* 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. [00:00:02] AND I WILL START BY [Library Advisory Board on November 2, 2026.] DOING ROLL CALL. MORGAN, I AM HERE. KYLE. HERE. JAMES. HERE. UH, VERONICA MACK IS ABSENT. IS ABSENT. JAY TRENT? HERE. UH, JACQUELINE COLEMAN IS ABSENT TONIGHT. AND THAT IS IT AS FAR AS THE BOARD. UH, KRISTEN, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE DO NOT. ALL RIGHT. THEN WE WILL DIVE RIGHT INTO OUR HBO FRIENDS REPORT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. ABSOLUTELY. I AM WITH THE FRIENDS. MY NAME IS JESSICA. I AM THE MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR. UM, I DON'T HAVE A TON, SO I'LL MAKE THIS SHORT AND SWEET. WE HAVE, UM, BLIND DATE WITH A BOOK COMING UP ON NOVEMBER 18TH. WE WILL BE AT THE HUDDLE WINE BAR FROM FIVE TO SEVEN. UH, WE HAVE EXPANDED BLIND DATE WITH A BOOK TO INCLUDE PUZZLES BECAUSE WHO DOESN'T WANT A BLIND DATE WITH A PUZZLE? UH, WE ARE WORKING ON SETTING UP A, OUR TACOS WITH SANTA IN DECEMBER. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING ON DOING A THING SIMILAR TO LOVE YOUR LIBRARY MONTH, BUT THANKFUL FOR OUR LIBRARY AND I MADE A SIGN THAT I WANNA SHOW YOU GUY. UM, WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE, UM, BUILT YET, BUT THAT'S OUR SIGN FOR THE, THE LIBRARY TO HANG UP WHEREVER YOU SEE FIT. YEAH. SO WE WILL BE COLLECTING THE LEADS THAT PEOPLE FILL OUT THAT THING THAT THEY'RE THANKFUL FOR. AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN USE THAT INFORMATION FOR GATHERING, UM, WHAT SERVICES ARE USEFUL AND WHAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY ENJOYING AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO THAT'S THE GOAL FOR THAT. AND IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I THINK I'M DONE. OH, THAT WAS AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR THAT TIME. I THINK THE PATRONS ARE GONNA LOVE FILLING OUT THOSE LEADS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR JESSICA? HOW LONG DID IT TAKE? OH, LIKE DAYS. THOSE LITTLE SQUARES ARE SO MUCH HARDER THAN I THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA BE WHEN I DREW THEM OUT. UM, EVERYTHING ELSE WENT PRETTY QUICKLY. WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND ALSO BEING THAT BRIDGE TO HBO FRIENDS. UM, I THINK IT'S, IT'S AMAZING THAT WE HAVE SUCH GREAT, LIKE, COHESION AND, AND WORKING SO WELL TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SUPPORT. OH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I TOLD YOU GUYS OR IF THAT WAS IN OUR REPORT. UM, WE NOW HAVE A STORAGE UNIT THAT WE CAN MOVE OUT OF THE HARRY POTTER CLOSET. WE ARE PLANNING TO KEEP SOME BOOKS IN THE HARRY POTTER CLOSET FOR A SECOND CHANCE BOOK SALE, BUT, UH, MOVING WHAT WE CAN TO CREATE SOME SPACE FOR YOU. LOVE THAT. JESSICA, DID YOU GUYS GET ALL YOUR BOARD POSITIONS FILLED OR ARE THERE STILL OPENINGS? WE TECHNICALLY STILL HAVE AN OPENING FOR TREASURER. WE HAVE HAD SOMEBODY THAT HAS VERBALLY AGREED TO FILL THE POSITION. OUR MEETING IS NOT UNTIL WEDNESDAY. OKAY. SO I AM PLANNING ON IT BEING FILLED TECHNICALLY ON WEDNESDAY. SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT, BUT, UM, I, I DON'T THINK WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING, BUT THAT MAY CHANGE IN A MONTH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, IF THERE, IF IT DOES CHANGE, LET US KNOW. WE CAN HELP ADVERTISE ANY OPENINGS YOU GUYS ARE UP. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THEN ON TO THE AGENDA ITEMS. NEXT THING, FIVE / ONE, APPROVE MINUTES FROM THE NINE / 21 / 26 AND THE 10 / FIVE MEETING. SO I'LL GIVE YOU GUYS A MINUTE TO EMAIL. THEY'RE NOT, I DIDN'T PRINT THEM OFF THOUGH. BUT YOU HAVE THE COPIES OVER THERE. DO YOU WANT TO PASS THOSE AROUND? YES, I CAN PASS THESE AROUND. DON'T WRITE ON THEM. THESE ARE ORIGINALS. IN CASE ANYONE WANTS TO TAKE A PEEK AT IT. ALL RIGHT. IF EVERYONE'S GOOD, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. KYLE PARKINSON MAKES A MOTION. [00:05:01] DO I HAVE A SECOND? JAMES SATLOCK SECONDS THE MOTION. ALL RIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? NO? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NONE. ALL RIGHT. SO MOTION PASSES 4-0. UM, AND JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, OUR, OUR QUORUM REQUIREMENTS ARE SMALLER THAN A TYPICAL BOARD, SO WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, CONVENE WITH THREE MEMBERS. WE HAVE FOUR PRESENCE, SO WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT. ALL RIGHT. CHAIR COMMENTS. I ACTUALLY SHOCKINGLY HAVE NONE. OH. SO THAT, THAT WAS EASY. ONTO THE LIBRARY REPORT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I WENT AHEAD AND PRINTED THAT OUT. THE ONLY REASON I DIDN'T INCLUDE IT WHEN I SENT THE EMAIL WITH EVERYTHING ELSE IS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THIS MEETING IS, LIKE, RIGHT, YOU KNOW, AT THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER, AND SO I WANTED TO HAVE ALL OF OCTOBER LISTED IN THERE. SO, UM, DO YOU WANT ME TO GIVE A COUPLE MINUTES FOR EVERYONE TO LOOK THROUGH OR DO YOU WANT ME TO KIND OF JUST GO THROUGH AND, AND SUMMARIZE? UH, THAT IS UP TO YOU GUYS. DO YOU WANT HER TO SUMMARIZE OR DO YOU WANT... OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO ON THE FRONT, YOU'LL SEE, UH, ONE OF THE REQUESTS LAST MEETING WAS, UM, TO DO YEAR OVER YEAR. SO, UM, I INCLUDED THAT HERE. UM, IF YOU D - IF YOU'RE JUST KIND OF LOOKING, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S NO, UM, THERE'S NO, LIKE, HUGE DEVIATIONS UNTIL WE GET TO THIS MONTH, OR TO OCTOBER. AND YOU'LL SEE, UM, ON THE NEXT PAGE, UM, THE SUMMARY OF ALL OF THE THINGS, UM, ALL OF THE PATTERNS, UH, THAT WE'RE SEEING. WELL, WE ARE EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT GROWTH, NOT JUST IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, BUT HERE IN THE LIBRARY AND ENGAGEMENT, UM, AND DEMAND FOR THE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER AND THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE REQUESTING THAT WE OFFER, UM, AND THE VALUE THAT IT DELIVERS TO RESIDENTS. UM, OCTOBER 2026 WASN'T JUST A GOOD MONTH. IT WAS AN AMAZING MONTH. UM, AND IT WAS VERY STRONG. UH, THE ONLY THING I CAN REALLY ATTRIBUTE THAT TO IS JUST AS WE CONTINUE, THERE'S, THERE'S, UM, MORE AND MORE AND MORE AND MORE AWARENESS. UM, AND SO AS WE SPREAD THE WORD, AS YOU GUYS ARE TALKING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, AS WE ARE TALKING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, IT JUST CONTINUES TO BUILD AND BUILD AND BUILD. AND SO MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING TO US. YOU'LL SEE FOR, UM, OCTOBER, UH, OF 26, WE OPENED 315 NEW CARDS, WHICH WAS, IS MORE THAN WHAT WE OPENED ON NATIONAL LIBRARY CARD SIGNUP MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. UH, AND SO THAT WAS WITHOUT, LIKE, A, LIKE, SUPER INITIATIVE ALL MONTH. SO THAT WAS EXCITING. UM, WE ALSO, UM, ARE, ARE TRYING REALLY HARD TO ADVERTISE THINGS LIKE FREE LIBRARY CARDS FOR HUDO BUSINESS OWNERS, UM, OR, UH, H... YEAH. HUDDLE ISD, UM, EMPLOYEES, NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE. HUDO ISD STUDENTS, UM, SAME FOR YOU CHECK. SO WE'RE TRYING TO ADVERTISE AND SPREAD THAT WORD SO PEOPLE KNOW. UH, WE ALSO HAVE DONE SIX OUTREACH EVENTS IN THE LAST, UH, TWO MONTHS, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER. AND, UH, SO THAT SIGNED UP QUITE A FEW PEOPLE AS WELL. SO, UM, YEAH, JUST BUILDING AWARENESS, I THINK, ATTRIBUTED TO THAT. UM, YOU CAN SEE THE YEAR-OVER-YEAR COMPARISON FROM OCTOBER 25 TO OCTOBER 26TH. WE'VE GOT A PLUS IN EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR TURNED AWAY. AND SO, UM, A LOT GOES INTO THAT. SO WE, WE TRIED TO ANTICIPATE WHEN SOMETHING IS GOING TO, UH, LIKE WE HAVE A LARGE, UH, GATHERING BY, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT OUR, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED OR HAVE COMMITTED TO GOING. UM, SOME OF, SOME THINGS ARE REGISTERED, SO YOU CAN TRACK IT THAT WAY, UM, AND THROUGH HOW TO CONNECT AS WELL. AND WE TRY TO GET THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS WHEN WE CAN. WE WERE LIMITED TO THAT IN OCTOBER BECAUSE OF EARLY VOTING. SO, UM, I WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF SURPRISED THE NUMBER WASN'T HIGHER. UM, SO THAT'S GOOD. UM, BUT THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE, UM, THAT WE USE OTHER SPACES TO MAKE UP FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVING TO TURN ANYBODY AWAY. LIKE, NOW THAT THE WEATHER IS GETTING A LITTLE BIT NICER OUT HERE ON THE, UM, THE LITTLE SIDE PORCH, IT'S COVERED. WE'LL BE USING THAT A LOT FOR THINGS. AND SO THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE'VE, UM, WE'VE TRIED TO MAKE NOT... BECAUSE WE HATE TURNING AWAY PEOPLE. IT'S THE WORST. UH, BUT WE ALSO HAVE BACKUP THINGS AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE AS WELL. SO IF, UH, THEY COME IN AND THEY DID MAKE IT TO STORY TIME AND WE HAVE SOME, A BACKUP ACTIVITY OR SUGGESTION FOR THEM TO DO. SO WE NEVER, LIKE, SAY, "SORRY," AND THEN THEY TURN AROUND AND LEAVE. LIKE WE, WE HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, WE USE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A CONNECTION, UM, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. UH, LET'S SEE. VISITOR TRAFFIC INCREASED BY 75%. UM, THIS IS ALSO OUR FIRST FULL MONTH WITH OUR NEW SENSOR SYSTEM. SO BEFORE, IT WAS [00:10:01] LIKE THIS, LITERALLY, LIKE OLD SCHOOL. AND WE STILL USE THAT FOR PROGRAMS, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE SENSOR, UM, THE SENSORS LAST YEAR, UM, WITHIN THE BUDGET, AND THEY TOOK A LONG TIME TO ORDER THEM AND, AND FOR IT TO CONFIGURE THEM AND THEN TO INSTALL THEM. BUT PART OF ME WONDERS IF THAT'S JUST, THAT WAS HUMAN ERROR THAT, THAT MAYBE, UH, WE DIDN'T, UH, CLICK EVERY SINGLE TIME, OR MAYBE THERE WAS SOMETHING LOST IN TRANSLATION. BUT EITHER WAY, THI- THIS NUMBER, WE CAN, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOLID BECAUSE, UH, WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT'S DOING THAT FOR US. UM, AND SO THAT IS EXCITING. UH, WE HAD 2,414 MORE VISITS IN OCTOBER 26TH THAN OCTOBER 25. UM, I THINK ALSO TOO, AS PEOPLE, UM, GET INVOLVED IN OTHER SPACES IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY'RE HEARING ABOUT THE LIBRARY. SO YOU HAD LET ME KNOW THAT, UM, THE CHAMBER, YOU HAD TALKED TO BILLY AND SHE HAD SAID SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW - LIKE A JOB FAIR. YEAH, LIKE A JOB FAIR. AND THEN I, AND SHE, LIKE, TURNED PEOPLE TO ME TO REACH OUT TO ME SO THAT WE CAN PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER. SO THAT'S, THAT SPREADS, UM, SO MUCH. AND, UM, IT'S REALLY GREAT TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT KNOW, UM, THAT WE'RE HERE FOR THAT VERY REASON. WE'VE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE REACH OUT AND TO TRY TO DO PROGRAMS. WE, UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY BOOKED ALL OF DECEMBER ALREADY. UM, AND SO, UH, WE MAY BE ABLE TO START BOOKING, LIKE, TWO MONTHS OUT, UM, WHICH IS AWESOME. UM, FIRST WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW, UH, LIBRARY CARDS, A 107.2 INCREASE. UM, AND IT, NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE NEW CARD HOLDERS, BUT WE HAVE FAMILIES WHO ARE TAKING UP THE, UM, WHEN WE OFFER FOR EVERYONE IN THE FAMILY TO HAVE THEIR OWN LIBRARY CARD. AND SO THE KIDS HAVE, IT, IT JUST, IT'S MORE BUY-IN, IT'S MORE OWNERSHIP. THEY LOVE COMING TO THE REGISTER WITH THEIR LIBRARY CARD AND GETTING TO CHECK OUT. SO THAT HAS INCREASED AS WELL. UH, STUDY ROOMS, THEY'RE ALWAYS BEING USED. UM, AND IN FACT, WE'VE USED THEM A TON. THE CITY HAS USED THEM A TON RECENTLY BECAUSE OF COUNCIL CHAMBERS BEING USED FOR, UM, EARLY VOTING. SO WE'VE HAD OTHER CITIES, OTHER CITIZENS UNIVERSITY IN THERE. WE HAD, LIKE, A, A MEDICARE, UM, GROUP THAT CAME AND WAS TALKING TO CITY EMPLOYEES THAT WE PUT IN THERE. AND SO IT'S BEEN USED A LOT, UM, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE I'M LIKE, "YEAH, MORE PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY CAN, THEY CAN USE IT." UM, OUR CIRCULATION MATERIALS INCREASED. I THINK THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH OUR NEW COLLECTIONS THAT WE HAVE AND HOW WE'RE LAUNCHING THOSE AND REALLY MAKING THOSE A PRIORITY. UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, LIZ, WHO IS AMAZING, WHO DOES AMAZING DISPLAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE KIND OF SLEEP WHEN THEY COME IN THIS DOOR, THEY'LL SEE, LIKE, HER DISPLAYS AND THEY'LL GO THERE FIRST. AND, UM, SHE'S ALWAYS UPDATING THEM. UM, AND SO I THINK THAT'S HELPING TOO WITH THE, THE MATERIALS BEING CIRCULATED. ALL RIGHT. OH, WE WENT UP BY THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT SAVED BY PATRONS. UM, AND THAT'S JUST BASED ON IF THEY WERE TO BUY EITHER THE BOOK OR THE, UM, THE AUDIOBOOK OR EBOOK. UM, SO, UH, UP $16,847, UM, MORE THAN OCTOBER 2025. UH, NEW MATERIALS, UM, I THINK I TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME. WE HAVE A TIMELINE THAT WE USE SO THAT WE'RE NOT BUYING EVERYTHING AT THE BEGINNING. WE KEEP IT PRETTY, UM, YOU KNOW, SPREAD OUT BETWEEN, UM, THE, THE 12 MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR, AND WE ALSO DIVIDE IT BY, UM, TYPE, LIKE, GENRE AND AGE GROUP. AND SO WE, WE TRY TO KEEP IT CONSISTENT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA GET, LIKE, A WHOLE BUNCH OF ADULT NONFICTION AND THEN WE DON'T GET ANY, YOU KNOW, CHILDREN'S NONFICTION. SO WE TRY TO KEEP IT PRETTY, UH, CONSISTENT. UM, AUGUST TO OCTOBER TREND, UM, THE MONTHLY LIBRARY VISITOR TOTALS SHOW A CONSISTENT MONTH OVER MONTH GROWTH, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, THAT WE ARE. IT'S LIKE A THREE KAJILLION. FOR- FORGET THAT. UM, REGISTRATIONS REMAIN STEADY, UM, BEFORE A SUBSTANTIAL OCTOBER INCREASE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS EITHER. UM, SEVERAL TRENDS. UM, WE INCREASED EVERY MONTH FOR VISITORS, OF COURSE. NEW CARDS WENT UP. UH, PROGRAMS DID INCREASE. WE USUALLY TAKE A BREAK, UM, IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER BY BREAK. I MEAN, WE STILL HAVE, LIKE, 35 PROGRAMS, BUT, UH, WE KINDA GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK TO THE STAFF BECAUSE WE, WE GO SUPER HARD, UH, FOR, UM, SUMMER. UH, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF BACK UP, UM, TO OUR 45 TO 50. UM, STUDY ROOMS HAVE INCREASED. I THINK, AGAIN, THAT'S JUST WITH SPREADING THE WORD THAT WE HAVE THEM AVAILABLE. UH, [00:15:01] CIRCULATION, OF COURSE, HAS INCREASED. UM, NEW MATERIALS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN OCTOBER. THE REASON THEY, THEY, THEY, UM, THEY WENT UP IS BECAUSE THOSE MATERIALS WERE ACTUALLY PURCHASED IN SEPTEMBER, AND THEN THEY WERE ENTERED INTO THE CATALOG IN OCTOBER. SEPTEMBER'S THE LAST MONTH OF OUR FISCAL YEAR. AND SO WE, WE SPENT EVERYTHING, RIGHT? UH, WE, WE ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH AND LOOKED AT ALL OF THE ILL REQUESTS FOR THE WHOLE YEAR, UH, FISCAL YEAR TO SEE WHAT BOOKS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED MORE THAN ONE TIME. SO THOSE WERE PART OF THE ORDER, YOU KNOW, THAT WE DID. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE DID AN INVENTORY ON ALL OF THE BOOKS THAT WERE DAMAGED SO BADLY, WE COULD NOT PUT THEM BACK ON THE SHELF, AND THEN ORDER, UM, NEW COPIES OF THOSE BOOKS. SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHY THAT, THAT WENT UP. UM, I HATE THE TURNED AWAY, UM, STATISTIC, BUT I THINK IT TELLS A STORY. I THINK IT, IT SHOWS WE ARE AT CAPACITY AND THEN SOME. UM, IT IS A GREAT PROBLEM TO HAVE. WE'RE VERY THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE COMING IN. WE JUST DON'T WANNA CONTINUE FOR THAT. WE DON'T WANT THAT NUMBER TO CONTINUE AND CONTINUE TO GO UP. I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN A LITTLE STRAINED BECAUSE OF EARLY VOTING OVER HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, SO HOPEFULLY WHENEVER WE MEET NEXT MONTH, THAT WILL HAVE LEVELED ITSELF OUT A BIT MORE. UM, BUT ANY IDEAS THAT YOU HAVE FOR THAT, UM, I'M, I'M WILLING TO LISTEN TO. UM, I LOVE HOW IT SAYS, "IS THE LIBRARY'S PHYSICAL CAPACITY BEGINNING TO LIMIT ITS ABIL- ABILITY TO SERVE A GROWING COMMUNITY?" THE ANSWER, OF COURSE, IS YES, BUT NOT IN THE QUALITY. AND I STICK FIRM TO THAT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE, UH, WONDERFUL PROGRAMS AND WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIPS. UM, AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY, THOSE WILL ALWAYS BE STRONG. UM, YOU CAN SEE THE SAVINGS, UH, FOR EACH OF, UM, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, AND OCTOBER 2026. AND BY, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER I SAY THAT, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL S - WELL, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE. SOME PEOPLE WILL SAY, "WELL, THAT'S JUST RIDICULOUS. LIKE NO ONE'S GONNA SPEND THAT MUCH MONEY." BUT THE REALITY IS THAT PEOPLE DO ORDER OFF OF AMAZON OR THEY GO TO BARNES & NOBLE OR WHATEVER. AND SO, NO, WE, NONE OF US PROBABLY PURCHASE EVERY SINGLE BOOK THAT WE READ, BUT IF YOU DID, THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD SAVE. AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S A, ALSO A REMINDER THAT THE LIBRARY, YOU GET A TON OF VALUE BACK, YOU KNOW? I THINK IT WAS, UM, EVERY DOLLAR THAT WAS SPENT, YOU GET $5, UM, IN RETURN BASED ON EDUCATION, UH, NETWORKING, UM, KNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW, ALL KINDS OF, ALL KINDS OF FACTORS, SO. KRISTEN, SOME, ANOTHER WAY TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT IT IS THOSE DOLLARS ARE THEN FREED UP TO MAKE AN, A LOCAL IMPACT. SO IF I'M NOT BUYING BOOKS, I HAVE MORE MONEY TO BUY SOMETHING IN CREATIVE TOUCH OR ANOTHER, I GUESS IT'S THE GENERAL STORE, BUT ANOTHER LOCAL BUSINESS THAT PERHAPS THOSE DOLLARS WOULDN'T BE AVAILABLE OTHERWISE HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE LIBRARY AS RESOURCED. THANK YOU. UM, SO THE TALKING POINTS, UH, THIS IS WHAT I'M MOVING FORWARD WITH AS FAR AS LIKE I HAD A DEPARTMENT TEAM MEETING THIS MORNING, UM, WE GET TOGETHER ONCE A MONTH AND THEN I'LL HAVE MEETINGS WITH MY SUPERVISOR EVERY WEEK. THESE ARE GONNA BE MY TALKING POINTS, UH, FOR THOSE MEETINGS. UM, WE KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY DEMAND IS GROWING, NOT JUST BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY IS GROWING PHYSICALLY, BUT ALSO BECAUSE THE, THE AWARENESS HAS BUILT. AND SO THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE AND THEY KNOW THAT WE, UH, WE LOVE FEEDBACK AND WE LOVE, YOU KNOW, NEW IDEAS AND MOST OF THE TIME WE'LL SAY YES. UM, AND SO PEOPLE ARE REACHING OUT MORE AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE INTERACTING MORE, UM, AND TELLING US WHAT THEY NEED. UM, THE LIBRARY IS BUILDING ITS USER BASE. SO, UM, MEANING NOT ONLY DO WE WANT TO SIGN PEOPLE UP FOR LIBRARY CARDS, WE WANT THEM TO CONTINUOUSLY USE OUR SERVICES AND CONTINUOUSLY LEARN ABOUT NEW SERVICES. SO, UM, IT'S REALLY LIKE SOMETIMES WHEN SOMEBODY, UM, SIGNS UP FOR A CARD, YOU WANNA TELL THEM ALL THE THINGS, RIGHT? YOU GIVE THEM THE BROCHURE AND YOU WANNA TELL THEM EVERYTHING. WE STARTED REALLY HIGHLIGHTING A COUPLE OF THINGS, AND THEN WHEN WE SEE THEM AGAIN, WE MIGHT SAY, "HEY, DID YOU, DID YOU, UH, USE LIBBY? WERE YOU ABLE TO GET THAT DOWNLOADED ONTO YOUR KINDLE?" YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF STUFF, UM, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO ROLL OUT EVEN MORE. ANOTHER IDEA THAT I HAVE, AND MAYBE I'LL FIND TIME TO DO IT, UM, IN 2027, BUT, UM, HAVING LITTLE, UH, SCREENCAST VIDEOS FOR HOW TO ACCESS EACH OF OUR ONLINE, UM, RESOURCES IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. UM, JUST SOME, LIKE, A SNIPPET, LIKE, NOT A FIVE-MINUTE HOW-TO, BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 30 SECONDS, UM, AND MAYBE THAT WILL HELP INCREASE, UM, USERS, UH, FOR THOSE THINGS AS WELL. UM, TRADITIONAL LIBRARY SERVICES REMAINING RELEVANT AND THAT TRADITIONAL IN THE LIBRARY WORLD MEANS CHECKING OUT BOOKS, UM, DOING THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, OH, AND THEN, BUT THEN IT'S A COMMUNITY RESOURCE BEYOND BOOKS. WE TALK ABOUT THIS EVERY SINGLE MONTH, UM, AND ALL OF THE WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN USE, UH, THE LIBRARY. [00:20:02] UH, DELIVERS MEASURABLE ECONOMIC VALUE. UM, I THINK THEY'VE ALREADY, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE $88,000, UH, IN OCTOBER, BUT THIS IS KIND OF WHAT THIS IS GONNA FOCUS ME. SO WHEN I'M HAVING CONVERSATIONS, LIKE, IF I RUN INTO A COUNCIL MEMBER OR IF I HAVE SOMEBODY FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT COMES IN AND WANTS TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT OUR LIBRARY DOES, THIS IS SORT OF MY ELEVATOR PITCH FOR, UM, AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT MONTH, UH, SO THAT I CAN TONE MYSELF AND FOCUS MYSELF ON, ON A FEW POINTS. UM, I HAVEN'T, UM, ADDED PROGRAM ATTENDANCE IN THIS. I, I PUT NUMBER OF PROGRAMS AND NUMBER OF VISITS, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT PROGRAM ATTENDANCE ISN'T THE SAME AS LIBRARY VISITS. MM-HMM. AND SO I'M, I, I SEE THAT THAT'S A, THAT'S A WHOLE, AND SO I'M GONNA BE ADDING THAT, UM, FOR FUTURE. UM, WE DON'T HAVE WAIT LISTS, UM, BUT WE DO, UM, A MUCH BETTER JOB NOW OF, UH, PUTTING OUT WHAT'S AT CAPACITY, OR IF WE HAVE REGISTRATION PROCESS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS FULL, WE'VE TRIED TO DO THINGS LIKE MAKE SURE THAT WE BOOK SOMEBODY FOR TWO SESSIONS INSTEAD OF ONE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE ONE SESSION THAT WILL FILL UP REALLY QUI- QUICK, AND THEN WE'LL STILL HAVE A SESSION THAT WE CAN KIND OF ADD TO AS THE TIME, UH, GOES ON. WE HAVE, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING OUR, UM, FACEBOOK POSTS WHICH WE LOVE, BUT WE'LL LITERALLY PUT THE POST ABOUT THE EVENT WITH THE REGISTRATION, AND THEN I'LL CHECK IT AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND WE ALREADY GOT A BUNCH OF, UH, PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP, SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS. UM, AND I GUESS THE SHORTENED VERSION OF THOSE, THOSE POINTS, MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING THROUGH THE DOORS, MORE PEOPLE ARE BECOMING LIBRARY CARD HOLDERS, MORE MATERIALS ARE CIRCULATING, MORE PROGRAMS ARE BEING OFFERED, MORE PEOPLE ARE USING STUDY SPACES, MORE MATERIALS ARE BEING A - BEING ADDED, AND MORE ECONOMIC VALUE IS BEING DELIVERED TO RESIDENTS. SO, UM, AND I LIKE THIS LAST THING. NOW, OF COURSE, I USED, UM, CHATGPT TO SUMMARIZE ALL THE PATTERNS, BUT, UM, A LIBRARY SUCCESS SHOULD NOT BE MEASURED EXCLUSIVELY BY HOW MANY BOOKS IT CIRCULATES. IT SHOULD BE MEASURED BY HOW EFFECTIVELY IT SERVES THE EDUCATIONAL, INFORMATIONAL, RECREATIONAL, TECHNOLOGICAL, AND, UM, SOCIAL NEEDS OF ITS COMMUNITY. AND SO, UM, JUST CONTINUING TO BRING THAT AWARENESS, UM, TO PEOPLE. 'CAUSE WE, OF COURSE, STILL DO GET PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHEN I DID, UM, AN OUTREACH EVENT, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT BEING LIBRARY CARDS, THEY WERE LIKE, "WHY DO WE NEED LIFE CARDS BEYOND THE SCHOOL LIBRARY?" SO JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, BUILDING THAT AWARENESS AND, AND, UM, FINDING OPPORTUNITIES TO TALK ABOUT OUR SERVICES. I'M SORRY. BE ASSISTANT. I WRAPPED UP. YES. OKAY. SORRY. SO NOVEMBER IS A WEIRD MONTH FOR US. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF EITHER LATE OPENINGS OR CLOSURES, AND SO I WANTED TO GO OVER THOSE WITH YOU GUYS. WE HAVE SIGNS ALREADY OUT, AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WE PUT SIGNAGE AS WELL. UM, I'VE ASKED THEM TO DOUBLE UP ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, UM, SO THAT WE'RE NOT JUST POSTING ONE TIME AND THAT'S IT, BUT MAYBE A FEW TIMES. UM, WE'RE NOT OPENING TILL 2:00 ON NOVEMBER THE 6TH SO THAT THE WHOLE LIBRARY STAFF CAN GO OVER TO UTEC AND DO THE CITY'S, UM, THANKSGIVING BANQUET TOGETHER. UM, IN PAST YEARS, WE'VE DONE, LIKE, THE FIRST PART OF IT AND THEN RIGHT, COME BACK TO THE LIBRARY SUPER QUICK. UM, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE GET TO BE THERE FOR THE WHOLE TIME AND THAT WE MAKE THAT A PRIORITY. UM, NOVEMBER 9TH, UM, SO EVERY SECOND MONDAY, WE OPEN AT 11:00, UH, SO THAT WE CAN DO OUR TEAM MEETING FROM 9:00 TO 11:00. AND SO, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S A MONTHLY THING. UM, THE 14TH, UM, IS THE TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL IN AUSTIN. IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS IN THE HALLWAY WORLD. UM, IT'S A SATURDAY, SUNDAY SITUATION, UH, BUT I TAKE THE WHOLE STAFF ON SATURDAY. SO WE CLOSE DOWN HERE, BUT WE GO THERE, AND WE HAVE, UM, ESSENTIALLY, WE TALK ABOUT EXPECTATIONS. UM, EVERYONE'S KIND OF GOING TO THEIR OWN SESSIONS BASED ON WHAT THEIR ROLE IS OR WHAT THEIR INTEREST IS. WE'VE ALSO COMMUNICATED SO WE DON'T OVERLAP A WHOLE BUNCH EITHER. AND THEN AT THE MEETING IN DECEMBER, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME TIME TO, FOR ALL OF US TO KIND OF SHARE OUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE'VE LEARNED OR, UM, THINGS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT HERE. SO, AND THEN, UH, WE'RE CLOSED FOR THANKSGIVING THE 26TH, 27TH, AND 28TH. UM, THE, THE IMLS GRANT, UM, SO WE WERE CALLED BY A UNT PROFESSOR WHO IS, UM, IN THE LIBRARY SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SCIENCE, UM, SCHOOL OVER THERE. AND SHE IS DOING A, SHE'S, SHE'S APPLIED FOR A GRANT, UM, TO STUDY AI TEACHING IN LIBRARIES AND HOW WE DO THAT IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY, UM, WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL, NOT JUST WHAT'S GREAT AND WONDERFUL AND ALL THAT, BUT ALSO HELPING PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S DANGEROUS, LIKE, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS TO LOOK FOR? HOW CAN I USE IT IN MY JUST [00:25:01] NORMAL EVERYDAY LIFE? HOW CAN I, UM, USE IT IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS? SO HAVING, LIKE, A VERY WELL-ROUNDED SORT OF AI, UH, PROGRAM. WE ALREADY HAVE HAD LOTS OF AI, UM, SESSIONS HERE ALREADY, AND SO SHE REACHED OUT BECAUSE SHE SAID, UM, SHE HAD TO PICK FIVE LIBRARIES, UH, NATIONALLY THAT SHE WANTED TO TRACK IT WITH THIS GRANT. UM, AND SO WE WOULD BE, UH, SOMEONE THAT WOULD BE, UM, PART OF THAT STUDY. WHAT WE WOULD GET IS, UM, THEY WOULD USE THE, THEIR ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR US TO USE WITH PEOPLE WHO COME TO OUR AI PROGRAMS AND JUST TURNING THOSE IN. UM, THEY'LL PAY FOR, UH, ME TO GO TO, UM, THEY DIDN'T SAY IT WAS TLA OR ALA, BUT ONE OF THE TWO, UH, CONFERENCES, UH, TO PRESENT, UM, ON BEHALF OF, LIKE, WHAT WE FIND IS THREE-YEAR STUDY. SO THIS IS, LIKE, THREE YEARS AGO. WOW. UM, BUT, UM, I, I REALLY WANTED TO BRAG ON THAT BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL OF, EVERYTHING WE DO IN LIBRARY IS A TEAM EFFORT. LIKE, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY SAY IT'S ON SOMEONE'S JOB DESCRIPTION, WE'RE ALL KIND OF, LIKE, ALL HANDS ON DECK KIND OF SITUATION. AND, UM, SHE, THE LI - THE, THE PROFESSOR, UM, SHE, SHE TOLD ME TO CALL HER PROFESSOR ANNIE. UH, ANYWAY, UM, SHE SAID, ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, SHE SAID, "I LOOKED AT YOUR LIBRARY. I KNOW WHAT YOUR, UM, SIZE IS. I KNOW WHAT YOUR LOCATION IS. I KNOW WHAT YOUR POPULATION IS AND YOUR DEMOGRAPHICS." AND SHE SAID, "YOU GUYS REALLY STOOD OUT NATIONALLY," WHICH WAS, WAS SUCH A GOOD FEELING TO, UM, TO HEAR THAT, UH, FOR REALLY KIND OF GETTING IN THERE AND DOING ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT, UM, YOU KNOW, AREAS OF INTEREST, NOT JUST, JUST STORY TIME OR JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE, WE, WE KIND OF HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT EVERY MONTH. UM, AND SO SHE WAS, UH, VERY IMPRESSED BY THAT. SO THAT WAS REALLY NICE TO HEAR. WELL, YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD, AND NOT JUST YOU, THE WHOLE STAFF SHOULD BE VERY PROUD THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE THAT IS NOT EVEN HERE RECOGNIZES THE EXCEPTIONALISM THAT HAPPENS IN THE LIBRARY. YES, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE SHE SAID, "IS IT TRUE THAT YOU HAVE SEVEN PEOPLE ON STAFF?" AND I SAID, "YES." AND SHE WAS LIKE, "I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE DOING IT." I SAID, "WELL, WE DO IT AND WE DO IT WELL." SO, UM, ANYWAY, I'LL LET YOU GUYS KNOW IF WE DO, IF THAT GRANT DOES GET PICKED UP, AND THEN WE'LL BE PART OF THAT FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM. AND FOR THE TLA SUMMER AT THE LIBRARY GRANT, WHAT, WHAT IS THAT? OH, UM, WE WOULD, WE WOULD LIKE SOME ASSISTANCE, UM, IN WRITING THAT GRANT, UM, FOR NEXT YEAR. THE DUE DATE, UM, I CAN SEND ALL OF THIS INFORMATION OUT LATER, UM, BUT, UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, ASSISTING WITH GRANTS, UM, SO I'D LOVE TO TAKE YOU UP ON THAT. UM, WE WROTE SIX LAST FISCAL YEAR, AND WE, WE DID RECEIVE ALL SIX. UM, WE ARE... IT'S HARD TO WRITE THESE GRANTS AND DO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, SO WE CAN DEFINITELY USE SOME HELP. WE HAVE GOTTEN THE TLA SUMMER GRANT, UM, EVERY YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. AND, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR, WE GOT IT TO GIVE AWAY FREE BOOKS, UM, DURING OUR PROGRAMS OVER THE SUMMER. AND NOT JUST ANY BOOKS, BUT, LIKE, BOOKS IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND, AND, AND DIFFERENT FORMATS AND ALL THAT STUFF. SO, UM, IF YOU'RE JUST LET ME KNOW, UM, AND I'LL GIVE Y'ALL BEATS ON THAT ONE. I DEFINITELY AM INTERESTED. UM, EVEN THOUGH I REVIEW GRANTS, I DON'T WRITE A TON OF THEM, BUT I KNOW WHAT GRANT MAKERS ARE LOOKING FOR. SO I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE OUT OF THAT. YEAH. THANK YOU, JADE. ANY QUESTIONS, WONDERINGS, PONDERINGS? I HAD ONE. UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE WAY YOU WERE COUNTING VISITORS CHANGED THIS MONTH? YES. IS THAT ACCURATE? SO WE WENT FROM A MANUAL PITCH COUNTER TO ACTUAL LOB - COULD THAT ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THIS CHANGE? MM-HMM. OF JUST THE VARIANCE BETWEEN HAND COUNTING AND HAVING IT AUTOMATED. YES. I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT WAS THE FIRST THING MY BRAIN WENT TO WHEN I DID THE JUMP. UM, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE GREAT, LIKE, IT'S ME THAT'S THE BAD ONE. SO WHEN I'M COVERING SOMEONE'S SHIFT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO LEAVE OR SOMETHING, IT'S ALWAYS ME THAT DOESN'T, UH, HIT THE THING. BUT, UM, I THINK IT PROBABLY IS MAYBE ONE OF THE REASONS. UM, BUT WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF TRAFFIC TOO BECAUSE OF THE VOTING BEING HERE AS WELL. SO THAT'S BEEN A PLUS FOR US, BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL COME HERE AND THEY'RE LIKE, "OH, WELL, THERE'S THE LIBRARY OVER THERE. LET ME GO THERE AFTER I GO VOTE." AND THEN THEY'LL COME IN AND GET A CARD OR WHATEVER. SO THAT, THAT'S HAPPENED TOO. BUT YES, I THINK GOING TO THE, UM, THE SENSORS, YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE MORE ACCURATE. AND ALSO BEING FULLY STAFFED, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE HAD VACANCIES THAT WE WERE WAITING TO FILL, RIGHT? MM-HMM. SO I THINK ALL THOSE THINGS COMBINED. IT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT NOVEMBER LOOKS LIKE. YEAH, THAT'S. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE, UH, KRISTEN TO BRING BACK? OR I KNOW THAT SHE'S [00:30:01] CONTINUOUSLY KIND OF REFINING HER LIBRARY REPORT. WE FIND THIS IS THE SORT OF INFORMATION WE'RE LOOKING FOR. ARE THERE ANY OTHER DATA POINTS THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL? THAT'S GREAT. YEAH, IT IS VERY DATA RICH. AND SO THE CHALLENGE TO US IS THAT WE NEED TO BE INTENTIONAL IN, IN USING THAT, THAT DATA THAT SHE'S COLLECTING FOR US. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE, LIKE, PROGRAM ATTENDANCE BY EVENT, UH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD HELP US ALSO BETTER UNDERSTAND, LIKE, WHAT ARE THE HIGH TRAFFIC, HIGH DEMAND SORTS OF PROGRAMS, LIKE REPTILE GUY, OR WHAT IS THE OTHER ONE? AND LIKE TODAY, THE, THE STORY TIME WITH THE PUPPY, THERE WASN'T ANYBODY BUT - WELL, THERE WAS. OH, ONE. SHE SAID THERE WAS ONLY ONE PERSON. WELL, SHE DIDN'T COUNT THE FAMILY THAT CAME IN AT THE END. THERE WAS MORE. OKAY. BUT YEAH, BUT THEN THE WEEK OR THE MONTH BEFORE THAT, WE HAD LIKE 12 PEOPLE. RIGHT. SO IT JUST, YEAH. WELL, THANK YOU, KRISTEN. THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL. VERY INFORMATIVE. KYLE, IT IS YOUR TURN. SO AS THE BOARD SHOULD BE AWARE, I WAS, UH. I WAS VOLUNTEERING. I VOLUNTEERED TO FILL IN AND REPRESENT US ON THE 150TH COMMITTEE. UH, WE'VE SEEN THAT THAT IS COMING UP ON NOVEMBER 14TH. WE ARE BASICALLY AT THE END OF, UH, THAT BOARD IN THAT COMMISSION. UH, JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THE DETAILS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF IT. UH, IT WILL BE ON NOVEMBER 14TH BETWEEN THREE AND 80. UH, WE HAVE PLACARDS WITH THE HISTORY OF HUDDLE THAT SHOULD BE PLACED AROUND LITTLE DISPLAYS. I THINK THEY'RE SIX FOOT DISPLAYS BY THREE FOOT, AND THEY'LL HAVE A WEALTH OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE HISTORY OF HUDDLE AND ALL THE DIFFERENT FAMILIES FOUNDED HERE. CAME HERE FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT CULTURES AND EVERYTHING SHAPED UP, AND WE'RE EXPECTING THAT TO BE ON THE WALK-IN. UH, A LOT OF THIS STILL IS IN FLUX, SO I'M JUST GONNA GIVE US SOME HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT. THE IDEA IS YOU WALK IN AND YOU PASS THESE, THESE DISPLAYS THAT WILL GIVE YOU THE HISTORY OF HUDDLE. UH, AFTERWARDS, I BELIEVE THE HOOKIE VOLUNTEERED TO HAVE THEM ON DISPLAY AT THEIR LOCATION. THERE'S SOME THERE RIGHT NOW, I THINK. YEAH. SO YOU CAN GO AND CHECK THOSE OUT AS WELL, UM, WHICH I THOUGH WAS REALLY COOL. WE HAVE A TON OF BUSINESSES, A LOT OF FOOD, UH, SHOULD HAVE BOUNCE HOUSES. WE'VE MADE A CUSTOM COLORING BOOK FOR ALL THE KIDS. THE FIRST HUNDRED MIGHT BE 150, AGAIN, DETAILS AND FLUX. UH, PEOPLE WHO C - ATTEND, WHO ARE WALKED THROUGH THE DOORS WILL RECEIVE A SPECIAL SWAG BAG WITH LOTS OF 150 OF, UH, STUFF, COZIES, MAGNETS, UH, COLLECTIBLE CHALLENGE COIN, UM, ALL SORTS OF STUFF LIKE THAT. AND WHEN THE FESTIVITIES KICK OFF, WE HAVE, I THINK IT'S THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, BOTH THEIR ORCHESTRAS WILL BE PERFORMING, GOT THEIR COLOR GUARD GOING, AND THEN WE'LL TRANSITION INTO LIVE MUSIC. UH, AND THAT WILL GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE EVENT WITH FOOD AND VENDORS AND EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE, UH, UP UNTIL ABOUT 7:00, WHICH IS WHEN WE WILL CAP IT ALL OFF WITH SOME FIREWORKS. OH, MAN, THAT'S GONNA BE AWESOME. SO HOPEFULLY IT'S A BIG DEAL. WE'RE EXPECTING OR HOPING FOR AROUND TWO TO 3,000 PEOPLE. UM, WE'RE STILL DEBATING SHUTTLES AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD BE THERE. BUT, UH, YEAH, WE ARE, UH, MOVING QUICKLY. UH, THERE'S A VOLUNTEER SHEET THAT HAS BEEN FLYING AROUND AND I'M KEEPING AN EYE ON IT, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE MOST THINGS ARE FILLED. BUT IF WE MIGHT NEED MORE HELP, I WAS GONNA SUGGEST MAYBE REACHING OUT TO THE OTHER BOARDS, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE MEMBERS REPRESENTING ALL THE BOARDS, UH, BUT TO FILL IN AND THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IT IN SMALL CHUNKS OF PEOPLE WHO DO VOLUNTEER AND STILL ENJOY THE EVENT. UH, BUT IF THAT SOUNDS INTERESTING OR FUN TO ANYONE LISTENING, COME ON AND NOVEMBER 14TH BETWEEN THREE DAYS. THIS HAS BEEN MY PRESENTATION. NAILED IT. ALSO, IN, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FOUNDING FATHERS, OR FOUN - SORRY, FOUNDING FAMILIES, UM, ON THE 15TH, SUNDAY, THE DAY AFTER THE 150TH AT SNUFFY'S, I WANNA SAY AT 10 O'CLOCK, THEY'RE UNVEILING A MURAL. SO IT'S GONNA BE ON THE SIDE OF SNUFFY'S. SO THAT WOULD ALSO BE SOMETHING NEAT TO, TO SEE. AND HOPEFULLY SOME OF THE FOUNDING FAMILIES WILL BE THERE AS WELL, LIKE VISITING IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THIS. I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A LABOR OF LOVE AND YOU HAVE REPRESENTED US SO WELL. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE HOW IT COMES TOGETHER. THE COMMUNITY IS SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT. IT'S GONNA BE GREAT, SO. HE'S HOPING. YEAH. THERE'S STILL SO MUCH TO DO. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? THE UNIVERSE ALWAYS TAKES CARE OF THINGS, RIGHT? IT'S ALL GONNA COME TOGETHER. IT'S GONNA HAPPEN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. IT'S TRUE. HOPEFULLY THE WEATHER'S GOOD, SO. MM. THAT WAS A BIG DEBATE WHEN WE SET THE TAPE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR KYLE? LIKE IF YOU WANT TO DRILL HIM ON DETAILS, FACTS OF KIND OF HISTORY? PROBABLY GIVE YOU SOME [00:35:01] OF THAT. PAID ATTENTION DURING SOME OF KYLE IS ON THE COMMITTEE AS WELL, AND HE'S PART OF THE HISTORY, THE PRESERVATION COMMITTEE. AND THEY, UH, THEY DO, FOR A WHILE THEY WERE DOING PRESENTATIONS BEFORE EVERY SINGLE MEETING WHERE IT WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAME TO BE. UH, APPARENTLY DO NOT BRING UP THE HIPPO, LOOSE AND HUDDLE. THERE IS NO FACTUAL EVIDENCE THIS EVER HAPPENED. IT'S A BIG TALL THING. STOP IT. SO THEY SAID WE, WE KNOW THAT TELEGRAPH WENT OUT, BUT THEY COULDN'T PLACE THE CIRCUS THAT WOULD'VE BEEN HERE AT THE TIME OR ANY TRAIN THAT WOULD'VE HAD THOSE ANIMALS ON IT, SO. I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF, YOU KNOW, COME ON GUYS. LET IT LIVE. SPECIFICALLY ON THAT. UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO LOOKING YET TO SEE THOSE, THOSE BIG PANELS, THEY ARE REALLY WELL DONE. AND SO EVEN IF YOU DON'T WANNA CATCH A MOVIE, GO WALK THROUGH THERE AND, AND SEE THEM. I'M JUST SO IMPRESSED WITH THE QUALITY OF ARTIFACTS THAT ARE BEING PUT OUT. LIKE THE COMMUNITY IS GONNA BE REALLY PROUD OF THAT WORK. YEAH. AND THEY'RE, I THINK IF THEY'RE NOT ALL ON DISPLAY THERE, WE ALSO HAVE THREE MORE THAT ARE COMING FOR THE EVENT ITSELF THAT SHOULD BE MAILED THERE TOO. OKAY. SO SHOULD BE A GOOD GLIMPSE OF THE HISTORY BECAUSE I THINK IF THEY PRIMARILY FOCUS ON THE FIRST 30 YEARS OF THE 150, UM - AND I THINK THE ROTARY CLUB ALSO HAS HISTORICAL MARKERS- MARKERS. PUTTING OUT AROUND THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. YEAH. THERE ARE GOING TO BE HISTORICAL MARKERS THAT ARE GOING UP. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT ENDED UP ONCE IT SORT OF WENT INTO THE ROTARY CLUB. UH-HUH. BEING INVOLVED, IT KIND OF JUST FELL ON A PRIORITY OF WHAT WE, WE PAID FOR OUR HALF. YEAH. THEY'RE HANDLING ALL THE REST OF IT OF THE RIGHT OF WAY AND LOGISTICS OF ACTUALLY INSTALLING, INSTALLING THE MARKERS. WELL, THANK YOU. SEEMS LIKE YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT IT THAN I DO. WHY DID I DO IT? THAT'S NOT TRUE. YOU NEED THE, THE IMPORTANT STUFF. I JUST NEED SOME EXTRAS. ALL RIGHT. WELL, ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT ONE? NO. OKAY. THANKS AGAIN FOR REPRESENTING US SO WELL. 5-5, DISCUSSION ABOUT ANY UPDATES OR IDEAS ON HBO LINKEDIN ACCOUNT. THE LAST TIME WE MET, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WAS, UM, GETTING SOME INSIGHT IN WHAT THE POLICY IS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND LIKE OUR ABILITY TO LIKE... I'M, I'M CERTAIN THAT WE'RE HAPPY TO SUPPORT IN THAT. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IS THAT THAT WAS WE'RE NOT CITY EMPLOYEES AND THIS IS A, AN APPROVED COMMUNICATION METHOD. AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS ALLOWABLE. YES. WELL, BACK TO COMMS, ABBY AND COMBS, UM, LINKEDIN IS, UM, IS USABLE. IT'S ACTUALLY, WE HAVE THIS PROGRAM CALLED FOOD SUITE THAT TAKES ALL OF OUR SOCIALS SO WE CAN MAKE A POST AND WE CAN PUT IT OUT OR WHATEVER. AND COMMS ACTUALLY GOES IN AND, UM, APPROVES ALL OF THOSE POSTS WHERE THEY ACTUALLY, UM, GET OUR SOCIALS. UH, SO I DID ALREADY CREATE THE, UH, PUBLIC LIBRARY, UM, LINKEDIN PAGE AND I'VE DONE A COUPLE OF, UM, POSTS JUST TO KIND OF TEST THE WATERS. UM, BUT HERE'S THE THING. SO I ASKED HER IF WE, I COULD HA - IF, BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A COMMITTEE, RIGHT? LIKE OF AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE. MM-HMM. UM, SHE SAID, "IT'S TOTALLY FINE TO DO THE SUBCOMMITTEE WITH THE TWO PEOPLE, BUT I'M GONNA BE THE ONLY ONE THAT'S GONNA BE ALLOWED TO POST ON IT." OKAY. SO THE SUBCOMMITTEE CAN DO THINGS LIKE DECIDE ON TONE AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT LAST MEETING WAS ONE SINGLE VOICE TO KEEP THE CONSISTENCY. SO THE SUBCOMMITTEE CAN, CAN DECIDE ON THAT TONE, CAN DECIDE ON, UM, SORT OF LIKE MAYBE EVEN A CALENDAR OF, UH, MAYBE WE WANNA POST ONCE A WEEK. I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE. AND THEN, UM, TALK ABOUT WHAT IT IS. AND THEN JUST WORK WITH ME TO GET THAT INFORMATION TO ME AND THEN I'LL POST IT. UH, BUT THAT'S HOW WE HAVE TO DO IT AT THIS POINT. UM, BUT SHE WAS EXCITED BECAUSE, UM, OF COURSE THE CITY OF HUDO HAS THEIR OWN, BUT NO OTHER, UM, DEPARTMENTS HAVE THEIR OWN LINKEDIN. SO SHE WAS LIKE, "YEAH, THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT TOO FOR, UM, US JUST TO SEE, LIKE, WHAT KIND OF BENEFIT, UM, IT PRESENTS." AND, UM, ANYWAY. I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE LINKEDIN IS GOING TO BE GOOD FOR, UM, MAKING BUSINESS OWNERS OR PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AWARE OF THE VALUE THAT THE LIBRARY CAN PROVIDE TO THEM AS A BUSINESS OWNER OR GET TO THEIR STAFF. UM, BUT ALSO THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE, I THINK, TO KIND OF PUT OUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPONSORSHIPS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, ONGOING WAYS OF SUPPORTING THE LIBRARY. SO I THINK TO ME, THAT IS HOW I ENVISION THE LINKEDIN BEING A DIFFERENT TONE AND TENOR THAN SAY FACEBOOK, FOR EXAMPLE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS THINK. UH, I DID TAKE SOME TIME TO SEARCH SOME LOCAL CITIES OF MUNICIPALITIES, UH, LIBRARY PAGES. I DID NOT FIND A LOT. [00:40:01] UH, SO I THINK THIS IS A POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REMOVE THE LANDSCAPE THAT WE WANT. UH, WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO FALL INTO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE DOING. I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME, SOME BIG MUNICIPALITIES LIKE, UM, HOUSTON, DALLAS, SAN ANTONIO, THEIR, THEIR LARGE LIBRARIES HAVE THEIR OWN LINKEDIN PAGES, BUT AS FAR AS, UH, PLUMERVILLE OR, UH, LIBERTY HILL, I DID, I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING LIKE THAT. DID YOU GET A SENSE OF, LIKE, WHAT SORT OF CONTENT THEY WERE PUTTING OUT? NO, IT SEEMED TO BE DUPLICATIVE OF THEIR, UH - OKAY. FACEBOOK. SO THEY DID NOT CREATE A SEPARATE TONE. AND SO IF WE WANT TO GO A DIFFERENT, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT DIRECTION ON THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY OR SPONSORSHIPS, WE, WE GET TO CREATE OUR OWN, UM, PATH. UM, WHO WANTS TO BE ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE? YES, I WILL. JAMES, I'LL DO IT WITH YOU. UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO. I KNOW... WELL, ACTUALLY, VERONICA IS VERY INTERESTED. SO JAMES, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DOING IT, UM, I WILL DO IT IF VERONICA DOES NOT HAVE CAPACITY. OTHERWISE, WE'LL RESERVE A SPOT FOR, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT SHE HAD A STRONG INTEREST IN. AND THEN CERTAINLY, I THINK IF YOU HAVE LINKEDIN, LIKE AS JUST AN INDIVIDUAL USER, WE SHOULD TRY OUR BEST TO, AS THINGS POP UP IN OUR FEED, WE SHARE OUT OR A MODE ON IT OR SOMETHING TO KIND OF HELP, UM, GET SOME ENGAGEMENT GOING THERE. SO - SHOULD WE DO A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM TO, UH, FORMALLY CREATE THAT SUBCOMMITTEE? THAT IS A GOOD IDEA. I WOULD LIKE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM TO FORMALLY CREATE A SUBCOMMITTEE FOR LINKEDIN. DO WE WANNA, UM... KRISTEN, DO YOU WANT THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO BE A SOCIAL MEDIA SUBCOMMITTEE OR SPECIFIC TO LINKEDIN? DO YOU, WOULD YOU WANT SUPPORT? I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE DOING OKAY. COMPS, UM, TRAINS US PRETTY REGULARLY AND, UH, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO APPROVE OUR POSTS, WE'RE CONSTANTLY, UM, LIKE, TALKING WITH THEM, SEEING HOW WE CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS. AND WE GET A MONTHLY REPORT OF SOCIAL INTERACTION AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF THAT HELPS US ADJUST. SO MAYBE JUST FOR LINKEDIN LEARNING RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, IF, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE SEEING THAT YOU THINK HBO SHOULD BE, UH, BE DOING, LIKE, ON OUR FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM, OBVIOUSLY IT COULD BE PART OF THAT DISCUSSION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LINKEDIN IS A, IT IS. THANK YOU, KYLE. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE IN THAT ITEM? NO? ALL RIGHT. ONTO THE STRATEGIC PILLARS AND BOARDS AND COMMISSION STRATEGIC PLANNING, UH, OUTLINE. SO THE, THE STRATEGIC PILL- PILLARS RECENTLY HAVE BEEN UPDATED, RIGHT, KRISTEN? AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA REVIEW. MM-HMM. LET ME SEE WHAT ORDER I CAN PUT ALL OF THIS IN. WELL, ACTUALLY, I DON'T SEE THE STRATEGIC PILLARS. I THINK I MUST HAVE FORGOTTEN THOSE. I CAN LOOK THEM UP REAL QUICK AND I CAN READ THEM TO YOU. YES. UH, SO THE STRATEGIC PILLARS ARE SIDED UPON, UH, BY COUNCIL. AND THERE HAVE BEEN ADJUSTMENTS. UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN THEY ADJUST THEM, BUT THERE WAS A RECENT ADJUSTMENT, UM, BEFORE WE STARTED THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR FISCAL YEAR 27. SO, UH, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE IN THE MIDDLE. SO THEN WE WENT BACK AND WE USED THAT OBVIOUSLY TO DRIVE OUR ASKS AND, AND EVERYTHING. UM, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF, UM, NEW ADDITIONS THAT WERE ACTUALLY REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR WHAT WE DO HERE IN THE, IN THE CITY, UM, TO HAVE A TIE-IN TO A SPECIFIC STRATEGIC PILLAR. FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THERE'S ONE ABOUT OPEN, UM, IMPROVED TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION. SO THAT WAS USED TO SUPPORT GETTING THE TRANSLATORS. UM, THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE, UM, IT WAS SPEC - IT WAS REALLY SPECIFIC TO, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO IN, LIKE, SECURITY, SAFETY AND SECURITY, BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF OUR, UM, STRATEGIC, UM, PLANNING THINGS. AND SO, UM, THOSE LENT THEMSELVES TO HELP US OUT. UM, AND THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE LISTED, LIKE, THESE LITERALLY JUST GO AND MOVE ON AND SAY, "HUDDLE, STRATEGIC PILLARS." THEY HAVE A WHOLE PAGE FOR IT ON THE CITY WEBSITE. AND, UM, I THINK THERE ARE, THERE ARE FOUR PILLARS, RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH. PILLAR ONE IS GROWTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE ALIGNMENT. PILLAR TWO IS RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. PILLAR THREE IS HIGH PERFORMING CITY SERVICES. AND PILLAR FOUR IS COMMUNITY TRUST. AND I'LL SEND THAT OUT WITH THE, THE MINUTES. UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I WAS ASKED TO PULL WAS THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION [00:45:01] STRATEGIC PLANNING THAT WE DID, UM, IN JANUARY, I THINK, OF 25. AND THAT WAS WITH ALL OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN HUDDLE. WE EACH HAD A TABLE. WE KIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, AT, AT THE BEGINNING, WE, THEY KIND OF SET US UP FOR, UH, WHAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT, UM, IN OUR GROUPS. AND THEN WE SHARED OUT AND SORT OF DID A BRAINSTORMING SESSION WITH EVERYBODY AT THE END. BUT THIS WAS THE DOCUMENT THAT WE WERE GIVEN. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA USE THAT SAME DOCUMENT THIS COMING YEAR, BUT, UM, THE, WE FELT LIKE THIS GUIDE MAP WAS REALLY HELPFUL AS WE, AS WE TALKED, UM, THROUGH ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. UM, AND I THINK, YEAH, IT WAS JUST MYSELF AND VERONICA. SO WE, WE USED THAT, AND THEN I ACTUALLY INCLUDED HER NOTES TOO, BECAUSE, UM, SHE TOOK SOME REALLY, REALLY GOOD NOTES. AND, UM, WE ACTUALLY USED THESE, AND SHE WAS SO GOOD AT, UM, BRINGING THIS UP DURING MEETINGS SO THAT WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE DISCUSSED THEM AND MADE SURE THAT WE WERE, UM, ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEM. UM, BUT IT, IT, IT REFLECTS HOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SAFETY, UM, BEING A TOP PRIORITY, UM, AND OUTSIDE FUNDING AS A TOP PRIORITY. UM, AND SO, UH, UH, WHAT WE DID AS A, AS A GROUP OR AS A TEAM IS, UM, LOOKING AT OUR ORDINANCE. DO YOU GUYS REMEMBER, LIKE, EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE, WE COMBED THROUGH THAT, UM, IN THE CHARTER. AND AT FIRST, IT WAS REALLY HARD TO FIND, REMEMBER I HAD TO, LIKE, GO ON THIS MISSION, UM, AND FIND IT. UM, AND SO, LOOKING AT THAT, UM, AND WE, WE, WE LOOKED AT THAT, AND WE TALKED ABOUT OUR ROLE, WE KIND OF FINE-TUNED, UM, THE CURRENT ROLE, BECAUSE WHEN THEY CREATED THAT IN, LIKE, WHAT, LIKE, 2011 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UM, IT, IT, THE, THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD WAS FUNCTIONING A CERTAIN WAY BASED ON THE NEEDS AT THAT TIME, AND SO THAT'S EVOLVED. AND SO, NOT THAT EVERY SINGLE THING IS DIFFERENT, BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF UPDATES, UM, THAT WE MADE TO THAT. UM, BUT IT WAS GOOD TO SIT THERE AND TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS WORKING WELL FOR US, WHERE DO WE HAVE GAPS, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS WE NEED TO START DOING, UM, THINGS LIKE TRENDS, WHAT'S TRENDING RIGHT NOW? LIKE, LIBRARY'S ALWAYS GONNA BE LEGISLATION, BUT THINGS LIKE THAT, HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. UM, SO, AND THEN WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT, OF COURSE, THE, THE PRIORITIES FOR 26. I HAVE NOT PUT OUT MY PRIORITIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 JUST YET, UM, BUT THOSE WILL BE COMING SOON. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT I RECALL IS, UM, HAVING OPPORTUNITIES TO, UM, EITHER DO A WORK SESSION WITH COUNCIL, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, THAT YOU GUYS WANNA DO OR, UM, SPEAKING AT, UM, COUNCIL MEETINGS, WHETHER IT'S DURING PUBLIC COMMENT OR ON A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITE- ITEM, THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, BECAUSE, UM, IT JUST SHOWS... WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT SHOWS OUR LIBRARY ECOSYSTEM AND ALL OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE, WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN WORK TOGETHER, BUT IT, IT, IT CONTINUES WHEN THEY CONTINUE TO SEE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE SHOWING UP IN THE LIBRARY, THEN THEY CAN SEE THAT IT'S NOT JUST A, A LITTLE ISSUE OR, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SUPER IMPORTANT. THEY GET TIRED OF TALKING. UM, AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT BEING EFFECTIVE. I THINK THAT WE, WE HAVE HAD THE BEST CONVERSATIONS THIS YEAR. UM, I REALLY ENJOYED, UM, REALLY DIGGING DEEP AND TALKING ABOUT ADVOCACY AND TALKING ABOUT AN ACTION PLAN, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, I THINK THAT'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL. I WISH I HAD THOUGHT ABOUT THAT IN THE BEGINNING, BUT, UM, WE'RE DOING IT NOW. UM, AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD. UM, THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD, UM, IF YOU'LL LOOK ON PAGE 12, IT SAYS, "COMMUNITY NEEDS AND ACCESS, PROGRAMMING AND SERVICES ALIGNMENT, LONG RANGE FACILITY OR SERVICE PLANNING." AND SO THAT'S, THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE SAID, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ON THIS, UM, WHAT THEY CALL THIS GUIDE MAP. AND SO WE HAVEN'T REALLY BROUGHT UP A LOT ABOUT LONG RANGE FACILITY OR SERVICE PLANNING, SO LOOKING AHEAD FOR FISCAL YEAR 27, THAT COULD BE PART OF OUR CONVERSATIONS TALKING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LOOKING AT THE STATISTICS AND WHY WE NEED THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. UM, STARTING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN MEETING WITH PNC TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE THE LIBRARY IS ON THEIR FIVE-YEAR SIP, BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S, IT CONTINUES TO GET PUSHED BACK EVERY YEAR. AND SO, IN, IN ONE YEAR, THEY PUSHED IT BACK, LIKE, THREE YEARS. I MEAN, IT WAS, LIKE, A TON. SO, UM, MAYBE JUST KIND OF HAVING MORE DISCUSSIONS AROUND THAT, LIKE, UM, WHAT CAN WE DO TO KIND OF REALLY OPEN THAT CONVERSATION AMONG, [00:50:01] UH, WITH PNC OR WITH WHOEVER WE NEED TO TALK TO, UM, BECAUSE... AND, AND I REALIZE THAT WE'RE IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE OBVIOUSLY WE NEED A, A POLICE DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? UH, WE NEED THOSE THINGS. SO I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT, LIKE, RIGHT THERE MEETING IT RIGHT THIS SECOND, BUT JUST STARTING TO FORMULATE, UM, KIND OF HOW WE WANT, MIGHT WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. I WONDER IF, UM, TWO THINGS. ONE, AS FAR AS A WORK SESSION WITH CITY COUNCIL, I WONDER IF IT WOULD BE, LIKE, IF WE'RE STRATEGIC ABOUT IT, HAVING IT EARLY ENOUGH IN THE BUDGETS PLANNING CYCLE WHERE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATE, SHOW THE NEEDS, UM, GIVE THEM PLENTY OF TIME TO ASK CLARIFYING INFORMATION OR CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE IT ALL READY RIGHT THEN AND THERE, BUT THAT LETS US KNOW, LIKE, WHAT ADDITIONAL THINGS THEY NEED, UM, ALSO KNOWING ALL OF THE OTHER BUDGETARY PRIORITIES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, COMPETING. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT THE CITY IS, UM, WORKING TOWARDS ALL AT THE SAME TIME. AND SO, AGAIN, JUST BEING SENSITIVE TO WHERE WE ARE IN THAT KIND OF LANDSCAPE, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE IN, IN THAT COMMUNICATION. UM, AND THE OTHER THING I WONDERED ABOUT IS, UM, I, I THINK THERE IS A GENERAL LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING THAT AT SOME POINT EVENTUALLY, WE WILL NEED LARGER SPACE. I, I THINK THAT PART IS LARGELY AGREED UPON AT THIS POINT, SO WE'RE NOT HAVING TO SELL THAT IDEA. I THINK THAT KIND OF THE NEED SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. UM, AND IN THE INTERIM, AGAIN, MAXIMIZING THE USE OF THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE, THE INCREDIBLE STAFF THAT WE HAVE, UM, AND THE SPACE THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO, I WONDER IF WE SHOULD CONSIDER GOING BACK TO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND ASKING, LIKE, HOW CAN THE LIBRARY SUPPORT... 'CAUSE I, I FEEL LIKE YOU BUILD A LOT OF GOODWILL DOING THAT AS WELL IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT IS SCARY. YEAH, I DON'T. NO, THE LIBRARY'S CLOSED. THERE'S CAMERAS. TAKE A LOOK. IF IT'S SOMEBODY THAT IS ON MY STAFF. JAMES GONNA GO? OH, IT'S VERONICA. OH. SHE SENT AN EMAIL AND WE ALL MISSED IT? NO, UM, SHE SENT A TEXT MESSAGE. I'M HEADING TO JOIN THE MEETING. WELL, EXCELLENT. WELL, THAT'D BE GOOD, BECAUSE THESE ARE HER NOTES, SO SHE CAN GO THROUGH SOME OF THIS. TELL HER SHE TERRIFIED ALL OF US FOR A SECOND. YEAH. WELL, I'M EASILY SOUNDS IN A LIBRARY AT NIGHT. IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD THING. IT IS 6:54 AND VERONICA MAXEY, UH, JOINED THE MEETING. SHE'S ENTERED THE CHAT. UH, SO WE WERE JUST GOING THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING, UM, NOTES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GOING TO SAY IS, WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR OUR TURN IN LINE FOR THE FEASIBILITY STUDY, I WONDER IF IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO ALIGN SOME OF OUR GOALS FOR 27 TO BE, LIKE, SUPPORTING STANDARDS, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR SOME OF THE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. SO WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE OUR OWN WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, BUT HOW CAN WE KIND OF, LIKE, WORK, LOCK, STEP IN THE SAME PRIORITIES WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION? WE'RE REALLY LUCKY, WE'RE VERY FLEXIBLE, AND THAT WE CAN DO THOSE THINGS BECAUSE THE LIBRARY IS ALL THINGS, REALLY. SO IF THAT MAKES SENSE. UM, AND THESE HERE, KRISTEN, WERE THOSE PRE-POPULATED OR WERE THEY - YEAH, THEY WERE, THEY WERE PART OF THE, THE GUIDE MAP THAT WERE GIVEN. OKAY. THAT WAS GIVEN TO US. SO, BUT THESE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SAYING WHAT THEIR GOALS OR THEIR, THEIR TAILORING BY BOARD TYPE AND OPTIONAL LENS. SO THIS WAS JUST KIND OF GIVING IDEAS OF WHERE TO START. OKAY. UM, I DON'T KNOW WHO GENERATED THIS LIST OR, UH, BUT, UM, EACH ONE OF THEM... I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY CLOSE. UM, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE FOR LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD IS THE LONG RANGE FACILITY OR SERVICE PLAN. SO IT WASN'T... I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT IT WAS A SUGGESTED, IT WAS JUST SORT OF A, AN OPTIONAL, UM - OKAY. JUMPING OFF POINT. YEAH, JUMPING OFF ON. THANK YOU. DO WE, UM, DO WE KNOW IF, LIKE, THEY CAME UP WITH, LIKE, PRIORITIES FOR THE YEAR? I KNOW THIS WAS FROM JANUARY, AND THIS IS NOW NOVEMBER, SO MAY NOT BE AS TIMELY AT THIS POINT, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING, WHAT WOULD BE THE, THE MOST, LIKE, PRODUCTIVE, SUPPORTIVE WAY TO SUPPORT JOINT INITIATIVES? YEAH. UH, WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IS WE LOOKED AT THE, UM, MY THREE STRATEGIC, UM, PLANS OR THREE ST - THREE, NOT PILLARS, BUT THREE [00:55:01] FOCUSES FOR US. YEAH. UM, AND LOOKING OVER, UM, VERONICA'S NOTES THAT I INCLUDED, UH, YOU'LL SEE WE, WE KIND OF HAD, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND THEN IT'S KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUT WE DISCUSSED THOSE THREE THINGS, AND WE'VE DONE PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE LISTED ON, UM, HER NOTES. SO THAT WAS FROM JANUARY UNTIL NOW. UM, AND THESE NOTES WERE ON THE SAME EVENING OF... YEAH, SO SAFETY, TECHNOLOGY, AND OUTSIDE FUNDING. THOSE WERE OUR THREE. MM-HMM. UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE IN HERE TOO, AND I THINK THAT WAS REALLY GOOD TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THREE FOCUS ITEMS TO REALLY TALK ABOUT TOGETHER AND, UH, KEEP US, UM, ON TRACK. SO I PLAN TO, UM, PROBABLY AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, I WILL HAVE, UM, OUR NEW, UM, THREE FOR, UM, HPL THAT I'LL SHARE WITH YOU AT THE DECEMBER MEETING. UM, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. BUT WE COULD ALSO USE THIS SAME DOCUMENT TO KIND OF GO THROUGH IT BECAUSE IT HAS REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS IN IT - UH-HUH. UM, THAT WE KIND OF ASK EACH OTHER AS WE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY, UM, THANK YOU BECAUSE MOST OF THIS STUFF, WE, WE DID, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL SUPPORTED AND, UM, GOT THROUGH, SO THAT WAS, THAT'S AMAZING, UH, BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF STUFF. VERONICA, DID YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING ABOUT, UM, THE JULY NOTES? UM, THIS WAS THE, UM, TRAINING WE DID. OH, OKAY. ONLINE TRAINING. SO, UH, THAT'S WHAT PROMPTED DOING A CALENDAR, WHICH WOULD BE PART OF OUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVE. UM, AND THEN IT WAS MORE ALONG THE LINE OF, UH, FOR THE BOARD, THE MORE HIGH LEVEL OF, UH, CONTINUOUS LEARNING ON OUR PART, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT ARE FREE OR MINIMAL COSTS THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH DIFFERENT MEMBERSHIPS THAT KRISTEN HAS AS, UM, AND REALLY MORE OF OUR PART, WHICH IS THE, UM, CALL TO ACTION FOR THE MEETINGS, THE SHARING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, MOU, WHICH WE FINISHED, WHICH WAS A RESET, WHICH WE DID THAT, UM, VOICE AND ADVOCATES OF THE LIBRARY, TRAINING FUNDS, DONATION, RELATIONSHIP COMMUNITY, THE ECOSYSTEM, WHICH, UM, USES A FIELD GUIDE FOR US. SO I WAS EVEN THINKING WHICH KIND OF HAVE SOME KIND OF, UM, MAYBE CARDS WITH THE LIBRARY ON IT WITH THE ECOSYSTEM THAT WE CAN KIND OF - SURE. USE AS OUR ELEVATOR PITCH AND GIVE OUT TO DIFFERENT BUSINESSES. UM, KNOW OUR ROLE. THAT'S KIND OF A STRUGGLE SOMETIMES FOR BOARD. BOARDS, WE GET MAYBE TOO DEEP INTO THE DAY-TO-DAY STUFF. I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE DO AS THIS BOARD, BUT IT'S MORE LEADING STRATEGICALLY, RESPECT, UM, OTHER, UH, OPERATIONAL BOUNDARIES, WHICH CAME OUT BIG TIME IN THE, UM, SESSION THAT WE ATTENDED ON SEVEN / 28, JUST, UM, SUPPORT DIRECTOR, AND JUST FOR US TO KEEP LEARNING. I THINK THE OTHER PART WAS MAKING SURE WE REVIEW ANY FINANCIALS, UM, ARRIVE EARLY, WHICH I'M LATE. YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE TIME. UM, AND REALLY MORE OF A CHAMPION OF INTELLECTUAL LEARNING. UM, THAT'S REALLY... AND I'M SORRY, THE NOTES, I DIDN'T REALLY EXPECT TO SHARE THESE LIKE THIS. OH, OTHERWISE I WOULD'VE DONE A BETTER JOB. UM, ALSO CELEBRATE GROWTH AREAS, WHICH I FEEL LIKE WE CAN DO THAT BASED ON THE, THE NUMBERS. I DIDN'T PRINT IT, BUT I DID LOOK AT IT, THAT KRISTEN PROVIDES US. MAKE SURE WE CELEBRATE IN SOME WAY OF CAPACITY AND ACKNOWLEDGE KRISTEN AND HER WORK AND THEN ALONG STAFF TOO, JUST IF WE... THOSE MOMENTS OF INTERACTIONS RECOGNIZE THEIR WORK. UM, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IT, WHAT KIND OF STOOD OUT. UM, AND JUST TO BE EFFECTIVE, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE, UM, FOCUSING ON THE FUTURE AND PUT OUR STRATEGIC, UH, PRIORITIES IN PLACE. ONE THING I THINK THAT'S REALLY WORTH NOTING AND CELEBRATING IS, UM, CARL AND JAMES PROBABLY REMEMBER THIS, BUT WHEN WE, THE THREE OF US JOINED THE BOARD LITERALLY WITHIN A MONTH OF EACH OTHER, AND THE DYNAMICS BETWEEN THE BOARD AND STAFF, IT, IT WAS VERY STRAINED, UM, TO I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT [01:00:01] THE STRAIN WAS, BUT I WILL SAY IT IS, WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH GREAT COMMUNICATION, TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION. KRISTEN, YOU'RE REALLY GREAT ABOUT TELLING US WHAT YOU NEED FROM US. UM, I THINK WE ALL FEEL COMFORTABLE SHARING IDEAS AND BRAINSTORMING WITH YOU. UM, BUT ALSO KNOWING THAT YOU WILL TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND DO WITH IT WHATEVER MAKES THE MOST SENSE. BUT I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE HAVE SUCH GREAT, LIKE, BOARD RETENTION, PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED. EVERYBODY COMES PREPARED FOR THE MEETINGS. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS IN THE NOTES FROM THAT TRAINING ALSO, LIKE, COME READY WITH YOUR QUESTIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO I FEEL LIKE MEETING MONTHLY AND PEOPLE COMING PREPARED, WE CAN GET A LOT ACCOMPLISHED VERSUS QUARTERLY, YOU'RE TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT WAS IT THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WHERE DID WE LEAVE OFF? AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITING POTENTIAL AHEAD OF US, I THINK. SO, UH, JUST THANK YOU GUYS FOR REALLY ALWAYS DIGGING DEEP AND BEING PREPARED. I LOVE THIS CALENDAR IDEA TOO, AND THIS IS KIND OF LIKE, WE'VE KIND OF BEEN, UH, TALKING ABOUT LIKE HAVING A YEAR AT A GLANCE SORT OF FOR AGENDA ITEMS, THINGS THAT COME UP ANNUALLY. SO LIKE WHEN WE NEED TO RE-CERTIFY OR WHEN WE WANNA START TALKING ABOUT HOW WE HONOR AND LOVE ON OUR HPL FRIENDS BOARD, LIKE WE CAN PLAN IN ADVANCE FOR THOSE THINGS. SO I THINK THIS IS A, A REALLY GOOD STARTING POINT. I DID... YEAH, I ADDED A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THIS ONE. SO THE TEMPLATE WAS FROM THE AMERICAN AND THEN I ADDED IN JANUARY MONTHLY HPL LINKEDIN POSTS. AND THEN IN AUGUST I ADDED PLAN FOR OCTOBER'S, UH, NATIONAL FRIENDS OF LIBRARY WEEK. SO I'VE ONLY ADDED TWO THINGS, BUT, UM, I'D BE HAPPY TO GO THROUGH AND ADD OTHER THINGS BECAUSE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT, THINGS THAT PROBABLY DON'T REALLY PERTAIN TO US BECAUSE ALL BOARDS ARE KIND OF DIFFERENT. YEAH. UM, YOU KNOW, UH, BUT I'M, I CAN CLEAN THIS UP AND SEND IT OUT, UM, OR WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AT THE NEXT MEETING. BUT, UM, IT'S A GREAT JUMP, JUMPING OFF POINT. IT'S ALSO REALLY SORT OF, UM, IT DOESN'T JUST TALK ABOUT LIKE ROLES ON THE BOARD AND JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, YOUR INTERACTION WITH THE LIBRARY, BUT, UM, THINGS LIKE KNOWING THE, THE LEGISLATION CHANGES OR STAYING UPDATED ON THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, WHEN THOSE CELEBRATIONS ARE LIKE APRIL IS BIG LIBRARY, IT'S A NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK, NATIONAL LIBRARY WORKERS DAY. UM, MAYBE ONE DAY WE'LL CELEBRATE NATIONAL BOOK MOBILE DAY. UM, SCHOOL LIBRARY MONTH, SO THERE'S, THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS, BUT, UM, IT'S A GOOD MIX OF CELEBRATIONS, UM, SOME SERIOUS THINGS, UM, AND, AND ALSO HAS SOME LINKS TO, UM, SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW WITHOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, PAYING FOR A MEMBERSHIP. MM-HMM. SO I WONDER, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I WAS SAYING ABOUT OUR, UH, WORKSHOP, JOINT WORKSHOP WITH CITY COUNCIL, I BELIEVE EARLY BUDGET SEASON STARTS FEBRUARY-ISH. DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? YEAH. SO MAYBE ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN DO IN FEBRUARY IS GET ON A WORK SESSION EARLIER IN THE, THE BUDGET CYCLE, OR IF YOU FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO MAKE THAT INQUIRY EARLIER, BUT I'M JUST THINKING OF, LIKE, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN MAP OUT THAT ARE ALWAYS ON OUR RADAR? SO MAYBE EVERY FEBRUARY WHEN WE REQUEST A, A JOINT WORK SESSION. AND IF IT'S IN FEBRUARY, AWESOME. IF IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, EARLIER IS BETTER. UM - THIS WILL HELP US, UM, KEEP UP OUR END OF THE BARGAIN ON THE MOU AS WELL. MM-HMM. AND THERE IS A, UM, A LIVE HERE I GIVE HERE BOARD TRAINING ON NOVEMBER 10TH. WE HAVE SCHOLARSHIPS. OH, YOU THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT APPROVED FOR, RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY. AWESOME. UM, SO I'LL BE ATTENDING THAT, BUT IT'S ALSO TWOFOLD BECAUSE WE WANT TO SEE ABOUT PARTICIPATING IN I LIVE HERE, I GIVE HERE. THE ROUND ROCK LIBRARY DID THAT AND, UM, IT WAS PRETTY SUCCESSFUL FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY DO IT, UH, DOWN NOW, UH, ROUND ROCK MAIN STREET TOO. MM-HMM. SO WHETHER WE HAVE A BOOTH OR WE JUST HAVE OUR, OUR, UM, PROGRAM OUT THERE SO PEOPLE CAN MATCH AND EMPLOYERS AND MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM TO MATCH THE GIVING FOR THAT TOO. MM-HMM. KRISTEN, DO YOU KNOW, LIKE, IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO MAKE A DIRECT DONATION EARMARKED FOR THE LIBRARY, DOES IT, DO... I THINK CURRENTLY ALL THAT GOES THROUGH HBL FRIENDS. IS THERE A MECHANISM FOR IT TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE CITY? NO. AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR THE WHOLE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE. UM, ANYTHING THAT... SO IF SOMEONE JUST WROTE A CHECK TO HUDO PUBLIC LIBRARY, NOT FRIENDS, UM, THEY PUT IT IN THE GENERAL FUND. AND SO THAT DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT IT GOES, UM, TO THE - THAT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO IT. RIGHT. [01:05:01] AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE, WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING THROUGH HL FRIENDS, NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE IT'S TRACKED AND THEY CAN GET, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TAX BREAK AND ALL THAT STUFF, BUT ALSO BECAUSE THEN WE CAN GUARANTEE THAT IT WILL STAY IN THE LIBRARY. MM-HMM. YEAH. THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE NEED TO DECIDE ON IF WE FUNDRAISE AND WE EARMARK SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT WE WANT TO DO THAT HAS THE BOARD ON IT, HOW WE WOULD WORK WITH FRIENDS TO... YEAH, BECAUSE IT SEEMED SEAMLESS FOR ROUND ROCK. YEAH. UM - AND MAYBE THEIR FUNDS WORK DIFFERENTLY. MAYBE I CAN ASK. MAYBE THEY HAVE... AND IS IT POSSIBLE THEY HAVE A... I, I KNOW THEY HAVE A FRIENDS ORGANIZATION. YEAH. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT IT GOES THROUGH THEIR FRIENDS? IT COULD. I, I, I DON'T KNOW. I DIDN'T ASK THEM THAT. I JUST KNOW THAT I, I TESTED IT BECAUSE I DONATED AND THEN IT WAS, THEY WERE OUT THERE GIVING OUT FREE BOOKS. MM-HMM. SO IF YOU... THEY HAD BOOKSHOPS, SO IF YOU DONATED, YOU COULD PICK A BOOK. IT WAS, IT WAS PRETTY GOOD. WELL, I KNOW CEDAR PARK HAS TWO THINGS. THEY HAVE A, A FRIENDS GROUP, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE LIKE A FOUNDATION. AND THEY HAVE... THERE'S FUNDING THAT GOES THROUGH BOOKS. MM-HMM. I THINK I WAS WANTING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE FOUNDATION FOR US. LIKE STILL DO FRIENDS, BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE, UH, THE FOUNDATION FOR WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE FOR US. LEGACY, UM - LEGACY PLANNING, ESTATE PLANNING. YEAH. AND FOR THE NEW BUILDING THAT WE WANT TO, UH, WORK TOWARDS, BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT'S HOW CEDAR PARK STARTED AND THAT'S HOW THEY HAVE THEIR BIG, BEAUTIFUL BUILDING AND, UM, ALSO ROUND ROCK. MM-HMM. I CAN RESEARCH, UM, LIBRARY FOUNDATIONS IN TEXAS AND THEN COME BACK ON, UH, DECEMBER WITH THAT. OKAY. PLUGERVILLE IS HOSTING A FRIENDS CONFERENCE, UH, THE 5TH OF DECEMBER. I'M GOING TO THAT. I'M REALLY HOPING THERE ARE FRIENDS OF MANY MANY COMMUNITIES. I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. UH, ANGELA AND I, PREVIOUS BOARD MEMBER, WE DID ATTEND PFLUGERVILLE, UH, ONE OF THEIR FRIENDS MEETING. UM, AND THEY'RE PRETTY PROGRESSIVE, I THINK, FOR WHAT THEY DO. THEY HAVE A SMALLER SELECTION OF BOOKS, BUT WHAT THEY DO IN THEIR BOOK SALE IS, IT'S A HUGE UNDERTAKING, AND THAT'S THEIR BIG ANNUAL FUNDRAISER. BUT THEN THEY ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT, UM, EVENTS WITHIN THE LIBRARY THAT THEY SPONSOR THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, BIG TURNOUTS OR... AND LIKE SOMETHING WITH POKEMON CARDS. OH, OUT OF MY REALM, BUT SOMETHING WITH THAT AND THEN DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS AND YOU GUYS HAVE HOSTED SOMETHING. WE, WE USED TO, YEAH. BUT THE LIBRARY IS SO MUCH LARGER TOO. THEY HAVE THE SPACE. THEY HAVE - WE'RE LIMITED. THERE. WELL, D&D TAKES HOURS. LIKE YOU HAVE TO HAVE FOUR-HOUR PLAY SESSION. YOU... SO THAT, LIKE, THAT'S TAKING UP A LOT OF - YEAH, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE SPACE. YEAH. THAT'S JUST ME. SO IF WE GO BACK TO THE AGENDA ITEM, WHICH ONE ARE WE ON? WE'RE ON FIVE, SIX. OKAY. UM, SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PILLARS. WE WALKED THROUGH, UM, THE STRATEGIC PLANNING OUTLINES IN THE LAST JOINT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UM, WORK SESSION. UM, SO FROM HERE, WE COULD DO A NUMBER OF THINGS. SO, UH, WE COULD DECIDE... WE COULD LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR BASED ON WHAT WAS PROJECTED AND ASK OURSELVES WHICH OF THOSE THINGS DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD? WE COULD WAIT TO GET KRISTEN'S, UH, PRIORITIES FOR 2027. PERSONALLY, I FEEL LIKE THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. WE SHOULD BE FOLLOWING HER PRIORITIES AND WE, UM, AND, AND WE MAY NOT BE, LIKE, EXACTLY WORD FOR WORD ON THE SAME TRACK, BUT WHATEVER SHE IS WORKING TOWARDS, OUR WORK SHOULD SUPPORT, WHICH THEN ALSO NEEDS TO ALIGN TO THE STRATEGIC PILLARS. SO WE SHOULD ALL, LIKE, THE ENTIRE CITY SHOULD BE GOING THE SAME DIRECTION. UM, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD FIND OUT WHEN... I'M GUESSING THERE'LL BE ANOTHER JOINT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS DAY IN JANUARY. IF WE COULD GET THAT DATE ON OUR CALENDARS AND ALL... YEAH. SCHEDULE DATE YET. OKAY. BUT I, THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN TALK ABOUT ON WEDNESDAY WITH MY SUPERVISOR - OKAY. FOR HER TO TALK TO CMO, UM, ABOUT POSSIBLY GETTING [01:10:01] THE DATE FOR THAT SO WE CAN START PLANNING. 'CAUSE I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, THE LONG RANGE PLANNING FOR A NEW BUILDING, BUT WE CAN'T SPEND ALL OF OUR ENERGY THERE, RIGHT? SO WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO SHORT TERM THAT CONTINUES TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF, OF THE LIBRARY, REALLY CONTINUES TO SERVE THE NEED OF THE COMMUNITY? AND I THINK A KIND OF A TWO-PRONGED APPROACH WOULD BE GETTING ON A WORK SESSION EARLIER IN THE BUDGET CYCLE TO KIND OF START FACING THOSE NEEDS, MAKING SURE, UM, THAT WHATEVER OUR REQUESTS ARE, THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME TO CLARIFY AND, AND ADD, UM, YOU KNOW, RICH INFORMATION TO THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS. BUT THEN ALSO FIGURING OUT, LIKE, HOW CAN WE SUPPORT THE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS? BECAUSE AGAIN, WE HAVE A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY. THE LIBRARIES CAN BE ANYTHING. AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, HOW WE SUPPORTED THE DEIB COMMISSION BY PROVIDING DIVERSE, YOU KNOW, BOOKS, THAT WASN'T SOMETHING WE WERE DOING IN PLACE OF ANOTHER COMMITTEE. IT WAS SOMETHING WE COULD DO IN CONJUNCTION WITH BECAUSE THE LIBRARY HAD THE FLEXIBILITY. SO, GETTING A SENSE OF WHAT SOME OF THOSE OTHER PRIORITIES ARE, AND WE COULD KIND OF STREAMLINE THAT INTO OUR PRIORITIES, I THINK, WOULD CONTINUE TO SHOW OUR COMMITMENT TO SERVING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE LIBRARY. THE LIBRARY IS FOR THE COMMUNITY. RIGHT. DO YOU WANT ME TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE IN FEBRUARY AND THEN LET EVERYBODY KNOW? SURE. OKAY. YEAH. THAT WAS JUST ONE IDEA. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER IDEAS OR DIRECTIONS YOU'D LIKE TO KIND OF TRAVEL DOWN? I DO THINK WE NEED TO SPEND SOME MORE TIME REVISITING AND PUTTING SOME THINGS IN PLACE FOR A NEW LIBRARY. MM-HMM. I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE JUST BEEN PUT ON PAUSE JUST BECAUSE WE'RE IN THIS SPACE RIGHT NOW. BUT IF WE DO... I MEAN, WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO ALL THIS WORK, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO THAT AND PUT IT ON AUTOPILOT, UM, TO WHERE WE HAVE THINGS SET UP TO WHERE WHEN SITUATIONS COME OR PROMPT, PROMPT PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, FOR L - FOR LEGACY GIVING OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WANT TO INVEST IN IT, IN THE LIBRARY LONG-TERM. AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE SELLING PROPERTIES AROUND HERE, OLD HUDDLE, YOU KNOW, THAT MEANS A LOT. DEVELOPMENT DEALS, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY BENEFITS. MM-HMM. YEAH. SO I, I DO THINK MAYBE THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING AS THE BOARD IS SPENDING 50% OF OUR TIME ON THAT. WE CAN STILL DO ALL THE OTHER STUFF, BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S GOING WELL WITH FRIENDS AND WE HAVE LOTS OF THINGS. SO IF WE PUT IN THE GROUNDWORK NOW OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, MAYBE WE CAN MAKE MORE PROGRESS. MM-HMM. 'CAUSE IT'S INEVITABLE. AT SOME POINT, WE'RE GONNA NEED A, A NEW LIBRARY. AND AS THESE BUSINESSES ARE COMING IN, SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS - UH-HUH. UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THEY GONNA GO? WE DON'T WANT THEM TO GO OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT KINDA DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF US TRYING TO KEEP THINGS HERE. SO I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE WE SHOULD RETHINK THAT AND FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH TIME EACH MEETING WE WOULD SPEND ON DISCUSSIONS AND ACTIONABLE ITEMS FOR WORKING TOWARDS THAT BIG GOAL. OR IF WE FORM A SUBCOMMITTEE - YEAH. TO LOOK INTO THAT SORT OF THING, IT CAN BE A BREAK OF REPORTS IN THOSE MEETINGS. THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE TIME WORTH. UH, THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE A TOPIC THAT I WOULD BE WILLING TO, LIKE, PUT OTHER THINGS ASIDE TO WORK ON BECAUSE I THINK IT'S THAT IMPORTANT. IT ALSO SHOWS, LIKE, WILLINGNESS TO HELP THE CITY INSTEAD OF RELYING COMPLETELY ON THE CITY. AND I KNOW THAT GOES WELL WITH THE COUNCIL, AT LEAST THE CURRENT COUNCIL. UM, FOR THE 150TH COMMITTEE, UM, THEY MATCHED DONATIONS AFTER A CERTAIN POINT. SO THEY BASICALLY SAID, YOU KNOW, "PROVE THAT YOU GUYS WANNA DO IT AND GO OUT AND GET THAT FUNDING AND THEN WE'LL MATCH YOU, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA GIVE YOU MUCH UPFRONT." AND I THINK SO MUCH THAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON, BECAUSE WE HAD TO, IT'S GETTING THAT $25 MEMBERSHIP FEE. WE NEED TO BE THINKING 2,500, 25,000, LIKE, WHERE'S THAT GONNA COME FROM? THAT'S - SPONSORS AND ALL THAT STUFF. WHAT ABOUT INVITING CHENEY GAMBOA TO OUR, ONE OF OUR FUTURE MEETINGS TO START TALKING THROUGH? BECAUSE I KNOW AT ONE POINT, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS STILL SOMETHING SHE'S WORKING ON, BUT AT ONE POINT, SHE WAS WORKING ON PUTTING TOGETHER KIND OF A, A BROCHURE, ALMOST LIKE A, A GIVING TREE, RIGHT? IF YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT, YOU [01:15:01] PUT A LITTLE WISH ON A TREE AND SOMEONE CAN PICK IT UP AND, AND TAKE CARE OF IT. SO I WONDER IF THERE'D BE VALUE IN HAVING HER COME TO KINDA SHARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT LEVELS, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, NAMING RIGHTS ON A BUILDING OR SPONSORING, LIKE, NAMING THIS MEETING ROOM. MM-HMM. I TOLD YOU GUYS, I WENT TO THE, UM, THE LIBRARY IN PEARLAND AND EVERY BOOKSHELF HAD, LIKE, A LITTLE PLAQUE. SO GETTING SOME OF THOSE SPONSORSHIP THINGS GOING, SO YOU HAVE A VARIETY OF ENTRY POINTS. YOU MAY HAVE SOME LOCAL FAMILIES THAT WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEIR NAME ON A BOOKSHELF, BUT YOU MAY HAVE A LARGE CORPORATION THAT WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEIR NAME ON A WHOLE BOOK COLLECTION. SO GETTING KIND OF A MENU, A WELL-DEFINED MENU, A BENEFITS GUIDE, UM, I THINK WOULD MAYBE HELP KIND OF MOVE TOWARDS THAT DIRECTION. YEAH. SO... AND THEN FIGURING OUT WHERE CAN WE PARK THAT MONEY AND HAVE IT EARMARKED SPECIFICALLY FOR, LIKE, A, A BUILDING FUND. WE NEED AN MOU WITH THE CITY. I MEAN, IF WE'RE GONNA DO WHAT CEDAR PARK DID AND L - AND ROUND ROCK AND - UH-HUH. THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME KIND OF AN AGREEMENT BECAUSE OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE... HAVE HAD LAND DONATED AND IT'S BEING, NOT BEING FULFILLED. SO I WOULDN'T WANT TO PUT MY NAME OR ANYTHING TOWARDS ANYTHING THAT CONTROVERSIAL. IF WE MAKE PROMISES, WE SHOULD KEEP 'EM. YEAH. AND I THINK TO YOUR POINT, AN MOU, REALLY PUTTING THE FOUNDATION TOGETHER, LIKE, LITERALLY A FOUNDATION OF UNDERSTANDING OR A, A CHARITABLE FOUNDATION THAT IS THAT, UM, THAT BUILDING FUND, UM, FIGURING OUT HOW TO GET THAT, THAT LEGWORK GOING, BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. THERE'S ENOUGH OPPORTUNITY IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT COMPANIES THAT WANT TO DO GOOD THINGS AND BE KNOWN FOR BEING A GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNER. WE JUST HAVE TO PROVIDE THE, THE AVENUE, THE FRAMEWORK FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE. AND THEY MAY WANT SOME GUARANTEES, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT TOO. MM-HMM. SO THAT WE DO THIS AND WE GET THE FUNDS TOGETHER JUST LIKE WE, WE SET IT UP SO FRIENDS WON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT THEY'VE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE WE LEARN FROM THAT. SO I THINK WE LEARN FROM THAT AND APPLY IT SO WE THINK WHEN WE'RE OUT THERE WHEN WE DO GET THE, PERHAPS SOMEBODY LIKE TO DONATE LAND. MM-HMM. I MEAN, THAT'S NOT UNHEARD OF. SO I THINK MORE TIME CAN BE SPENT THERE. MM-HMM. AND THE FUNDS CAN PROVIDE THE, THE TAX PAPERWORK IF A CORPORATION NEEDS THAT. I MEAN, WE'RE HAPPY TO PARK MONEY IF, IF THE CITY'S JUST GONNA PUT IT INTO A SLUSH FUND. WELL, WE'RE NOT GONNA CALL IT SLUSH FUNDS. IT'S A GENERAL FUND. WE'RE NOT CALLING IT A SLUSH FUND, A GENERAL FUND. YEAH. I MEAN, I DON'T WANNA MISREPRESENT THAT, BUT... AND, AND MAYBE THERE IS A WAY THAT WE COULD TALK WITH THEM TO ACTUALLY SET UP A SEPARATE FUND WHERE THAT MONEY COULD BE PARKED. YEAH. UM, SO... AND THAT WAY, FRIENDS, LIKE YOU GUYS ARE MORE, YOU HAVE BEEN NOT JUST BEING PROGRAM-ORIENTED, BUT LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE FUNDED REALLY CRITICAL PROGRAMS FOR US. MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO DELINEATE, LIKE, WHAT THINGS... IF WE'RE ABLE TO ESTABLISH SOME SORT OF PERMANENT SEPARATE ACCOUNT FOR, UM, LIKE, FACILITIES PLANNING AND, AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND THEN WE UTILIZE Y'ALL'S ARMS SPECIFICALLY FOR PROGRAM FUNDING, MAYBE THAT WOULD ALSO POTENTIALLY TAKE A BURDEN OFF OF YOU ALL. SO YOU'RE NOT EXPECTED TO BE THE, THE BUILDING PROVIDERS. LIKE, I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING SO GENEROUSLY GOING OFF THE GROUND. UH, IF IT WERE ME, I'D FEEL LIKE, WOW, THAT IS A VERY OVERWHELMING IDEA TO TAKE THAT ON ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS, WHAT YOUR OPINION IS OR IF YOU GUYS AS A BOARD HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED IT AS A BOARD. UH, MY PERSONAL OPINION IS THAT WE WOULD JUST SET UP ANOTHER ACCOUNT AT THE BANK AND IT JUST BE A SEPARATE ACCOUNT THAT DOESN'T GET USED FOR ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE NOT APPROVED IT TO BE USED FOR. SO, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDRAISING THAT WE'RE DOING GOES TOWARDS PROGRAMS AND BOOKS AND EVENTS AND THINGS THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON AND MONEY EARMARKED FOR A BUILDING OR LAND TO BUILD A BUILDING IS JUST IN ITS OWN BANK ACCOUNT THAT CAN STAY AS LONG AS IT NEEDS TO. AND HOPEFULLY INTEREST BEARING. IDEALLY. [01:20:01] IDEALLY. LOTS OF INTEREST BEARING. MM-HMM. OKAY. SO, UM, SO NEXT STEPS. NEXT STEPS, WE WOULD BE RESEARCHING A COUPLE OF VARIETY OF OPTIONS FOR, UM, FACILITY PLANNING, WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE. THAT'S ONE. UM, IS THERE CONSENSUS? WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE US TO INVITE SHANI GAMBOA TO COME SIT IN AND I FEEL LIKE SHE'D BE A, A GOOD PERSON TO BE AWARE OF SOME OF OUR, OUR HOPES AND GOALS BECAUSE SHE'S THE ONE THAT IS LEVERAGING ALL THESE MASSIVE DEALS. UM, KRISTEN, ARE YOU... CAN YOU COORDINATE THAT AND SEE WHEN SHE'S GOT TIME? WOULD THAT BE A SPECIAL MEETING, UM, OR WOULD IT BE... WELL, I CAN SEE IF SHE CAN COME TO OUR DECEMBER 7TH MEETING. I'LL START THERE. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE A SPECIAL MEETING, BECAUSE LET'S SAY, HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING, WE DECIDE TO COMMIT 50% OF OUR TIME TO, LIKE, FACILITIES PLANNING, UM, AND WHATEVER THAT CAPACITY LOOKS LIKE. AND I WOULD SAY THAT HER ATTENDANCE WOULD BE IN, IN SPIRIT IN LINE OF THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S US KIND OF STARTING TO PLANT THE SEEDS OF, YOU KNOW, HERE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, WHAT ARE THE... WHAT WOULD SHE, WHAT WOULD SHE NEED FROM US IN ORDER TO PUT A PITCH BOOK TOGETHER OR, LIKE, WHAT LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY? BUT WE COULD USE THAT TIME WITH HER TO START REINSTORMING, LIKE, WHAT A MENU COULD LOOK LIKE. AND NOT NECESSARILY FOR CORPORATE GIVING, BUT IF WE CREATE A, LIKE, MULTIPLE ENTRY POINTS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, BUDGET-FRIENDLY TO LOTS OF DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, UH, FAMILIES OR INDIVIDUALS, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEIR MEANS LOOK LIKE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION. ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT ONE? THAT'S A HEAVY ONE. THERE'S A LOT TO DO WITH THAT ONE. BROKEN ALL THE TIME, SO YOU GOT TO THROW THE TRASH. IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE. UM, AND THIS IS ONE... MAYBE WE BRING THIS BACK AGAIN NEXT MONTH AS WELL. WE CAN KEEP KIND OF RUMINATING ON THAT ONE. UM, AND THEN IN FEBRUARY, WE'RE GONNA REQUEST THE JOINT, UM, WORK SESSION WITH CITY COUNCIL TO SEE HOW WE CAN FIT INTO THEIR, UM, IN THEIR CALENDAR. UM, AND THEN, UM, JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT WHEN THE JOINT, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WORKDAY WOULD BE IN POTENTIALLY JANUARY. OKAY. LAST THING ON THE AGENDA IS REVIEWING THE, UM, THE ADVO- ADVOCACY CHECKLIST. THAT'S THE THING ON THE BACK HERE THAT VERONICA ACTUALLY WALKED US THROUGH. MONICA, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA SHOWCASE ON THAT? NO. NO, I JUST... I LIKE WHAT KRISTEN SUGGESTED. SHE'LL MODIFY SOME OF THE DATES AND PUT IT AS REMINDERS AS WELL, ALONG WITH OUR COMMITMENT TO FRIENDS WHEN WE PARTNER WITH THEM, WHEN TO BE AT THE CITY. SO, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CALENDAR? I LEARNED MORE ABOUT THIS LIBRARY LEGISLATIVE EVENT THAT JUST OPENED TO ANYONE. WAIT, WHICH ONE? LIKE, THERE'S, LIKE, SIGNING FOR YOUR STATE'S ASSOCIATION LIBRARY LEGISLATIVE EVENT. I MEAN, YES, WE COULD USE, UM, THE, MY, UM, ENROLLMENT TO BE ABLE TO SIGN UP FOR THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'S WHAT WE DID FOR THE, UM, THE UNITED UNION LIBRARY TRAINING. YEAH. UM, SO YEAH. AND WE WILL BE IN LEG SESSION, UM, AND SO THIS WOULD BE A YEAR TO DO IT. LIKE LEG SESSION IS EVERY OTHER YEAR, ESSENTIALLY. MM-HMM. AND I THINK, HONESTLY, THOSE ALERTS CAN GO TO ANYBODY. I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO HAVE. VERY RULE ORIENTED. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD TIME FOR ME. AND WE ARE ALL ELIGIBLE TO JOIN AS MEMBERS BECAUSE WE SERVE ON THE BOARD. OH, GREAT. SO I JUST... I DID IT LAST YEAR AND YOU CAN DO IT IN JUST THE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP. OR YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR CONFERENCES AND YOU CAN ALWAYS ADD TO IT. I THINK IT... I WANNA SAY IT'S $55 A YEAR. OKAY. AND YOU GET, YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS. IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY IMPORTANT. IT'S WORTH THE... I CAN ALSO... I CAN ALSO TRY TO FIND OUT WHICH [01:25:01] SENATE OR HOUSE COMMITTEE, UM, LIBRARIES WOULD GENERALLY FALL UNDER SO THAT WE CAN KEEP, LIKE, A LOOKOUT FOR THOSE AGENDAS. YEAH. THAT'S CRAZY. I HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT UNTIL I WROTE THAT ON THERE. ALREADY THERE'S GONNA BE RULES FOR LIBRARIES. OH, SO MANY. YEAH. MORE AND MORE. WELL, AND YOU CAN ALSO ASK THE GROUP QUESTIONS ABOUT, LIKE, IF WE'RE, IF WE WANTED TO PRESENT IT AND JUST EMAIL AND IT COMES UP, IT, IT EMAILS TO THE WHOLE GROUP, AND IT'S A VERY LARGE ONE. MAYBE WE'RE LIKE, "OKAY, WE WANNA START GETTING READY. HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE, UM, S - PREPARE FOR SETTING THE FOUNDATION OF A NEW LIBRARY?" I'M SURE THERE WOULD BE LOTS OF PEOPLE, UM, THAT HAVE EITHER BEEN THROUGH IT, EXPERIENCED OR KNOW SOMEBODY, OR, UM, THAT COULD ALSO SOME GOOD SUGGESTIONS. I WAS LOOKING THROUGH VERONICA'S NOTES BEFORE WE STARTED, AND ONE OF THE LINE ITEMS IS TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED. SO I WENT TO THEIR WEBSITE, KIND OF PROVES IT, AND THERE'S A SECTION FOR TEXAS LEGISLATION THAT'S HAPPENING. AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WOULD ALSO KEEP YOU UP TO IT ON WHO'S TALKING ABOUT WHAT AND WHEN. MM-HMM. AND GETTING TO KNOW WHO IS ON THOSE COMMITTEES IN ADVANCE, I THINK IS HELPFUL BECAUSE YOU COULD START, AGAIN, SHARING YOUR PRIORITIES AS AN INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN WELL BEFORE SOMETHING COMES ON AN AGENDA. 'CAUSE GENERALLY SPEAKING, IF IT'S ON AN AGENDA, THEY'VE ALREADY... LIKE THAT PUMP HAS ALREADY BEEN PRIMED. SO WE WANNA GET AHEAD OF THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION OF OUR AGENDA. UM, WE ARE GOING TO FORMALLY ADD A, UM, A PROMPT FOR REQUESTING FUTURE MEETING AGENDA ITEMS. UM, IN THE INTERIM, IF YOU HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU WOULD R - LIKE TO BRING FORWARD, IF YOU COULD SEND IT TO KRISTEN. UM, KRISTEN PREPARES THE AGENDA TO BE POSTED, UH, A LITTLE OVER A WEEK BEFORE OUR MEETING, SO JUST MAKE SURE YOU'RE, YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THAT. UM, I THINK THAT'S IT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? GLAD YOU MADE IT. ME TOO. ALL RIGHT. THEN IT'S 7:28 AND WE WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING. * 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.