* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [*Portions of this video are without audio* ] [Library Advisory Board on March 16, 2026.] [00:00:09] SO CALL THE SPECIAL MEETING EVERY ADVISORY BOARD. SO WE'LL START WITH ROLL CALL MATLOCK HERE. UM, KYLE PARKINSON. MS. SALINAS IS NOT TANYA JOINING ON. SO THEN PUBLIC COMMENT. KRISTEN, DO WE HAVE UM, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF AGENDA ITEMS TO COVER. THE FIRST ONE IS TO VOTE ON ELECTED POSITIONS FOR 26. SO THESE ARE THE OFFICER POSITIONS. SO CHAIR, CO-CHAIR AND A DISCUSSION OF DETERMINATION AND JUNE 26TH AND REAPPLY FOR THAT. SO WE CAN GO ABOUT THIS. UM, ONE OF TWO WAYS HAVE EVERYBODY, SO IF WE WANTED TO, SINCE THIS IS A SPECIAL CALL MEETING, UM, TO TALK ABOUT , WE COULD POSTPONE THIS TILL WE HAVE PRESENT OPTION AND DISCUSS QUESTIONS WITH HERE. YEAH, SURE. IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH US PUSHING THAT DOWN? YEAH, WE HAVE THAT . WE CAN GO AHEAD AND AND START TALKING. SO LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE UP FOR RENEW TO BE KYLE, TANYA AND I THINK ME IS THAT RIGHT? . SO ANGELA AND VERONICA, THE FOUR OF US ON BOARD BASICALLY AT THE SAME TIME. BUT WE WERE ENTIRE TERMS. IT'S FUNNY THAT WE ALL STARTED LIKE OF EACH OTHER, HOW WE'RE ALL LIKE STAGGERED OFF ON DIFFERENT I STILL, SO YOU WERE ALSO SERVING ON, SO YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE YOUR FULL SIX SEVEN. OKAY. UM, ALL RIGHT. SO WE'VE DECIDE, WHAT WE HAVE DETERMINED IS THOSE TWO POSITIONS. SO IT WOULD BE KYLE AND TANYA POSITIONS ARE UM, IN JUNE. AND WE ALSO RE-CLARIFY THAT ALL THE ROLES ARE LIKE WHAT YEAR YOU ALL ALL TERMS EXPIRE IN JUNE, WHICH IS AFTER HAPPEN. AND SO IT'S JUST A NATURAL JUST IN CASE JUNE 22ND AND IF YOU'RE EVER UNSURE OF WHEN EXPIRES, IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE SAME NOW THAT WE KNOW WHO'S POSITIONS ARE PUSHING IT DOWN. SO IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, WE'LL MOVE ONE DOWN TO AFTER FOUR. ALRIGHT, NEXT ONE. UM, DISCUSS CHANGING OUR MEETING CADENCE TO ONE TIME PER MONTH [00:05:01] INSTEAD OF ONCE PER. SO KRISTEN AND I HAD UM, TALKED ABOUT THIS, SO WHATEVER WE DECIDE THAT WE NEED TO TAKE THIS THAT WE ONLY REASON WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT TO STAY ON THE BOARD. SO THEIR ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS AND NOT SPECIAL CALL MEETINGS. I AN ACTUAL IT IS SOMEWHERE THAT'S I THE WEBSITE I THINK SKIMMING REAL QUICK. YES, IT'S ON THE WEBSITE. OKAY. THIS SOME CHANGE. I SUSPECT IT IS GONNA BE AN ORDINANCE CHANGE BECAUSE BACK THE QUORUM, THIS BOARD WAS ALSO CHANGED TO BE PRIMARILY IN SHOWING UP FOR ME. SO THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO DROP THE BUSINESS COULD BE DONE. SO I SUSPECT THAT IT WOULD, LET'S FIND OUT AND WE SHOULD BE MAKING ANNUAL THANKFULLY OUR UM, SO LET'S TALK ABOUT FREQUENCY OF MEETINGS. SO THE PROPOSAL IS MONTHLY, LIKE THAT'S COUCH BREAK. TRULY IT IS UP TO US TO, TO MAKE A PROPOSAL SO THAT ONCE WE CHANGE IS ALREADY US TO MEET SO THAT WE REACH OUR GOAL TIME LAPS AND MEETING THIS WILL HELP US S NOW I DON'T KNOW IF SECOND MONDAY IS THE THURSDAY. USUALLY WE NEED ON THE FIRST, THIS IS THE FIRST AVAILABLE DATE THAT PEOPLE OFFICIAL CALL MEETING DOESN'T FALL WITHIN NORMAL HAPPENS TO BE NORMAL. YEAH. SO I THINK UM, WE'VE DONE IS IT WOULD BE THE FIRST MONDAY THAT MONTH EVEN WE FIND WHICH MONTHS IN THE, IT WASN'T FIRST MONDAY. THAT'S KIND OF HOW LIKE I THINK JULY. SO ME MONDAYS STICK WITH MONDAY. HISTORICALLY THE OUR CONSISTENCY FIRST MONDAY OF EACH MONTH UNLESS IT FALLS ON HOLIDAY SECOND MONDAY. SO IS EVERYBODY, IT'S KIND OF TWO THINGS, RIGHT? FIRST THING IS LIKE MEETING , IS THERE ANYONE OPPOSED? HAVE TO MAINTAIN A 75%. SO THAT IS UNINTENDED DIFFERENTLY [00:10:02] BECAUSE THAT IS EVERYONE SIGNED UP TO SERVE AS. SO PERHAPS ONE THING IF WE ALIGN ON IS WE COULD REWORDING THE SO PERHAPS CONSECUTIVE OR HAVE AN ATTENDANCE RATE 70% COULDN'T DO 75 ANYMORE. THAT'D BE A GOOD IDEA. SO THEN YEAH, FIRST MONDAY AND IF IT DOES HAVE TO GO , UM, AND I WOULD SAY WE START WITH THE CAP, THE EXPECTATION FOR AT START IN JUNE WHEN THE NEW TERM CYCLE STARTS. SO THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE, YEAH, I THINK WHAT'S , IT'S REALLY TRACTION EVERY THREE MONTHS. WE WERE ONLY IF WE'RE MEETING FOR AN HOUR MORE IS MAP IT OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT MEETING BACK TO IT. SO UM, WE NEED TO DO UM, PROCESS AND KRISTEN HAS BEEN FLEXING HER. IS THERE AN LIKE AN UNKNOWN COST ASSOCIATED WITH, I KNOW LIKE ON PAPER IT DOESN'T CHANGE BUT LIBRARY MIGHT. UM, I I'M NOT ON UM, I JUST HAVE NOWHERE I CAN JUST LIKE TODAY. UM, OKAY THE OTHER MOTION TO RESEARCH THE STEPS TO CHANGE OUR MONTHLY, THAT MOTION WAS MADE. I'LL SECOND THAT YOU HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION PASSES. OH NO. YEAH, . OKAY. I IS TANYA TRYING TO GET HER ATTENTION THAT IS A GOOD SHOT. SO THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO PARTICIPATE USUALLY TIME. PERFECT. OKAY. BUT TYPICALLY SHE WOULD BE HERE. I DON'T LIKE IF SHE IS IN THE MEETING TRYING TO PARTICIPATE AND WE'RE NOT. YEAH, I THINK I DON'T SEE ANY POPUPS. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT WAS THE, THE FIRST DECISION POINT. SO WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT WHAT IT TAKES AND THEN ONCE WE FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT PROCESS IS, WE WERE GONNA . UM, AND THEN SOUNDS LIKE OUR GENERAL CONSENSUS BASE THAT IT WOULD BE THE FIRST MONDAY OF, UNLESS THERE'S A HOLIDAY THE SECOND TIME UNDERSTANDING THAT INTENDANCE WERE REQUIRED JUNE WHEN [00:15:04] AND DOING SOME SORT OF RESEARCH ON WHAT THE OTHER DO. SO ANYTHING ELSE ON FOUR TWO. AT FOUR THREE DISCUSS THE LIBRARY'S TOP THREE PRIORITIES FOR SAFETY TECH OUTSIDE FUNDING. FUNDING. UM, SO I DECIDED JUST TO HAVE AN, WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME I, I'M JUST SO EXCITED ABOUT EVERYTH. SO I DECIDED TO WE AND EVERY DAY I UM, MAKE PROGRESS SAFETY. IT'S NOT, WE'VE HAD AN UP TO FRIENDS SO UM, THEN I'M GONNA BE HAPPY. SO THIS, THE SAFETY IS IN CITY HALL CONCENTRATED, UM, IN CITY HALL. THE PLACE WHERE WE STAY ALONG WITH, THERE'S JUST A DIFFERENT SORT OF WITH CITY HALL REGULATIONS SO BE CONSIDERING THAT WE WE'RE WORKING WITH. SO ALL THESE THINGS ARE GETTING STARTED AND THAT'S KIND OF TECHNOLOGY THAT IS PROBLEM IS WE'RE STARTING TO BREAK, WE'RE HAVING COMPUTER LIFECYCLE LIFECYCLE IS SO AGREE IT MAY NOT, UH, SO OUT OF CONDITION, QUITE A FEW OF SMALL PROJECTS FOR BUT THEY ARE THERE, UM, SPECIFIC AND SO US TRYING, BUT IT'S POSSIBLE. AND SO, UM, JUST KNOWING THAT WE ACTUALLY HAS A FUNDRAISER AND AS WE . UM, AND SO, UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S JUST THE CURRENT STATEMENT WE'RE IN ALSO LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR BE WRITING ONE. THEY CAME TO US LAST YEAR WE LOST THREE PEOPLE AND SO THEY'RE WORKING. SO WE HAVE IN THE MIX JUST SO THAT I SPEAK TO THOSE TRAINING STARTED [00:20:01] THIS AND THEN WORK LOTS OF WAYS IN WHICH WE AND ADDRESSING EACH ONE OF SHOULD ALL BE ALIGNED. UM, IT JUST KIND OF GIVES IDEA SO THAT AS I'M TALKING FOCUS, BUT THEN IT ALSO KEEPS US. UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE. UNCOMFORTABLE. UM, NOW WE CAN I'LL SAY I, UH, IN OUR LAST MEETING WE HAD , SHE GAVE A GREAT OVERVIEW THAT THEIR COMMITMENT WAS LIBRARY AND HOW THEY'VE BEEN WORKING. AND I WAS INITIALLY CONCERNED THAT, THAT THEY WERE HAVING TO, AND IT MADE ME WONDER WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THAT ARE FACILITATING THAT BEING OUTSIDE SOURCE. SURE THING. SO YEAH, THAT'S BEEN, THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO, SOMETHING WE MEAN LIKE UM, AND SO WHEN WE DID OUR STRATEGIC FEBRUARY ACTUALLY HAD COUNSEL THAT TRAVEL DOWN AND I JUST BE SUPER, WHAT DO I DO TO GET CHEAP PRODUCT FOR THIS THAT SENT BACK? I'M FOCUSING ALL ON THE LANGUAGE. THESE TRANSL VERSION IS CONVERSATION JUST LIKE I SOMEBODY WHO LESSONS THE FRONT, THE HIGH LEVEL TO GET ONE OR SO THESE TRANSLATORS ARE ASK AND I THINK JAMES HAD BROUGHT UP SOME REALLY GOOD, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE MUTUAL BENEFIT WITH . SO WE, THIS COULD BE SORT OF CHECK OUT, GATHER ALL THAT FEEDBACK. SO I THINK IF WE'RE AT LIKE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM MULTIPLE COMMUNITY SURVEYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, HOW TO MAKE LIBRARY SERVICES MORE ACCESSIBLE, THIS POPULATION, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE FOUND AN OUTSIDE PARTNER TO FUND THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ONE TO THE TOP THREE PART? YES. NO, WE'VE ALREADY UM, AND SO ESSENTIALLY WE HAVE GENERALIZED INTO THE MINUTIA OF EVERY SINGLE SITUATION. YES. SO IT'S VERY GENERAL, BUT I REQUEST TO THAT [00:25:02] LIBRARY. WE SO MANY HOURS ACTION MIGHT LOOK LESS. WE JUST PICK SURE EVERYONE'S, SO WE MET WITH, I GAVE HIM A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON YOU KNOW, AND EXITS ARE HOW WE'RE FINE. LIKE THIS PERSON'S GONNA BATHROOMS JUST KNOWING TO CHECK THE BATHROOMS, CHECK HAVING A CHECKLIST, UM, AS WE AS OUT KNOWING WHERE THAT UH, UNION SPOT OR SOMETHING. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. REUNIFICATION POINT. YEAH, HAVING THAT, UM, KIND OF WHAT TO DO ON INDIFFERENT. SO HAVING, JUST HAVING ACTUAL MAP WITH EXIT. I MEAN, AND SO WHEN I GOT HERE, SO IT'S IN THE, IT'S IN THE WORK IT'S GOING TO WITH DRAFTS. UM, AND THEN WE CAN WORK THROUGH THOSE DRAFTS BUT IT'LL BE SOON. SO I THINK THAT'S BEING LIKE PROACTIVE. WE HOPE THAT YOU NEVER HAVE TO IMPLEMENT IT, BUT IF IT'S WELL ARTICULATED, MAINTAINS SAFETY, JUST HERE TO CHECK STUDY LAB TALKED ABOUT. UM, SO THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL. KNOW LIKE TALK . OKAY, I ACTUALLY, I SEND OUT, HERE'S THE SITUATION AND I'LL JUST AS A TEAM DECIDE WHAT WOULD BE THE AND SO IT'S TURNED OUT SATURDAYS, THAT'S WHEN CITY HALL THAT WAS CUT OUT. UM, BUT THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT I'M GOING. I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GONNA . SO THERE IS NO ACTION ITEM REALLY ON THAT ONE. IT WAS JUST YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT TECHNOLOGY. UM, ANY COMPUTERS DO YOU SEVEN SEVEN AND WHAT ARE THEIR LIFE CYCLE LIKE? HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO SAMSUNG, NOT REACHED OUT TO? SO, UM, EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT THEY UM, THEY THEY SO UM, THEY HELPED ME TO AND THEN I [00:30:01] UM, SEVEN STAFF, UH, DESKTOPS THAT WE AND UM, RECENTLY AS AND THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY BEING ABLE TO, SO UM, FACT THAT ONCE THEY WILL BOOK THEMSELVES, THOSE HAVE BEEN, I DO SEE WE'RE GOING MOST DAYS HAVE AT LEAST UM, SO LIKE EVERY DAY. UM, BUT THEY COME DOWN HERE AND THEY'LL IT BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY MACHINES SO THEY, YOU KNOW, ALSO THERE'S OTHER THAT WE, THEY CLOSE LET PEOPLE UM, IF UM, AND MOST LIBRARIES HAVE THAT, WELL WE DON'T THAT I CAN ASK THIS. THIS ISN'T THE PROBLEM THAT'S NEXT YEAR. THIS IS GONNA BE, JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE I THINK WHAT'S WAITING FOR THIS MEETING. OKAY. BUT I THINK A COUPLE OF TAKEAWAYS AND IF I'M WRONG, PLEASE CORRECT ME. FIRST TAKEAWAY IS THIS IS NOT A REQUEST TO GET DEVICES DONATED. REALLY IT HAS TO GO THROUGH IT'S APPROVAL PROCESS. SO THEM BUYING EQUIPMENT COMPATIBLE. SO IF WE COULD FIND DOLLARS SPECIFICALLY TO FUND THESE THINGS, THAT'S THE OTHER THING. UM, I'M WONDERING, I HAVE IS IT MAKES SENSE TO ME THAT THE PATRON FACING COULD BE THINGS THAT WE WOULD REQUEST DONATIONS FOR IN KIND OR DOLLARS LIKE STAFF DEVICES. YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE THERE IS A PLAN WITHIN . OKAY, SO BECAUSE I, I FEEL LIKE, UM, THE, THE ASK, THE EXPECTATION IS THAT AS A BOARD WORKING A PARTNERSHIP WITH FRIENDS BECOME A MUCH MORE ROBUST FUNDING SOURCE FOR THINGS, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR ON WHAT THOSE EXPECTATIONS ARE OF FUNDING SO THAT WE ARE LIKE TELLING THAT STORY, THE IMPACT STORY IN A WAY THAT IS, IS TRANSPARENT. NOT THAT STAFF DON'T DESERVE NEW DEVICES. THAT'S NOT SAYING THAT THERE IS LIKE THE NORMAL COST OF DOING BUSINESS AS AN ORGANIZATION. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT LIKE STAFF FACING DEVICES ARE BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS, NOT NECESSARILY FROM THE LIBRARY BUT GENERAL FOR ACCESS THAT'S HAVE TO HAVE THOSE THINGS TO CONDUCT BUSINESS PUBLIC BRINGING THIS UP, IT GIVES US A REALLY FOCUS THAT TIES INTO YOURS HAVE SEVEN MEMBER A CUSTOMER FACING CLIENTS, UM, THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE A CONSISTENT ASK, REALLY GOOD GOAL SET ALL WORKING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND THERE AND IT ADDS CLARITY ON WHAT THAT MONEY WILL BE USED FOR. NOT ONLY FOR THIS GROUP BUT ASKING [00:35:01] AND WHO'S DONATING ALSO FOR KRISTEN SO THAT SHE'S NOT HAVING TO GET APPROVAL. THINGS THAT ALL ALREADY AGREED THIS IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING MM-HMM SO I I I LIKE THAT CLEARLY IT'S MAKES ME FEEL LIKE START ASKING, IT HELPS LIKE TELL LIKE UM, PAINT THE IMPACT STORY 'CAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT, SO I THINK IT ALSO MAKES IT A LOT EASIER MAKE THAT ASK BUT UM, SO I FEEL LIKE TO DO OUR BEST SERVICE WOULD ADD MORE COMPUTER THAN THERE ARE UH, BECAUSE WE WE HAVE TWO COMPUTER THAT'S KIND OF NOW, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT COULD BE AN APPROPRIATE ASPECT IT AND AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT SEVEN WOULD COST THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO TIE INTO THE BETTER TECHNOLOGY SO THAT THEY WOULD BE FASTER AND THEN MORE PAGE ONES COULD ACTUALLY USE IT. THEY'RE GETTING IN THERE AND GETTING WHAT THEY NEED INSTEAD OF THE DELAY AND ALSO THE NOTIFICATION. IF YOU HAVE THE UPGRADED COMPUTERS THEN YOU CAN DO THE WHOLE NOTIFICATION AND SPENDS A LOT OF TIME JUST EXPLAINING HOW TO PRINT. SO YES WE DO AND WE ACTUALLY AFTER THE, THE MODEL THAT WE HAVE, SO WE ARE DOING THE SAME MODEL CHECK HOURS. SO WE'RE DOING ALL TO TWO UM, TECHNOLOGY EXPERTS AND THEIR KIDDOS WHO ARE ALSO TECHNOLOGY EXPERTS. THEY'RE VOLUNTEERING THEIR SATURDAYS. SO IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT NEEDS AN EXTRA AMOUNT OF THEN WE CAN OH LITERALLY SATURDAYS, RIGHT? SOMETHING YEAH THAT'S ONE WAY TO THAT TECHNOLOGY TRAINING. SO THANKFUL. ABSOLUTELY THIS KIND OF THAT NEED. UM, AND AGAIN, WE'LL JUST HAVE THAT'S GONNA LOOK QUESTION ON TECHNOLOGY, JUST IF THIS IS AN OKAY ASK OR AN ACCEPTABLE ASK IS ALONG WITH THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE COMPUTERS, UM, ALSO USAGE THAT YOU PROBABLY ALREADY HOW MANY THAT ALONG WITH THE OTHER TRAINING THAT OTHER, THAT TO ME WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KIND A SCRIPT IN MY MIND FOR ALL OF US THAT AND IT COULD CREATE CONSISTENCY FOR ALL OF US BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN PUT INPATIENTS. SO AND THAT'S HOW WE ENDED UP GETTING THE DONATION BEFORE CAME UP WITH A CONSISTENT SCRIPTING ASK. SO UM, WE COULD GET THAT AS WELL AND IN THOSE HOURS STILL USING [00:40:04] EVERY SINGLE TELL. SO MAYBE, MAYBE IN ADDITION TO HAVING A, A CYCLE OF PATRON FACING PLUS ONE TO BE DEDICATED FOR AND I WONDER IF THERE COST SHARING, IF IT'S DEDICATED TO THEIR PROGRAM, IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD EVEN DOLLARS THEY HAVE BUT IF NOTHING ELSE IT WOULD BE A REFRESH OF THE CURRENT PATRON ONES. ESPECIALLY IF IT'S BEEN WEEKLY ON THURSDAYS FOR THAT . UH, JAMES I THINK YOU PUT MEASURING PEOPLE COMING IN, PEOPLE COMING IN OR FEW DIFFERENT ONES NEVER WORKING BECAUSE I GET TO TALKING TO PEOPLE AND I TOTALLY FORGET TO. BUT ANYWAY, UH, THE SENSORS WILL NOT ONLY TRACK OF IT DATA EXACTLY WHAT TIME ARE INFORMAL THAT WAS APPROVED. YES IT WAS APPROVED. I GOT LAST BUDGET CYCLE, I GOT SENSORS. YEAH I GOT A TV SO THAT WHENEVER, OH I ALSO GOT A NEW UM, ALL I KNOW THAT WE COULD PROBABLY GO ON FOR HOURS ON THIS TOPIC. I THINK THIS GIVES US A GOOD SENSE OF KIND OF ALIGNING ON WHICH WAY WE'RE ALL PADDLING. UM, I WOULD CHALLENGE US AND ENCOURAGE US ANYTIME CONVERSATION TO TRY TO FIND IT IN ONE OF THOSE THREE AREAS. YOU KNOW, THAT THERE ARE SOME LIKE ANNUAL THINGS WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT FOR EXAMPLE, KIND OF THOSE THREE. UM, I THINK THAT HELPS SPEND MORE TIME WE SPEND TOGETHER NOT USING THAT TIME FOR LIKE STRATEGIC CONVERSATIONS. IT'S JUST GOING TO TIME AND NOT NECESSARILY, I THINK I HOLD MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT. AND IF YOU DON'T OR IF I'M NOT TYING IT BACK, I WELCOME YOU TO REMIND YOU AND WE'RE ALL PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR UM, WE READY TO MOVE ON TO FOUR POINT. ALL RIGHT, SO THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA, 4.4, THE ATTACHED CHAPTER TWO ADMINISTRATIVE AND PERSONNEL ARTICLE TWO TOWARDS COMMISSION AUTHORITY FOR LIBRARY ADVISOR FIND POWERS AND DUTIES FOCUSING ON WHAT EACH LOOKS LIKE IN PRACTICE AND EXPECTATIONS. SO I THINK THE SAME THING RINGS TRUE WITH THIS AS INCREASING THEIR FREQUENCY. SO THIS WOULD BE A DISCUSSION IF ANYTHING WE HAVE WONDERING ABOUT, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL LIKE PERHAPS SHOULD BE UM, A FOR A CHANGE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN ORDINANCE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT'S HOW THAT'S WRITTEN. OKAY. SO UM, I KIND OF READ BUT IF YOU REMEMBER WE WERE TRYING TO LOCATE HISTORICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THAT A MYTHICAL BINDER. MYTHICAL BINDER AND THIS. SO YOUR HOPE IS US JUST BECOMING FAMILIAR WITH IT. YEAH, LET'S JUST READ, LET'S HAVE, BECAUSE [00:45:01] SOME THINGS MIGHT BE UM, BUT WE COULD SPEAK TO WHAT THAT WOULD LIKE TO UM, MAKE REVIEW, TAKE THE ANNUAL THAT WOULD SESSION SO THAT WORK SESSION RESERVE THE COUNSEL. IS IT A LEGAL REQUIREMENT? I GUESS MY WONDERING OR IF, IF OUR HAS TO HAPPEN IN A WORK SESSION, I WOULD LIKE CLARITY ON THAT OF A WORK SESSION DURING WHEN WE HAD FEEL LIKE IT WAS, I WAS EXPECTING IT TO BE AN OPEN DIALOGUE AND I DID NOT FEEL LIKE I WAS ALLOWED TO DIALOGUE BUT THAT THE NO, I MEAN IT WASN'T JUST THAT BUT I THINK I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT, I JUST SHARE THE TRUTH SO HARD COMING DID, I MEAN I COULDN'T HAVE DATA BUT I HADN'T EXPERIENCED THAT DATA SO, SO I WAS JUST HAPPY WITH FOR SURE UNDIVIDED. BUT, BUT YEAH WE COULD DEFINITELY, UM, I KNOW THAT LIKE DOES A WORK SESSION SO MAYBE ASK THEM WHAT, BUT THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE, I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO A WORK SESSION. I THINK WORK SESSION IS, IT IS LIKE A, A FLOW OF IDEAS HASHING THINGS OUT. SO I THINK IN THE NEXT ONE I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY WHERE IT IS, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S ONE SIDED FROM LIKE YOU DID YOUR PART AND THEN WHEN I THOUGHT IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO START DIALOGING, MAYBE THEY WEREN'T EXPECTING IT, I JUDGED. SO MAYBE IF WE UM, HAVE A SORT OF A, MY PRESENTATION AHEAD OF TIME THAT OUR UM, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT WHAT IN THAT JUST HIT ON THE, I KNOW EVERY OF DATA SETS OF DATA I KIND OF KNOW BASED ON THAT BECAUSE THEY ASK ME QUESTIONS BUT THEY'RE FOCUSED. UH, SO I NEEDED TO THAT FREE CONVERSATION TO HAPPEN WONDER AND THEN THEY RESPOND. IT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT. WE'RE JUST THERE. UM, THEY'RE AT WORK SESSIONS LIKE SO THEY'RE VERY, BUT IT FOR [00:50:02] LIKE WHAT WE WANT TO ACTUALLY WORKSHOP. MM-HMM WHAT WE, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE WERE ABLE LIKE TWO OR THREE MONTHS AHEAD OF THE LIKE BUDGET REQUEST SEASON SO WE COULD TAKE THE SEATS OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE CHECK WHAT THEY'RE WILLING TO ENTERTAIN AND BUDGET SEASON IS. SO IF WE COULD GET ON SAY APRIL MAY, THE BUDGET MEETING STARTED I THINK GET ON THE FRONT SIDE OF THAT'D BE HELPFUL FOR ONE OF THE REASONS ALLOWS US AN OPPORTUNITY. UM, AND I THINK THAT FALLS UNDER HERE BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT OUR PRESENTATION. YEAH. UM, SO SOMETHING I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THAT LIKE THE LAB DESCRIPTION WAS DRAFTED IN AND THEN THE POWERS AND DUTIES ARE 20. AND SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT ANYTHING NEEDS TO CHANGE THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IN THE WAS OUR FIRST LIBRARY, FULL-TIME LIBRARY 2019. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE CREATION WAS DROPPED IN 20, I WONDER THEN INSTEAD OF MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL, MORE STAFF POINT THEN CITY, THAT WOULD BE WHAT I WOULD, I FEEL LIKE THE FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY ACTUALLY WERE THE MAYBE EVEN AND THEY DID FEEL LIKE THEY WERE . LIKE THEY HAD A VERY HANDS ON APPROACH WHICH IS I'M FEELING ALL THE FIELDS, BUT I THINK THAT MAY HAVE BEEN ALSO FROM THAT DISCONNECT, BEEN STAFFED IN THE LIBRARY REALLY SHORED UP AND BECAME MORE UP TO DATE WITH LIKE LIBRARY STANDARDS AND MAJORS HAD A, A SUBSET OF VOLUNTEERS REUSE THAT NETWORK AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT TRANSITION WAS SUPER SMOOTH. IF I CAN GET WHAT IS UM, WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST APPROACH THEN TO TAKE NOW THAT HAVE STAFF QUALIFIED DIRECTOR? UM, HOW COULD WE, HOW SHOULD WE, I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT WHAT THE OTHER LIKE WHAT IS THERE AND MAYBE IT READS EXACTLY THAT IS THAT, BUT WHEN I THINK OF BOARD THAT I'VE SERVED ON KIND OF LIKE AN OVERSIGHT. SO BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS A PRIME EXAMPLE. UM, AS THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, I'M NOT ON THAT BOARD. MY ROLE WAS TO BE KIND OF LIKE UM, OVERSIGHT BUT I DIDN'T HAVE ULTIMATE DECISIONS TO BE THAT BOARD THEMSELVES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WAY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THAT POSITION AND VISION OF OF THAT, THE THINGS LIKE THAT. I'M WONDERING IF NOW DEDICATED. SO I THINK THEIR ROLE IS PUBLIC INTERMEDIARY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS, THAT'S MY ASSUMPTION. I DON'T KNOW THE PARKS BOARD WOULD BE HOW THAT WE ASK IF WE BRING THAT BACK IN OUR MEETING. [00:55:07] YEAH. SO IF IT IS LIKE A MULTIPLE SESSION TO MAKE THAT DRAFTED THOSE DIRECT AND ONE BATCH TO SAY HEY GOING TO UPDATE OUR MEETING FREQUENCY AND UPDATE THESE THINGS TO BE REFLECTIVE OF ALSO LOOK AT WHAT SOME OTHER CITY BOARD, NOT JUST BUT LIKE ADVISORY BOARD LOOKS LIKE THE WORD . WE DID THAT WITH HER FRIENDS. WITH HER FRIENDS ALSO SHOULD BE SO WE COULD CONTINUE WORKING THROUGH THIS OR WE CAN SAY TAKE THIS FOR HOMEWORK IN OUR NEXT MEETING. THAT AND WHAT I WOULD ASK BACK WITH WOULD QUESTIONS LIKE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT HERE THAT YOU IS A RECOMMENDED UPDATE TO BE MADE, JUST ASK THAT IF YOUR , THIS IS BEST PRACTICE ACCORDING THIS IS BEST PRACTICE TO PRINT STRUCTURES, THINGS LIKE THAT. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANT TO DO TIME BUT THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME WHERE WE HAVE STABLE LEADERSHIP, WE HAVE KNOW STABLE STAFF UM, IN PLACE. THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO SURE. OKAY. UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT, SO WE , I THINK THIS SURVEY WAS SERVING THAT. YEAH YOU'RE RIGHT. I WONDER UM, I WONDER IF THAT IS ALSO THAT IF BEING THAT WE ARE ABOVE BOARD OF THE PUBLIC PERHAPS THAT'S THE INTENTION. I WONDER IF THIS LIKE HARD WORDING LIKE A KIND A STATUTE OR SOMETHING WHERE THAT IS ONE OF I DON'T KNOW. SO THERE, THERE MAY BE A REASON OR IT COULD HAVE BEEN BECAUSE THAT WAS PRIOR TO THE TIME FULL TIME STAFF BEING HIRED AND SO THEY WERE KIND OF ESPECIALLY, I WAS NOT REALLY SURE WHAT IT MEANS THIS BOARD THAT WOULD COOPERATE CITIZENS OR IS THAT SPECIFICALLY JUST THE DIRECTOR NOW THAT WE HAVE A DIRECTOR THAT IS PART OF, SO IT COULD BE IN CONCERT WITH STAFF. I THINK WE SHOULD ALL BE ABLE TO ENCOURAGE MUTUAL USE. UM, AND LIKE WHERE WE CAN FIND CONNECTION POINTS THAT WE'RE COLLABORATING [01:00:08] THAT THAT THAT WOULD BE ON SEVEN IS INTERESTING TO ME BECAUSE I REMEMBER SITTING IN MY FIRST OR SECOND MEETING, UM, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT FUNDRAISING AT THE TIME LAB WAS HEAVILY PRIZE OF THE PREVIOUS FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY MEMBERSHIP. AND SO MUCH OF THE CONVERSATION WAS ABOUT FRIENDS, UM, FUNDRAISING EFFORTS. BUT IT TOLD IT WAS NOT A FUNCTION OF THE LAB BOARD THAT FRIENDS WAS THE FUNDRAISING ARM. AND SO SEVEN IS A LITTLE BIT SURPRISING TO ME BECAUSE I FELT LIKE WE GOT CLARITY THAT LAB WAS NOT A FUNDRAISING ARM, A GOVERNANCE. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT SAY THAT JUST . SO NOW THAT THERE IS THAT IS ACTIVE, NOT TO SAY THAT WE CAN'T SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OR GENERATE KIDS OR MAKE ON, I WOULD SAY SINCE I PREVIOUSLY SERVED WITH, THEY DO HAVE SOME LIMITED CAPACITY AS WELL EVEN THOUGH WISH. SO THERE MAY BE SOME FUNDRAISERS THAT MAYBE ARE GOOD IDEAS BUT THEY EITHER DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY UM, SKILL OR TIME OR WHATEVER. AND SO IT'S STILL COLLABORATING, RIGHT? UM, THAT WE COULD JUST TAKE ON SOME OF THE EXTRA THINGS THAT UM, NOW MY QUESTION WOULD BE THEN THE FUNDS, WE WOULD WANT TO KEEP THEM SEPARATE. 'CAUSE YOU WANNA BE ABLE TO TRACK YOUR MONEY'S COMING FROM YOU THOUGH. IT'S GOING INTO I THINK THE CHALLENGE IF WE BECOME A FUNDRAISING OUR MIND IS THE CHALLENGE IS BE FUNDRAISE GOES INTO THE GENERAL ANSWER IS YES IT DOES. BUT THAT YOUR MARKET, I THINK THAT THAT RESPONSE IS ALSO DIFFERENT CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD. I'LL GO BACK AND FIND PRETTY, THE CITY CAN SAY THIS IS WHAT I DIRECTLY FUNDED. I ASKED FOR BUT UM, I ASKED HER TO PAY A CHECK IS WRITTEN OUTTA PUBLIC SPONSOR FUND AND I SPECIFICALLY SAID YOU WANT SURE SHOW THAT WE STEWARDS THAT AND I ASKED ABOUT PAPER. UM, I READ THROUGH IT AND THERE WERE UM, BUT I ASKED UM, OH SORRY I ASKED AGAIN ABOUT THE, SHE SAID WE GRANT AND THEN WE WOULD BUDGET AMENDMENT [01:05:04] IF IT COMES UP AS A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT OR KNOW THAT FEED THE FUNDS. I THINK THAT THAT, AND WE WOULD HOPE THAT'D BE FAR TOO THE REASONS IS SO CRITICAL AND AND TO HEAR ME SAY I'M NOT ALL, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THEN IT COMES TO RIGHT NOW THE WAY THE FRIENDS ARE SET UP, THEY CAN ALSO DECLINE A REQUEST. MM-HMM SO THAT'S WHERE I WAS. AND I DO THINK THAT WHEN YOU RAISE THE MONEY AND YOU HAVE IT SHOULD ZERO OUT, YOU NEED TO SPEND THOSE FUNDS ON AND THEN START AGAIN AT A ZERO. UM, FRIENDS HAS TEND TO HOLD ONTO A BALANCE AND I DON'T FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES. SO WITH THIS GROUP, AS WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING IN MM-HMM THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE STARTED KIND OF QUESTIONING THIS. UM, WE HAVE A PURPOSE AND WE'RE MISSION OF THOSE THREE AREAS MM-HMM AND WE GO OUT AND WE GET THE MONEY. UM, HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT OTHERS ARE NOT GOING TO DECIDE HOW IT'S SPENT, THAT IT GOES TO KRISTEN FOR THOSE PURPOSES AND REGARDLESS OF WHO CHANGES HANDS ON THIS BOARD, IT'S STILL IS SET IN STONE THAT THIS IS THE PROCESS. YEAH. AND FRIENDS DO NOT HAVE THAT IN PLACE. WELL IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS ANOTHER AREA OF OPPORTUNITY LY AND THEN IF IT MEANS A PROCESS NEEDS TO BE A POLICY, DOES THAT POLICY ALSO THERE'S A POLICY TO THE LIBRARY WHEN DOLLARS ARE DONATED FOR, BUT LIKE I THINK IT'S FAIR WE SHOULD ALL OPERATE OFF ASSUME POSITIVE INTENT AND ALSO IF WE HAVE PROCEDURES BUILT OUT FOR THINGS THEN IT ON EMOTION, LIKE THE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THOSE THINGS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. SO IF WE GO AHEAD AND SHORT UP NOW, THERE SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE SPECIFICALLY, BUT I ALSO TRULY BELIEVE WE HAVE THIS PROCESS IN PLACE AND IT'S OFFERS CLARITY REGARDLESS OF WHO SITS AROUND THE TABLE. YEAH. IT CAN BE CORRECT IMPLEMENTED. RIGHT. AND IT'S, IT'S SUSTAINABLE. RIGHT. SO THAT'S, I ACTUALLY WAS TALKING WITH SOMEBODY TODAY THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT WORD IT IS. IF YOU, AND THIS SOUNDS CALLOUS AND PLEASE KIDS WOULD LOVE, BUT ANY BOARD THAT BECOMES PERSON INDEPENDENT, LIKE NOTHING HAPPENS IF JAMES, MATT LOCKLEY IS THE, THAT BOARD IS NOT SET UP FOR SIX. YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT PROCESSES THAT ARE SUSTAINABLE THAT ENDURE LONG BEFORE YOU KNOW, OR LONG BEYOND WHEN WE ARE HERE SO THAT THERE'S SUSTAINABILITY OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE'RE THE LIBRARY. SO I AGREE WITH YOU. AND THEN SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF THAT OTHER LIBRARIES HAVE IN PLACE IS THE, UM, INHERITANCE, THE UM, DONORS, UM, PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO AGE THAT LOVE CLEANING AND YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE ARE NOT SET UP TO ENSURE THAT WE TAKE THAT DONATION, THAT IT CAN BE APPLIED RIGHT NOW TO THINGS THAT WE JUST REALLY TRYING TO LEARN AS WELL AS I'M FINDING AND UNCOVERING THE WAY OTHER LIBRARIES HAVE JUST HAVE FOR THIS. I DON'T KNOW WHY ANGELA, KRISTEN . YEAH. BUT I MEAN I THINK THIS IS GOOD AND SPEAKS TO THE STABILITY OF, TO TALK ABOUT THESE SORTS OF THINGS LIKE WE HAVE AND OTHER STUFF IS AND SO IT GIVES US TIME AND SPACE TO NAIL DOWN LIKE TINY PROCESSES AND FIGURING OUT IF WE NEED TO CHANGE THINGS IN AN ORDINANCE ABOUT THIS SPORT, HOW DO WE GO ABOUT DOING? I'LL TELL YOU IN YEARS WE DID NOT HAVE, WE WERE NOT IN THAT LOTS OF A PERSONALITY ISSUE, WEREN'T ABLE TO CONDUCT LIBRARY VISITS. BUT THIS IS EXCITING. I THINK ANY [01:10:01] QUESTIONS, ANY WONDERINGS WE SHOULD ALL FEEL COMFORTABLE BRINGING, UM, A FULL BOARD. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE STATE LEADERSHIP, LIKE THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO THINGS. SO DOESN'T MATTER HOW LONG WE ARE SERVING ON THIS SERVE FUTURE BOARDS REALLY WELL ALSO NOT LOCK THEM INTO DECISIONS THAT MIGHT STICK TO IN THE FUTURE. SORRY. YEAH, I'M TELLING YOU ANGELA, WE ASKED FOR MONTHS ALMOST LIKE, I MEAN LIKE WHERE DID HE FIND THIS? I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS, I WAS LIKE, WHY SHOULD WE DOCUMENT? I UNDERSTAND WHY PATRON IS SO HARD. UM, SO I, WHAT I INCLUDED, UM, AT THE END IS LESS FOR US TO REALLY, LIKE THERE'S NO ACTION ITEM NOW. SO LIKE SOME SPONSORSHIP STUFF AT THE NEXT, BUT THIS JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT'S THE CITY. UM, AGAIN, I I ASKED ABOUT THE GRANT PART THAT AND UM, BUT THIS IS CURRENTLY WHAT THEY HAVE AND THEN I JUST INCLUDED, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO GIVE TO SOMEBODY IF THEY, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. BUT THAT'S PART OF THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. UM, HOW WE, UM, OPERATE, HOW WE IMPACT. AND I UNDERSTAND YOU JUST SAID THAT WE, OUR BOARD WOULD MEET THE BOARD POLICY. UM, I THINK, I MEAN THAT WOULD BE IDEAL BECAUSE THE WHOLE PREMISE OF FRIENDS AND I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THAT BOARD. I'M NOT ON THAT BOARD SO I DON'T WANT TO BE DISRESPECTFUL TO THAT BOARD AND THEIR MEMBERSHIP OR LEADERSHIP. UM, I DO THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOME CONSENSUS, EVEN A SIDEBAR CONVERSATION LIKE HEY, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE THINKING, WE'RE THINKING. SO WE'RE ALIGNED WITH THAT. AND THERE THERE WAS A TIME WHERE THAT RELATIONSHIP WAS QUITE CONTENTIOUS. NO COMMUNICATION WHATSOEVER. I DON'T WANT THAT HAPPENING. AND I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD, KRISTEN, YOU HAVE WORKED SO HARD, UM, TO FIND OUR LIBRARY FRIENDS AND EXCITED ABOUT SUPPORTING . THINK WHATEVER WE CAN DO LIKE UPFRONT, MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL CLEAR AND ALIGNED. UM, AND THEN ALSO HAVE REASONABLE BOUNDARIES, RIGHT? THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE SHOULD NOT HAVE INPUT INTO THERE, THEIR OWN NONPROFIT BOARD STATUS, BUT WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY FIGURING OUT, VERONICA AND I ARE, WERE TALKING COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND I HAD TOLD HER HOW MUCH I APPRECIATED HAVING THE FRIENDS PRESIDENT COME TO US. SO WE HAVE A SENSE OF I WOULD LOVE TO RECIPROCATE JUST SO HAVING THEIR LAST MEETING I WAS OUTTA A TOWN BUT UM, OR I WAS HAVING PEOPLE COME SO I I COULDN'T PICK MY, BUT I THINK THAT SHOULD BE AND COULD BE A REALLY GOOD WAY OF KEEPING EVERYBODY IN TUNED IF THEY'RE 30. I KNOW THAT. I THINK IT'S ALSO EASIER TO MAKE A ASK TO THEM FOR FUNDS. WE ALREADY HAVE STRONG WORKING RELATIONSHIPS. SO IF WE'VE ALREADY, LIKE IF THEY'RE GETTING THAT LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABLE, I THINK IT ALL MAKES SENSE AND SWIMMING THE SAME DIRECTION SO THEY KNOW THE TOP AND DIDN'T SPEND MONEY AND IT'S KIND OF TIMELY BECAUSE IF THEIR FIRST, IF THEIR MEETING IS THE FIRST MONDAY, OURS IS FIRST MONDAY, IT'S VERY EASY INTO LIKE TOUCH WHAT WE DECIDED THREE [01:15:01] DAYS AGO, BUT WHAT INFORMATION DO YOU NEED FROM US? YOU HAVE THE ASK FROM US. AND SO IT KIND OF KEEPS THOSE LINES OF COMMUNICATION OPEN AND FOCUSED ON LIKE, NOT JUST CONVERSATIONAL, BUT THESE ARE OUR PRIORITIES. PRIORITIES HOW WE WORK TOGETHER. BUT REALLY IT'S A VERY GOOD GROUP FROM WHEN YEAR START. KRISTEN I KNOW HAS WORKED REALLY HARD AND RECRUITING AND YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN TO FUNDRAISE WITH THEM, BLIND DATE WITH THE BOOK AND ALL OF THAT. SO I'M KIND OF EAGER TO SEE WHAT THEY COME UP WITH THIS YEAR. UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF THEY DON'T NEED HELP, JUST SHOWING UP TO SUPPORT. YEAH. UM, THINGS OF THE CITY IS ALREADY , UM, TO, UH, WELL FIRST MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AND THE, WE'RE NOT JUST SITTING IN BUT HAVE LIKE STUFF OUT AND SIGNS AND QR CODE AND ALL THIS. UM, THAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY FOR US TO SPREAD. UM, SO THAT WAS KIND OF CONVERSATION WE GET IN. THANKFULLY, UM, S ALWAYS REACHES OUT AND THEY, THEY'LL GET US, NOT EVERY TIME, BUT MOST OF TIME THEY'LL GET US A FREE BOOTH OR, AND I ASKED HIM SO THAT THEY ALSO, UM, THEY WERE PLANNING STUFF LIKE THAT MM-HMM . UM, WHICH I LOVE BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED, THERE'S PLENTY OF BOOKS ANY PLACE THAT WE CAN OH YEAH. AND I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT AND THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT ABOUT OR I DON'T WANNA SAY , BUT THAT'S NOT THEIR FOCUS NOW. SO I'VE EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT DOING IT AMONG STAFF, ASKING THEM ASSISTANT TELL ME AND YEAH, DO IT. BUT JUST STUFF LIKE THAT. UM, RECAP, NEXT TIME WE MEET WE'RE GONNA COME BACK WITH OUR QUESTIONS, THINGS FOR CLARITY. UM, IF, IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE WANNA MAKE A CHANGE WITH, JUST BRING YOUR SUPPORTING EVIDENCE IS NOT 'CAUSE WE WANT TO BE AGAIN, DELIBERATE AND INTENTIONAL WITH ANY UPDATES 'CAUSE WE HAVE A CHANGE. ARE WE GOOD ON THAT PIECE? AND I WOULD SUBMIT FOUR POINT, WE NEED TIME TO SIT AND VISIT THAT. UM, SO MAYBE FOR 4.5, UM, IF WE COULD HOLD FOUR TIMES THAT PEOPLE ARE AVAILABLE. AND LAST WE DID THE ART BOARD, WE MET BY OURSELVES AND, AND BUILT OUT OUR OWN STRATEGIC PLAN. WE, WE WEREN'T YOU WERE HERE FOR THAT, RIGHT? NO, THERE ARE ANCHOR CHARTS AND EVERYTHING. OKAY. UM, THE ANCHOR CHART. I KNOW , I MEAN I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS THE MEETING WHERE WE ALL WALKED AROUND AWAY LIKE SUPER EXCITED. I THINK YOU HAD JUST DONE THAT WHENEVER I MET VICKY. MAYBE. SO SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO, IT SHOULD BE ALWAYS ANCHORED IN DATA. IT CAN'T JUST BE PROJECTS, LIKE ANYTHING THAT WE SAY SHOULD ALIGN TO LIKE THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PLAN GROUNDED IN DATA, LIKE FEEDBACK FROM SURVEYS, THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'S HOW WE DID IT LAST. AND THAT IS HOW WE CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA OF PROGRAMMING FOR SENIORS AND TEENS AND UH, TRYING TO START A FIRST RESPONDERS PROGRAM OR BRINGING FIRST RESPONDERS INTO THE LIBRARY FOR DUAL PURPOSE. ALLOWING THE THE PUBLIC TO ENGAGE WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO BUILD RAPPORT. THE, UH, COMMUNITY SURVEY, IDENTIFY THE BACK AREA, FINDING WAYS TO BUILD MORE . UM, SO THAT'S WHY THAT WAS A PRIORITY AT [01:20:01] THAT TIME. THAT FIVE DATA THAT WE'VE AND DECIDED WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY BUT WE BOOKS AND WE HAVE TO, TO BRING PEOPLE IN TO MEET EACH OTHER. UM, AND SO I WOULD SAY LIKE THE TEAM PROGRAMMING AND THE SENIOR TAKEN OFFALLY, SO THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET TOGETHER, DO OUR PREVIOUS STRATEGIC PLAN. ARE THESE PRIORITIES THAT WE FEEL LIKE STILL NEED THAT LASER COULD BE THEY'RE GOING REALLY WELL AND WE CAN MOVE ON TO SAMPLE THE THREE PRIORITIES. THAT, BUT IT TAKES TIME BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS, BUILD CONSENSUS, UM, SO THAT EVERYBODY WALKS AWAY FROM LIKE CLARITY. LIKE THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING, HAVE METRICS TIED TO IT. HOW ARE WE GOING, HOW WILL WE KNOW THAT WE'RE DATA POINTS? SOME OF IT'S LIKE TRAINING AND VISIONING AND SOME OF IT IS NAILING DOWN SO THAT IT CLEAR US WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE WITH SUPPORT. SO IS THERE AN INTEREST IN MEETING, IN A SPECIAL CALL MEETING TO, TO WORK ON MAYBE WE DO THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND WE ALSO DO THE, THE WORKSHOPPING OF THE THE ORGANIZ AND YEAH. PLUS ANYONE'S DYING TO, I FEEL BETTER DOING THAT WITH EVERYONE. A LARGER POCKET OF PEOPLE IS IS THAT, SO THE SIX, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY, WELL WE'RE GONNA PULL A LARGER GROUP, BUT IN THIS GROUP, DOES ANYBODY HAVE CONFLICTS WITH THIS NEXT APRIL 6TH? YEAH, WE ARE. SO KRISTEN, IF YOU CAN FIND OUT ARE AVAILABLE, LOT OF STUFF, BIG THINGS TO COVER. SHE IS AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE, BUT JUST BEING LIKE REALISTIC. IS EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THAT? WE'RE NOT TAKING ACTION ON IT. PEOPLE ARE THOSE TWO THINGS, THREE THINGS. SO THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS WOULD BE 4.1 SINCE WE POSTPONED THAT. UM, IT WOULD ALSO, SHOULD WE GO AHEAD AND APPROVE MINUTES FROM THE MEETINGS PREVIOUS SO THAT WE DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE OH YEAH, I'LL SEND IT. UM, AND THEN 4.5 AND THEN LOOKING FORWARD ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FOUR POINT. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL SO MUCH AND WE'RE GONNA MEET MONTHLY AND IT'S VERY EXCITING TO ME THAT, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. IT'S 7 29 AND WE'RE GONNA CLOSE FOR BE AMAZING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.