SOME OF IT I CAN TAKE DATA ON, AND SOME OF IT IS, UM, IT HAS TO DO WITH, UM, I CAN'T ASK PEOPLE WHY THEY'RE USING THE COMPUTER.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE USING THE COMPUTER FOR JUST PRINTING VERSUS OTHER THINGS? AND, UM, THAT'S JUST PART OF THE PRIVACY.
BUT, UM, THERE WERE A FEW OTHER QUESTIONS, UM, THAT I TOOK NOTES ON THAT I AM GONNA, UM, PUT INTO OUR DAILY, UH, DATA THAT WE TAKE.
SO IF YOU WANNA JUST LOOK OVER THAT IT, EVERYTHING, UH, IS ON THE UP AND UP EXCEPT FOR I WANNA BRING UP TWO THINGS SO THAT I CAN EXPLAIN TO YOU WHY THEY LOOK THE WAY THEY DO.
UH, FOR COMPUTER SESSIONS, WHICH IS ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN, WE WENT FROM FISCAL YEAR 24 FROM, UH, 1,168 TO 1,454.
AND, UM, I'M LOOKING AT THE WRONG ONE, SORRY.
COMPUTER SESSIONS 2,820 DOWN, UH, TO 2,581.
SO THERE'S A LITTLE DROP THERE.
AND WHAT I BROUGHT UP DURING THE SESSION
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WAS, UM, PEOPLE AREN'T USING OUR COMPUTERS TO USE THE WI THE PRINTER ANYMORE BECAUSE WE HAVE WIFI PRINTING.SO WE'VE HAD LESS PEOPLE EVERY BEFORE.
IT WAS EVERY TIME THAT CAME, SOMEONE CAME IN AND WANTED TO PRINT, WE HAD TO GIVE THEM A NUMBER, THEY GOT ON A COMPUTER, WE DID THAT, BUT ONCE WE INTRODUCED THE WIFI, PRINTING, PEOPLE PRINT FROM THEIR PHONES, SO THEY DON'T ACTUALLY NEED TO DO THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT NUMBER, UH, WENT DOWN.
UM, THERE WAS ONE OTHER ONE I WAS GOING TO IDENTIFY NEW MEMBERS, THE LIBRARY CARD.
AND THAT WAS A STATISTIC THEY ASKED ME, UM, TO START TAKING, UM, NEW MEMBERS VERSUS RENEWALS.
UM, SO EACH MONTH WE'RE GOING TO NOT JUST SAY HOW MANY, UM, IN OUR LITTLE, NOT OUR LITTLE, OUR LOTS OF SPREADSHEETS THAT WE KEEP, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT NEW, BUT WE'RE ALSO GONNA START TALLYING THE RENEWAL AS WELL, SO THAT WE CAN ADD THAT IN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FISCAL YEAR 26.
UH, OVERALL, UM, WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THE NUMBERS.
UM, WE'VE INCREASED QUITE A BIT OF THINGS LIKE PROGRAM ATTENDANCE, NUMBER OF PROGRAMS, UM, VISITS.
THERE'S OUR PHYSICAL AND OUR DIGITAL CIRCULATION, SO EVERYTHING'S ON THE UP AND UP.
SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE DO SPENDING A LOT OF TIME DOING SURVEYS AND REALLY FINE TUNING A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMS. UH, WE FOCUSED IN FISCAL YEAR 25 ON, UM, TEENS AND SENIORS, NOT MORE SO THAN OTHER PEOPLE, BUT WE WEREN'T REALLY FOCUSED ON THEM FOR.
SO, UM, THAT'S ANOTHER REASON THAT OUR NUMBERS ARE UP.
UM, JUST SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, THESE ARE SOME OF THE, THE SUMMER PROGRAMS THAT WE DID.
UH, WE HAD TERRANCE TAPS, THAT WAS A GREAT ONE.
WE HAD SUE YOUNG, WHO'S A STORY BILINGUAL STORYTELLER.
YOU MAY HAVE, UH, SEEN HER AROUND TOWN.
SHE LIVES HERE IN HU AND WE HAD, UM, INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSICIANS, WHICH WAS REALLY AWESOME.
AND THEY'RE GONNA BE COMING BACK IN THE SUMMER.
WE HAD A PIRATE OF COURSE, BECAUSE WHAT SUMMER PROGRAM ABOUT PIRATES.
UH, AND I'M NOT GONNA READ ALL OF THESE EITHER, BUT I THINK THIS, I TALKED WITH, UM, A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS AFTER, AND THIS WAS VERY IMPACTFUL FOR THEM TO SEE BECAUSE IT SHOWS, UM, ONE OF MY DEPARTMENTAL GOALS IS TO SEEK ADDITIONAL FUNDING OUTSIDE OF, UM, TAX DOLLARS.
AND SO THIS GIVES A LONG LIST OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND PEOPLE THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH.
AND THEY MAY NOT BE DONATING, UM, OR GIVING US MONEY PER SE, BUT THEY ARE DONATING THINGS LIKE SNACKS OR THEIR TIME TO FACILITATE A PROGRAM OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THEN THE LIST GOES ON.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS JUST IN 25, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DONE.
AND SO, UM, I, I SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THESE JUST TO KIND OF GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND, BUT WE'RE, WE, WE'RE NOW AT A POINT WHERE WE ARE EXPANDING INTO WILLIAMS COUNTY AND NOT JUST WITH
UM, SO WE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, EXPANDING THAT.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE THREE COMPANIES THAT ARE DONATING MONTHLY, UM, BY THROUGH SNACKS AND DRINKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR OUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. UM, ONE, UM, ORGANIZATION IS REALLY INTO, UH, CRAFTING AND ART.
AND SO THEY'RE HELPING WITH OUR CRAFTING SUPPLIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND ANOTHER IS, UM, REALLY INTERESTED IN OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY.
AND SO THEY'RE HELPING, UM, SPECIFICALLY DO LIKE BINGO PRIZES FOR OUR SENIOR BINGO AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THESE ARE THE GRANTS THAT I WROTE THIS PAST YEAR.
OH, THESE ARE THE THREE, UM, GROUPS YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE.
UM, THEY'RE HERE IN HURO AND THEY HAVE BEEN HELPING FOR A COUPLE MONTHS NOW.
AND I GO RLLC, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A, A PUBLISHING COMPANY IN THE PFLUGERVILLE AREA.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING A WORKSHOP COMING UP, UM, ON HOW TO TAKE AN AN IDEA TO A PUBLISHED BOOK.
AND SO THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING THINGS LIKE THAT.
THESE ARE THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.
UM, THE ONES UNDERLINED ARE THE ONES EITHER, UM, I KNOW THAT WE'RE ADDING OR LIKE THE LAST ONE THAT WAS PENDING.
UM, AND IT'S STILL PENDING, BUT GENEALOGY AND, UH, I'VE JUST HIRED, UM, A NEW CIRCULATION CLERK WHO HAS BACKGROUND IN GENEALOGY, AND SO REALLY EXCITED TO GET THAT STARTED.
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UM, THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS WEEKLY OFFICE HOURS EVERY THURSDAY FROM TWO TO FOUR.SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT NEEDS THOSE SERVICES, WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO SHARE THAT OUT.
UM, TANYA AND I ARE GOING TO BECOME NOTARIES BECAUSE WE GET ASKED AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK.
UM, DO YOU HAVE NOTARY SERVICES HERE? AND WE USED TO HAVE THEM HERE IN THE CITY, BUT NOW, UM, THERE ARE A FEW NOTARIES THAT WORK HERE, BUT YOU WOULD HAVE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THEM NOW AND THEN PAY.
SO WE WANNA HAVE A SERVICE AVAILABLE, UM, HERE THAT EITHER IS FREE OR VERY LITTLE, UH, MONEY.
SO TANYA AND I, BY UM, JANUARY, WE WILL, UH, BE READY TO GO WITH THAT.
AND THEN WIFI HOTSPOT LENDING WILL, WILL, WILL HOLD OUT ON THAT ONE.
UM, I SHOWED ALL OF THE ONLINE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.
ONE OF THE ONES THAT I HEAR ALL THE TIME THAT PEOPLE ARE SHOCKED ABOUT IS THE LINKEDIN LEARNING, BECAUSE IF YOU BOUGHT THAT FOR YOURSELF, I WANNA SAY JUST A, LIKE, THE BASIC MEMBERSHIP IS LIKE $500 A YEAR.
AND SO WE, UM, ACTUALLY SPLIT THE COST OF THAT WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES.
WE SPLIT IT THREE WAYS BECAUSE IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE, BUT IT'S SO, SO GOOD.
AND SO, UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, GOING TO SMALL BUSINESS GROUPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT WE HAVE THIS AVAILABLE.
UM, SO THAT IF THEY HAVE SOMEBODY THAT NEEDS A VERY SPECIFIC KIND OF TRAINING, UH, THEY CAN COME GET A LIBRARY CARD AND THEY CAN USE IT FOR FREE.
JAMES IS TRYING TO JOIN INTO THE MEETING.
OH, IT, IT WAS AN INVITE THAT I SENT WHO TRYING TO FIND IT RIGHT NOW, SEE IF WE CAN FIND THE INVITE.
UM, I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR COLLAB WITH DEIB COMMISSION, AND I DO HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT WHEN WE GET TO THAT AGENDA ITEM.
UM, SOME INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE DOING.
AND THEN OUR HPL FRIENDS, AND THESE ARE OUR GOALS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHARE THESE WITH YOU BECAUSE, UM, YOU'RE ON THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD AND YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW WHAT WHERE OUR HEADS ARE AND WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS.
WE HAVE FOUR AND THESE TIE IN DIRECTLY, UM, TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, WE USE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND USAGE DATA TO EVALUATE AND ENHANCE SERVICES, ENSURING THAT OPERATIONS ARE EFFECTIVE AND ALIGNED WITH COMMUNITY NEEDS.
AND ALSO, I DIDN'T ANNOUNCE THIS AT THE BEGINNING, BUT WE DO HAVE A NEW CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN THAT STARTED A FEW WEEKS AGO.
SHE'S ALREADY FITTING IN VERY NICELY.
SHE'S GOT A LOT OF, UH, BACKGROUND AND SHE, UM, HAS ALREADY WRITTEN HER FIRST SURVEY AND SHE'S GONNA BE, UM, AMPING UP OUR HOMESCHOOL GROUP PROGRAM.
UM, OUR SECOND GOAL IS INVESTING CONTINUOUS STAFF TRAINING TO MAINTAIN HIGH QUALITY SERVICE DELIVERY AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE.
WE ACTUALLY BUILD THAT IN EVERY MONTH OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
UM, A LOT OF OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMES FROM, WE, WE ARE MEMBERS OF AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION AND PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
AND SO BECAUSE WE'RE MEMBERS, A LOT OF WHAT'S COMING TO US IN OUR EMAILS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE FREE OR AT VERY LOW COST.
AND THERE ARE A FEW OTHER, UM, SERVICES THAT, UM, ARE NO, NO COST AND THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY LIBRARY RELATED TRAINING.
SO WE TRY TO KIND OF LOOK THERE FIRST.
UH, BUT WE DO HAVE, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY IN OUR BUDGET TO, UM, TO DO ONES THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR OR AS A GROUP.
UM, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO THE TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY.
IT'S PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND WE CLOSED HERE.
SO IF ANY OF Y'ALL GO, BE SURE TO SAY HELLO.
UH, DEPARTMENT GOAL, UH, NUMBER THREE, THIS IS THE ONE THAT I UPDATED.
AND, UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE WITHIN OUR GOALS THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY SEEKING AND SECURING OUTSIDE FUNDING THROUGH GRANTS, UH, DONATIONS, OUR HPL FRIENDS GROUP AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT AREAS.
UM, AND THAT THAT'S AT THE FOREFRONT, FOREFRONT OF OUR MINDS.
UH, AND THE LAST GOAL, SUPPORTING LOCAL ARTISTS, PERFORMERS, SMALL BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH EVENTS AND PROGRAMS FOSTERING COMMUNITY PRIDE AND SUSTAINING SUSTAINABLE LOCAL CULTURE.
SO, UM, WE VISIT A LOT OF SPACES, LIKE I WENT TO THE, THE GRAND OPENING OF THE NEW STORY EMPORIUM BOOKSTORE HERE IN IDAHO.
AND, UH, JUST BUILDING THOSE CONNECTIONS AND FINDING WAYS THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER.
ANY QUESTIONS? WHEN YOU SAY EXPANDING OUT INTO WILLIAMSON COUNTY? MM-HMM
UH, IS THAT FOR PARTNERSHIPS? IT'S FOR PARTNERSHIPS, YEAH.
UH, SO LIKE WE WORKED WITH WILLIAMSON COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER, THERE WERE A FEW OTHERS ON THERE.
UM, THE IGO ART IS NOT TECHNICALLY, UM, HU IT'S, UM, PFLUGERVILLE, WE WE'RE GONNA BE PARTNERING ON THE MORNING 1 0 1 WORKSHOP Y'ALL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, WITH A COMPANY THAT'S OUT OF PFLUGERVILLE.
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AND THEN ACTUALLY SOME AUSTIN, UM, UH, ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL.WE DID, UM, SPEECH SCREENINGS RIGHT FOR, UM, KIDDOS, UH, FROM THE WOLF, I CAN'T SAY IT, WOLF FOLK CENTER.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE WE WORK WITH THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A LIST OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH, UH, SO FAR THAT ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY I, KNOWING HOW MUCH THE CITY COUNCIL QUESTIONED WHAT OUR HUDDLE PEOPLE WERE VERSUS OUR EDC VERSUS OUR COUNTY.
IT MIGHT BEHOOVE US TO BE PREPARED TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
AND THEN, YES, AND I'M STILL, I'M STILL TALKING TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN DO THAT IN A WAY WHERE WE'RE NOT, UM, VIOLATING ANY KIND OF PRIVACY, WHICH WE APPRECIATE GREATLY.
VERY HARD FOR WORKING ON THAT.
ALRIGHT,
SHE, UH, TOOK ME UP ON THAT AND WE SIGNED UP FOR THE INFO SESSIONS.
THERE ARE, THERE'S ONE IN NOVEMBER AND ONE IN DECEMBER, AND THEN WE'LL WRITE THE GRANT TOGETHER.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, WHERE'S THE LOBBY ON THIS THING FOR JAMES? IT SHOULD JUST POP UP WHERE YOU SAY, UM, MM-HMM
LIKE ON THE CHAT WHERE YOU SAY ALLOW, UH, NO, IT POPS UP.
NO, UH, I HAVE TANYA AND THE ASSISTANT AI HELPER.
DID HE CLICK THE, UM, THE ACTUAL CALENDAR INVITE WHERE IT SAYS JOIN TEENS AND HE SAYS HE IS IN THE LOBBY.
AND WHEN I CLICK ON PEOPLE, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT, UM, NAVIGATE OVER HERE, BUT THEN IT WON'T NAVIGATE.
SEE WHO'S, LET ME FIGURE OUT HIS EMAIL ADDRESS REAL QUICK.
I'M JUST GONNA SEND HIM A LITTLE INVITATION THAT'S SPECIFICALLY TO, UM, WHAT IS, UM, ASK WHAT HIS PHONE NUMBER OR DO YOU, I GUESS YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR TEXTING.
WELL, ACTUALLY, UH, WE'VE GOT EMAILS GOING AND WE'VE GOT MESSAGES GOING.
WE DON'T HAVE, DO I HAVE HIM ON SO PHONE? HOWEVER, IT, IT ACTS LIKE I CAN DIAL A NUMBER.
YOU WANNA CALL 4.3? ALL RIGHT.
SO 4.3, POSSIBLY HPL ADVISORY BOARD IS WELCOMING SPONSORSHIPS AND DONATIONS.
WELL, I'M GONNA GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND.
AND FRIENDS OF THE GROUP HAS REGROUPED AND WE NOW, WE NOW HAVE A PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, TREASURER AND ARE EXPANDING THE, UH, VOLUNTARY, VOLUNTARY GROUP.
AND SO, UM, WHAT WE ARE GONNA, WE'VE
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RECENTLY CHANGED WITH, WITH THIS NEW GROUP, THE MEMBERSHIP FOR FRIENDS.WE'VE UPDATED IT AND NOW WE'RE WORKING ON SPONSORSHIPS.
RIGHT NOW, THE CITY OF HETO, UH, WEBSITE, YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE LIBRARY SPONSORSHIPS, THE COST AND WHAT YOU ACTUALLY GET, WHAT BUSINESSES WILL GET FROM THAT.
FRIENDS, WE'RE LOOKING TO WORK WITH THEM SO THAT WE CAN ALIGN THEIR SPONSORSHIPS TO, UM, TO NOT NECESSARILY MIRROR, BUT TO COMPLIMENT WHAT WE HAVE LISTED AS THE, UH, LIBRARY SPONSORSHIPS.
CAN YOU PULL THAT UP, KRISTEN? YEP.
SO THOSE ARE THE ANNUAL DUES FOR THE FRIENDS MEMBERSHIP.
AND IF YOU WILL PULL UP THE, UM, LIBRARY SPONSORSHIP SPONSORSHIP SPONSOR.
THE HO PUBLIC LIBRARY IS WHAT IT'S UNDER.
AND THEN I JUST CLICKED SHOW ALL THE ANSWERS.
AND IF YOU'LL SCROLL DOWN THERE, YOU CAN SEE, UM, IT STARTS WITH THE PLATINUM SPONSORSHIP GOLD AND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ON WHAT YOU GET FOR THAT PARTICULAR SPONSORSHIP.
AND AGAIN, SINCE WE'RE WORKING WITH FRIENDS SO CLOSELY, WE WANNA ALIGN SOME OF THE WORK THEY'RE DOING TO APPROACH BUSINESSES WITH THIS LARGER, UM, EXPOSURE THAT THE BUSINESSES COULD GET BY SPONSORING THE LIBRARY AS A, AS A WHOLE.
UM, AND IT'S GONNA TAKE A WORKING COMMITTEE TO COME UP WITH IDEAS.
WE DO HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE, BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE MORE THAN LIKELY CONSIDERED THEIR MARKETING DOLLARS THAT THEY WOULD BE CONTRIBUTING TO THE LIBRARY.
UM, AND THIS HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED IN QUITE SOME TIME, SO WE'RE NOT, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
SO WE'RE REALLY WORKING TOGETHER, COLLABORATING WITH FRIENDS, UM, NOW THAT THEY HAVE A, UM, VOLUNTEER GROUP AND, UM, ALL OF THE POSITIONS FILLED.
SO YOU WANT TO COME ON THAT? I'M LOOKING BY JANUARY TO HAVE SOMETHING TO PRESENT TO OUR GROUP HERE.
AND CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU ONCE WE SET THE MEETING TO A WORKING SESSION WITH FRIENDS, UM, IN COLLABORATING OUR WORK TOGETHER ON THIS SPONSORSHIP SO WE'RE NOT OVERLAPPING AND THAT IT'S, UH, IN TRUE ALIGNMENT.
AND THEN, AND THEN THE BUSINESSES CAN GET THE MOST BANG OUT OF THEIR BUCK FOR THEIR MARKETING DOLLARS.
I, THAT'S REALLY ALL, WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE A WORK SESSION BEING THE, IN THE JANUARY OR, UM, YEAH, WE PROBABLY NEED TO BE EARLY JANUARY.
WE'LL HAVE SOME, UM, SOME BASIC INFORMATION, SOME, UM, PRELIMINARY WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE TO PROVIDE SO THAT IT CAN BE A, A VERY PRODUCTIVE WORKING SESSION.
YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE BUSINESSES, LOCAL BUSINESSES AND WE'LL, MORE THAN LIKELY JUST FOCUS IN HU AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY, JUST BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE MORE FAMILIAR WITH RIGHT NOW WITH FRIENDS.
BUT CERTAINLY WE'LL WORK WITH KRISTEN TO SEE, UM, SOME OF HER RELATIONSHIPS, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO GAIN FROM, FROM BEING A SPONSOR AS WELL.
AND, AND OF COURSE THERE'S SPONSORS, WHICH YOU GET, YOU KNOW, EXPOSURE PLAQUE AND EVERYTHING.
BUT THEN THERE COULD ALSO BE EVENTS, SPONSORSHIPS THAT WE HAVE NOT REALLY, UM, EXPLORED MUCH.
SO IT MAY JUST BE FOR A PARTICULAR EVENT.
AND RIGHT NOW, FRIENDS, THEIR FOCUS HAS BEEN ON LINE DATE WITH A BOOK AND WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE WINE BAR, WHICH HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.
UM, BUT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER EVENTS CAN WE OFFER FOR FUNDRAISING TO SUPPORT THEM.
BUT AGAIN, WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES IN LINE.
UM, THERE WAS A QUESTION AT ONE OF THE EVENTS HERE AT CITY HALL RECENTLY, RIGHT AFTER THE PROCLAMATION ABOUT BEING ABLE TO PAY ONLINE, SINCE YOU CAN FILL OUT THE FORM ONLINE MM-HMM
WILL THAT BE AN OPTION COMING UP? YES.
IN FACT, THE TREASURER IS VERY EXPERIENCED WITH, UM, FUNDRAISERS BEING ABLE TO DO, UM, QR CODING AND, UM, DIFFERENT WAYS TO, TO PAY WITH YOUR PHONE.
SO WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO MODIFYING OUR NAME.
I DID GET A RECEIPT TODAY FROM SECRETARY STATE, SO WE'RE WAITING TO GET SOME THINGS TRANSITIONED TO THIS, OUR NEW GROUP, OUR PRESIDENT AND THE TREASURER BEFORE WE ROLL OUT, UM, OTHER MECHANISMS TO PAY FOR THE ACCOUNT.
'CAUSE AGAIN, WE WANNA GET THEIR INPUT, BUT THEY'RE ALREADY, THEY EXPERIENCE AND READY FOR THIS TO, TO HAPPEN.
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CONVENIENCE OF THAT IS COMING.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT GOT BROUGHT UP TO ME.
UH, THE DEIB COMMISSION COLLABORATION.
AND THEN I ALSO HAD GOT AN UPDATE FROM CHRISTIE BARNES, UM, WHO, UM, DOESN'T RUN THE DEI, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
SHE HELPS FACILITATE THE, UM, THE GROUP.
AND SO I HAVE TWO LITTLE UPDATES.
UM, SO MORGAN SAYS THAT SHE WORKED WITH KARINA, UM, AND SHE MET TO DISCUSS OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLABORATE ON THE WORK GROUPS.
AND WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THE WORK GROUPS IN THAT WORK SESSION AND IDENTIFIED SENIOR WORK GROUP AS A GOOD STARTING PLACE FOR US.
AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY 'CAUSE WE'VE BEEN REALLY FOCUSED ON SENIORS, UM, LATELY.
UM, I'M GOING TO PROVIDE KARINA WITH A CALENDAR OF LIBRARY EVENTS, SPECIFICALLY JUST FOR SENIORS.
AND THEN THE DEIV COMMISSION CAN HAVE REPRESENTATIVES PRESENT TO SHARE INFORMATION ON THAT WORK GROUP AT THOSE EVENTS.
UM, KARINA ALSO EXPRESSED HER EXCITEMENT TO WORK TOGETHER AND IS LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE WORK GROUP LAUNCH SUCCESSFULLY.
AND THEY ASPIRE TO HAVE THAT WORK GROUP UP AND GOING IN THE SPRING OF 2026.
AND THEN CHRISTIE SENT ME LITERALLY AT 4 0 3 TODAY, THE, UH, LIVE WORK GROUPS ON OUR CITY OF HO WEBSITE.
SO IT LITERALLY JUST HAPPENED.
UM, AND SO IT'S, IT TALKS ABOUT HOW THE DEIB COMMISSION IS LAUNCHING THREE CITIZENS WORKING GROUPS.
UM, THEY'RE BEGINNING, THEY'RE BEGINNING WITH THREE.
SO THE, SO I I'M ASSUMING THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND, UH, VETERANS, SMALL BUSINESS AND SENIOR CITIZEN.
AND I THINK WE TALKED THROUGH ALL THREE OF THOSE AT THAT MEETING.
UM, THESE GROUPS WILL BE MADE UP OF EVERYDAY HU RESIDENTS, NEIGHBORS, BUSINESS OWNERS, RETIREES AND ALLIES WHO WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND THIS WAS HELPFUL FOR ME, UM, FOR THEM TO LAY OUT WHAT YOU WILL DO AS A WORKING GROUP MEMBER.
GIVE A VOICE TO YOUR COMMUNITY, SHARE EXPERIENCES, NEEDS AND IDEAS FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, SHAPE THE FUTURE OF HUDU, ADVISE THE DEIB COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL BY PROVIDING INSIGHTS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND SOLUTIONS THAT MATTER TO VETERANS, SMALL BUSINESSES OR SENIOR CITIZENS.
STRENGTHEN THE CONNECTIONS, ACT AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN HU RESIDENTS AND CITY LEADERSHIP, MAKING SURE COMMUNICATION FLOWS BOTH WAYS.
LEAD BY DOING AND HELP ORGANIZE COMMUNITY EVENTS, FORUMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT WELLBEING, AWARENESS AND INCLUSION.
SO I'M THINKING, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN, UH, BEING ON A BOARD, BUT MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE THE TIME COMMITMENT, UH, FOR THAT.
UM, DEPENDING ON WHAT BOARD IT IS, THIS MIGHT BE PERFECT FOR THEM.
THOSE PEOPLE JUST WANNA GET ACTIVE AND GET TO KNOW PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THERE IS TRAINING PROVIDED, I LOVE THIS, UM, A 90 MINUTE, TWO HOUR ORIENTATION, WHICH WILL BE PROVIDED BY, UH, THE CITY.
THE COMMITMENT IS FOUR TO EIGHT HOURS A MONTH.
THE MEETINGS AT LEAST EVERY OTHER MONTH PLUS SPECIAL EVENTS IS NEEDED.
MEMBERSHIP, IT IS OPEN TO ALL RESIDENTS.
THEY GIVE US SOME REASONS WE SHOULD TAKE PART, AND THEN THEY HAVE A LINK TO THEIR INTEREST FORM.
AND THEN CHRISTIE BARNES IS, UM, INFORMATION SO THEY CAN, UM, CONTACT HER DIRECTLY.
UH, CHRISTINE JUST SHOT ME A, A MESSAGE SHE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE WERE MEETING TONIGHT, BUT I SAID PERFECT.
UM, SHE IS GOING TO BE ASKING, UM, WELL, SHE ASKED ME HOW THE LIBRARY CAN HELP PUSH THIS OUT, UH, TO OUR PEOPLE.
AND SHE ASKED, UM, LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD, SINCE YOU GUYS ARE IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU KIND OF HAVE YOUR CONNECTIONS AND YOU KNOW, WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
UM, IF YOU'LL SHARE THIS OUT TOO, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, YOU CAN ALSO, I'LL PUT THE, UH, THE LINK IN OUR FOLLOW UP EMAIL FROM THIS MEETING.
BUT IF YOU WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED, IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY YOU ALREADY CAN THINK OF IN YOUR MIND IT LOOKS LIKE IF YOU JUST DO CITY OF PATO WORKING GROUPS, THIS PAGE WILL COME UP FOR YOU.
SO, UM, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, THE, OUR PARTNERSHIP AND STARTING WITH SENIORS.
I FEEL GOOD STARTING WITH SENIORS.
WE'VE, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF, UH, RESEARCH AND A LOT OF, GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO I THINK, UM, THEM COMING TO SOME OF OUR SENIOR EVENTS, LIKE WE HAD SENIOR SOCIAL HOUR TODAY, BUT UM, THAT WILL, THAT WILL BE GREAT.
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UM, THEY NEED A VOICE TOO.ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS THAT I CAN SEND OFF TO CHRISTIE? IS THERE LIMIT ON THE SIZE OF THE WORKING GROUP? IT DOESN'T SAY THAT.
I'M THINKING THAT THAT'S PROBABLY A WORK IN PROCESS.
THEY'LL SEE KIND OF WHAT THE INTEREST IS AND THEN, UM, BUT I CAN SEE IT NOT BEING AS EFFECTIVE IF IT WAS LIKE 40 PEOPLE.
SO I'M SURE THERE IS A CUTOFF.
THEY JUST DIDN'T LIST IT HERE, BUT I CAN ASK CHRISTIE THAT SPECIFICALLY.
THERE'S NOT A CUTOFF THAT IT MIGHT BE WORTH CALLING IT OUT.
LIKE, ALL ARE WELCOME TYPE THING, ROOM FOR EVERYBODY, AND IT BECOMES A SELLING POINT FOR IT.
IF YOU WANT TO HELP JUST GET INVOLVED.
WE HAVE ROOM OR WE CAN PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FULL UP.
YEAH, AND I THINK TOO, I CAN SEE THE QUESTION COMING, ALTHOUGH I HAVE TO BE A VETERAN TO BE IN THE VETERAN GROUP AND THEY, WHAT THEY SAY IS NO, THAT THESE ARE EITHER PEOPLE THAT ARE WITHIN THAT GROUP THAT IDENTIFY GROUP OR PEOPLE THAT CARE ABOUT THAT GROUP.
SO, UM, IT CAN, IT CAN LITERALLY BE ANYONE.
SO LIKE WHEN WE PUT OUT STUFF, UH, FOR THE LIBRARY, I'LL, I'LL PUT SOME LANGUAGE, UM, AS I'M PROMOTING IT ABOUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A VETERAN TO BE A PART OF A VETERAN GROUP AND CARE ABOUT VETERANS.
UH, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU, YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF THING.
WELL, I KNOW THAT THE, UH, CLASSIFICATION OF SENIOR CITIZEN CAME UP DURING THE MEETING WITH MM-HMM
AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AS TO WHAT DEFINES AND I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A DEFINITIVE ANSWER.
WE DID NOT HAVE ONE I MENTIONED BECAUSE WITH THE LIBRARY, AND WE DON'T CARD ANYBODY, SO IF YOU WANNA COME TO SENIOR EVENTS AND YOU, YOU FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN FIT RIGHT ON IT, YOU JUST COME.
UM, BUT I'M ASSUMING, UM, WHENEVER THEY'RE, THE SENIOR GROUP IS GONNA BE MADE UP OF ALL AGES, BUT THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE AN, AN AGE NUMBER THAT THEY FOCUS ON, UH, FOR THEIR, OTHERWISE THAT WILL BE WAY TOO BROAD.
I THINK WE HAD THE DISCUSSION AT THE COLLABORATIVE MEETING TOO.
I THINK SOMEONE OUT LIKE 65, BUT NOTHING WAS SAID SPECIFICALLY.
SO, UM, MOST RESTAURANTS AND, AND STORES OFFER AT 55
SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN, MAYBE THEY'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE GROUPS TO FORM AND THEN HAVING THE FIRST MEETING AND MAYBE HAVE THAT VOTE ON SPECIFICS.
BUT I WILL ASK, UH, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'VE ALREADY KIND OF PUT TOGETHER, THE START OF THIS.
THEY CAN'T BE TOO PICK EITHER.
I THINK THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO LEAVE IT BROAD MM-HMM
NARROW DOWN THE FOCUS AS THEY GO IN.
AND THEN THE COMMITMENT PART, BECAUSE YOU'RE ACTUALLY MEETING EVERY OTHER MONTH.
SO YOU'LL MEET SIX TIMES A YEAR AND THEN ADDITIONAL LIKE, SPECIAL EVENTS.
BUT WHEN IT SAYS FOUR TO EIGHT HOURS A MONTH, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TOO TO, UH, MAYBE HAVE ANOTHER BULLET POINT, UM, AND TALK ABOUT WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO COMMIT FOUR TO EIGHT HOURS A MONTH, BUT THERE'S MEETINGS EVERY OTHER MONTH.
SO MAYBE SOME SPECIFICITY THERE, BECAUSE I KNOW I, IF, IF THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT DOING, I'D BE LIKE 48 HOURS A MONTH, WHAT AM I GONNA BE DOING DURING THAT TIME? YEAH.
DO YOU KNOW, UM, HAVE THEY INCORPORATED ANY OF THIS IN THE HU I NOTICED THE HU UNIVERSITY CLASS IS GONNA BE PICKING UP AGAIN.
UM, BECAUSE I KNOW I WENT THROUGH IT LAST YEAR, THE HU UNIVERSITY, AND THERE WAS LIKE, WE JUST WENT THROUGH IT.
THERE WASN'T LIKE ANYTHING TO MAKE A COMMITMENT ON MM-HMM
UM, I'LL, I'M GONNA MENTION THAT TO CHRISTIE TOO.
I'M GUESSING SHE'S PRETTY SAVVY, SO I'M GUESSING SHE'S PROBABLY ALREADY TAPPED IT, BUT, BUT IT DEFINITELY WON'T HURT TO MENTION THAT, UM, TO HER.
BUT I DO THINK TOO, YOU KNOW, UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE A, THEY HAVE A VOICE IN, IN THEIR HOMES AND IN THEIR FRIEND CIRCLES AND IN THEIR GROUPS, BUT THEY MAY NOT FEEL READY TO BE ON A BOARD OR TO SPEAK AT COUNCIL MEETINGS 'CAUSE THAT'S SCARY.
UH, BUT THIS MIGHT BE A WAY WHERE THEY CAN, UM, FEEL LIKE THEY FIT IN.
SO I KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT THIS WILL, UM, DEFINITELY APPEAL TO.
UM, YEAH, BUT I, AGAIN, I WOULD WANNA KNOW WHAT'S THE FOUR EIGHT HOURS? BUT
OR IS IT ME ATTENDING AN EVENT AND HAVING TO PUT ON THE LITTLE BATCH AND BE LIKE, HEY, I'M HERE
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A RESEARCH CENTER BOARD MEMBER.AND SO IT THAT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT PART OF IT IS BEING ON THE DISTRIBUTION DAYS AND THEN SOMETIMES WHEN WE HAVE A SPECIAL EVENTS, SO THAT'S HOW THEY EAT OUT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER, UH, BUSINESS OR ANYTHING ELSE, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY? ANYONE? LER
HEY, UH, UH, ALONG THE LINE FOR THE, UH, THE, THE SUBCOMMITTEE GROUPS, DID THEY, THEY RATHER, AND I COULD HAVE MISSED IT, DO YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE CITY LIMITS OR THE
YEAH, THAT IS, I REMEMBER US TALKING ABOUT THAT WE DID FIRST SESSION, BUT THEY DID NOT IDENTIFY THAT HERE IT JUST SAYS, OPEN TO ALL RESIDENTS THAT FOURTH BULLET POINT UNDER EXPECTATIONS, INCLUDING ALLIES WHO DEEPLY CARE ABOUT THESE GROUPS.
SO I WOULD THINK THAT DOES INCLUDE, UM, A TJ.
BUT I CAN, UH, JAMES, I CAN ASK FOR CLARIFICATION ON THAT TOO.
WELL, GIVEN HOW MUCH THE, UH, THE MAYOR WAS CURIOUS ABOUT MEMBERS OF THE LIBRARY THAT ARE IN THE ETJ VERSUS THE CITIZENS OF HURO, I THINK THAT'S A VERY VALID QUESTION.
IT'S, AND I'M, I'M, I'M NOT GONNA MAKE A FULL ASSUMPTION, BUT I'M THINKING WHEN WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION IN THE WORK SESSION, THEY WANTED IT TO BE OPEN.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ANY OTHER BUSINESS OR ARE WE JUST GONNA HAVE THE WORLD'S QUICKEST, UM, LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING? OH, WELL I DO HAVE ONE MORE THING.
I GAVE YOU THE NOVEMBER CALENDAR.
IT'LL TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK OVER IT.
AND I'M GONNA CHALLENGE YOU TO CIRCLE TWO THINGS THAT YOU WOULD, MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN COMING TO OR TELLING A NEIGHBOR OR A FRIEND TO COME TO.
YOU'RE JUST SHOWING ME
UM, ACTUALLY, I HAD A QUICK QUESTION YES.
IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD SIT IN ON THAT OR BE PART OF THAT TRAINING? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I'VE HAD ANY LIKE, FORMAL TRAINING.
AND I UP MY BOARDS NOW AND, UH, BOARDS SIT IN ON TRAINING, SEE JUST SENTENCE, SEE WHAT IT'S ABOUT MORE AS WELL.
I'LL JUST, UM, GATHER ALL THIS INFORMATION.
IT SHOULDN'T TAKE LONG TO GET IT BACK.
AND THEN I'LL SEND THE FOLLOW UP EMAIL IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
YOU HAVE PROCESS, WHAT DOES THAT INVOLVE? UM, THAT'S THROUGH COMMUNITIES IN ACTION.
WE, WE JUST PROVIDE THE SPACE IS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, EVERY SESSION IS DIFFERENT.
SOME SESSIONS WE'VE HAD WHERE THE WHOLE ROOM IS FULL AND SOME SESSIONS WE'VE HAD MAYBE, YOU KNOW, EIGHT OR NINE PEOPLE THAT COME.
UM, BUT THEY START A SESSION AND THAT, WHICH THEY JUST DID, BUT PEOPLE CAN ENTER IT AT ANY TIME.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE.
SO, UH, WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ASK US ABOUT IT, WE HAVE A LINK FROM OUR, UM, HUDDLE PAGE OR, UH, THE PUBLIC LIBRARY PAGE, UM, FOR THEM TO SIGN UP THROUGH COMMUNITIES IN ACTION.
WHERE'S THE DISCOVERY EVENT CENTER? OH, THAT IS OVER, UM, THE METHODIST CHURCH.
RIGHT BEHIND LIKE TACO CASA YEAH.
AND THEN THEY HAVE AN EVENT CENTER NEXT DOOR.
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT LOOKS REALLY INTERESTING TOO, WHICH IF YOU HAVEN'T JOINED THE, THOSE, THE BOOK CLUBS, THEY'RE REALLY FUN.
THE, UH, SENIOR BOOK CLUB, UH, YEAH.
I'VE ALREADY READ THE BOOK, SO YEAH, WELL, THERE YOU GO.
AND THAT'S AT THE TRAILS OF CARMEL CREEK.
AND I'M SO EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THAT BOOK BECAUSE AFTER WE READ IT FOR THE, UM, THE VIRTUAL BOOK CLUB, I IMMEDIATELY WAS LIKE, I GOTTA PUT THIS IN LINE FOR MY SENIOR BOOK CLUB.
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THEY'RE GOING TO LOVE THIS BOOK.THEY, THEY REALLY LOVE THEIR FAVORITE BOOK SO FAR IN THE LAST YEAR WAS REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES, WHICH IS JUST AN AMAZING BOOK.
SO I THINK THIS ONE'S GONNA BE A HIT TOO.
WHAT IS THE TEAM MAKER MARKET? SO THE TEAM MAKER MARKET IS PUT ON BY OUR TEEN ADVISORY BOARD.
AND WHAT THEY'RE HOPING TO DO IS THEY'RE GONNA USE THE LOBBY HERE ON A SATURDAY IN CITY HALL.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA INVITE TEENS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT MAKE THINGS AND SELL THINGS.
UM, AND IT'S GONNA BE JUST, YOU KNOW, AN A SPACE FOR THEM TO SELL THEIR WARES, MEET PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND THEN THE SPECIFIC TEEN ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE, UM, WORKING THE FAIR AND THEN ALSO IN THEY'RE BRINGING STUFF FOR THE FAIR, JUST KIND OF TEACHING THEM ABOUT ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT'S OPEN AT 18 AND YES, THAT'S ME.
AND JUST ON A SIDE NOTE, THE FRIENDS, UM, HPO FRIENDS WILL BE THERE SUPPORTING THEM WITH, UM, STABLE AS WELL.
SO YOU WELCOME TO JOIN OUR TABLE.
YEAH, SO IT'S FOR SECURITY, BUT WELL KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO 55.
ANYBODY, ANYBODY COME? THAT CAME ABOUT, THAT ACTUALLY CAME ABOUT BECAUSE I DID A, UM, THINK I CALLED IT SAVVY SENIORS, UH, WEIGHT SCAMS WORKSHOP.
BUT, UM, THERE'S A LOT THAT'S CHANGED FROM LIKE, WHEN I REMEMBER TAKING THE TRAINING FOR SCAMS BECAUSE OF AI.
SO WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT WITH THEM, ABOUT HOW AI HAS IMPACTED SCAMS, THEY WERE, ONE LADY WAS LIKE, CAN YOU REALLY TELL WHAT AI IS? I REALLY DON'T KNOW.
SO WE BACKED UP AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW IT COULD BE USED FOR GOOD AS WELL AS EVIL
AND THEN I ASKED IF THEY'D BE INTERESTED IN A, JUST AN AI, LIKE 1 0 1 CLASS.
AND SO I, UH, REACHED OUT AND, UH, TECH EXPERT IS GOING TO BE TEACHING THAT CLASS, NOT ME,
BUT, UM, I THINK IT'LL BE, UH, IT'LL BE REALLY GOOD.
WE ALSO DID AN AI, UH, FOR SMALL BUSINESS LAST MONTH.
UM, AND THAT WAS, THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED THAT AND SAID, THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL.
OH, IT'S STILL HAVE REALLY GOOD ACTIVITIES.
WELL, IT'S, I I WORK WITH IT EVERY DAY, SO IT'S, IT'S TERRIBLE.
I'M TEACHING IT TO EMULATE PEOPLE.
IT'S REALLY, IT'S GETTING REALLY CHALLENGING.
IT'S LIKE IN MY INDUSTRY WITH, UM, FOLLOWING THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS AS TO WHAT'S AI, WHAT'S REALLY PATIENT CARE, WHAT'S REALLY, UM, STANDARD OF CARE BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S JUST
LIKE, UM, AND SO WITH AI, AS FAR AS COPYRIGHT, 'CAUSE THAT'S IN MY AREA, THERE'S NOT MUCH FOR COPYRIGHT BECAUSE IT'S NOT REAL, IT'S NOT A HUMAN BEING.
UH, SO THAT'S A VERY STICKY SUBJECT.
I HAD A WHOLE DISCUSSION WITH MY 17-YEAR-OLD ABOUT THIS.
OF COURSE HE'S ADVOCATING FOR BEING ABLE TO USE THIS IN PERSON BECAUSE THE AI GP CHAT.
OR TWO I THINK WAS THE ONE THAT LET YOU PUT ANY CHARACTERS AND STUFF YOU WANTED IN VIDEOS AND THINGS THAT GENERATED YEAH, THEY PULLED IT REAL QUICK.
ONE, ONE OF THE KIDS WAS MENTIONING UP THE OTHER DAY ABOUT HOW YOUTUBE IS HAVING A LOT OF ISSUES WITH AI.
UM, YOU'VE GOT ACTUAL CREATORS THAT ARE BEING COPYRIGHTED, BUT BECAUSE IT'S AI COPYRIGHT, THEY AREN'T ABLE TO PROTECT THEIR WORK.
THE LAWS AREN'T AS THEY, THEY DID IT FIRST AND THEN NOW THEY'RE BACKTRACKING AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE LAWS THERE.
SO PRECEDENT IS AN AMAZING THING.
ALSO SCARY ARTICLE ABOUT HOW 55 OR 56% OF ALL ARTICLES ON THE INTERNET ARE NOW GENERATED BY AI.
NOT WRITTEN BY PEOPLE ANYMORE.
I ACTUALLY READ A RECENT ARTICLE THAT SOME LOCAL, NOT HOW DO ISD, BUT SOME LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE USING AI INSTEAD OF THEIR LIBRARIANS TO DETERMINE THE BOOKS THAT ARE PURCHASED.
THEY'RE USING AI FOR BAND BOOK LISTS, LIKE ASKING AI WHICH BOOKS SHOULD WE BAN? THAT'S CREEPY.
AND I MEAN, YOU KNOW HOW THERE'S ALWAYS THAT FEAR OF LIKE, HECK REPLACING HUMANS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALWAYS A, A THING THAT IS ACTUALLY EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS.
AND AS A FORMER SCHOOL LIBRARIAN AND I
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WAS JUST SHOCKED.ANYTHING ELSE I TODAY? OH, SO LET'S TALK ABOUT SOMETHING.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING POSITIVE TO SAY? I GAVE MY POSITIVE NEWS AT THE BEGINNING.
OH, I'M, I'VE BEEN LIVING IN A RENTAL FOR THREE WEEKS AND I'LL BE MOVING BACK INTO MY HOUSE ON, UH, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS AND WE, YES, THEY TOOK A LONG TIME TO DO OUR FLOORS AND ALL OF THE THINGS AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN OUR DOGS IN THREE WEEKS, SO.
SO, WE'LL, WE'RE GONNA PICK THEM UP ON WEDNESDAY, SO THERE, THAT'S MUCH BETTER.