* 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] CALL TO ORDER AT ONE 12. [Library Advisory Board on May 18, 2026.] OH, GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES. OUR FIRST ITEM, OH, CALL. OH OH. ROLL CALL. ROLL CALL. I MISSED THAT ONE UP. OH, ROLL CALL. THERE IT IS. FIRST THING. . LET ME GET OVER HERE ON MY ROLL CALL BARBARA FULLER. PRESENT JAMIE JONES. HERE. ANN REMINGTON? HERE. JOY MORRISON. HERE. BETH HILL. HERE. DIANA ROSEBERRY. HERE. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION AND PUBLIC INPUT. THERE IS NO PUBLIC BOARD COMMENTS. ANYBODY HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT ANY OF THE THINGS LISTED? YES. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP, WE HAVE THE HONEY TOUR THIS NEXT SATURDAY FROM 7:00 AM TILL THE LAST RIDER GOES THROUGH. SO IT WILL BE BICYCLE ALLEY ALL ACROSS JOHNSON COUNTY. SO THIS SATURDAY? YES MA'AM. THE 23RD AND I'LL BE WORKING WITH APEC AT THE REST STOP ON THE SQUARE HERE FOR ALL THE RIDERS GOING THROUGH. OKAY. WHAT IS IT AGAIN? IT'S THE HONEY TOUR. HONEYBEE RIDERS HONEY TOUR BIKE RUN. HONEY TOUR BIKE. MM-HMM . THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT WAS IN A COMING EVENT. SOCIAL CEREMONY OR COMMUNITY EVENT? I DON'T THINK IMMINENT THREAT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY OF PEOPLE. UH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT. OKAY. IS THE MINUTES ARE ON PAGE THREE AND FOUR. HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE? YES. YES. ANY QUESTIONS? I'M MAKING A MOTION THAT THE MINUTES BE APPROVED AS SUBMITTED. I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. UH, THE FINANCIAL REPORT IS ON PAGE FIVE. I THOUGHT WE DID GREAT ON THE BOOK SALE. ONLY HAVING IT OPEN THREE DAYS. YEAH. IN A SHORTER PERIOD. THAT WAS GOOD. WAS THERE MORE ADVERTISING OR SOMETHING? SAY AGAIN? I SAID WAS THERE MORE ADVERTISING OR SOMETHING TO GET THE WORD OUT? I DON'T THINK SO BECAUSE WE PUT OUT THIS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME NUMBER OF FLYERS ADDED ON THE SIGN. YEAH. I POSTED TO SOME FACEBOOK GROUPS IN CLEVELAND AND SURROUNDING AREA AND I THINK WE DID HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY MENTIONED THAT WHEN I CAME IN. RIGHT, RIGHT. AND EVERY TIME IT WAS PUT ON THERE ON FACEBOOK BY THE LIBRARY OR THE CITY OR UM, THE, OR THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. MM-HMM . I FEEL LIKE WE ALL SHARED IT. MM-HMM . SO, AND THE TIME SPENT SETTING UP AND BREAKING DOWN WAS PRETTY MINIMAL. YEAH. SO WE DID FASTER AND FASTER EVERY TIME. ? WE DO, WE DO THAT. WE DO THANKS TO OUR DIRECTOR. ALL THE HARD WORK, HER PREPPING, MAKING IT EASY FOR US. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FINANCIAL REPORT? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE FINANCIAL REPORT AS WRITTEN. I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. WHO SECOND IT. ALL RIGHT NOW WE DISCUSS UPDATES FOR THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM SCHEDULE AND THAT IS ON PAGE SIX [00:05:04] AND SEVEN. PRECIOUS, DO YOU WANNA TAKE THAT? SO SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, IT WAS BROUGHT UP TO TRY AND INCORPORATE A SPANISH STORY TIME AND BOARD MEMBER. AND REMINGTON SENT ME A CONTACT THAT I WAS ABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH AND SHE HAS AGREED TO DO. WE DIDN'T WANT TO TRY TO OVERWHELM ANYBODY, SO WE DID IT ONCE IN JUNE AND ONCE IN JULY. THOSE DATES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE CALENDAR. JUNE, JULY 7TH AT FOUR. JUNE AND JUNE 16TH AT 11. YES. JULY THE SEVENTH AT FOUR. AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO FACILITATE OR HELP WITH THAT? UM, WITH THE PROGRAMMING THAT WE ARE DOING THIS YEAR, EACH WEEK WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A CALENDAR, SO IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE HARD TO GET THOSE SHARED OUT. WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC DAY SET WHEN WE ARE GOING TO START. LIKE WE NORMALLY PUT OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE LIBRARY ON MONDAY MORNINGS AT 10, NINE OR 10. UM, IF Y'ALL COULD SHARE IT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. WE ALSO HAVE OTHER CALENDARS OF JUST SPECIFICALLY THE ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING THAT ARE JUNE AND JULY THAT WE COULD ALSO SHARE AND HAVE Y'ALL SEND OUT IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. JUST TO GET THE WORD OUT AFTER THE SCHOOL CARD DRIVE, CARD DRIVE THAT THE SCHOOL PUT ON. WE HAVE HAD QUITE A FEW NEW CARDS COME IN AND WE'RE TRYING TO SHARE AS MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AS POSSIBLE AS WELL. I GUESS I'M CONFUSED. THE CARD DRIVE WAS FOR CARDS ISSUED TO NEW PATRONS? YES. OKAY. I WAS THINKING WAS THAT FACILITATED THROUGH THE ISD OR, OKAY. I THOUGHT I READ THAT SOMEWHERE. SO WE DID MAKE SURE TO PUT AS MUCH AT AT LEAST SOME OF THE INFORMATION OUT THAT WE HAVE FOR IT. EACH OF THE STUDENTS GOT THEM IN THEIR GIFT GOODIE BAG THAT THE SCHOOL PROVIDED TO THEM. WE DID FIGURE OUT THE STORY TIME, BUT IT WAS REQUESTED THAT WE TRY TO FACILITATE THE CHILDREN'S BINGO. SO IF WE COULD HAVE SOME VOLUNTEERS AND MAYBE A DATE OR DATES, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. ARE YOU LOOKING TO DO THAT ONCE A MONTH OR TWICE A MONTH? CONSIDERING HOW MUCH STUFF WE ALREADY HAVE GOING ON? THIS WILL NOT BE THE SAME AS THE REGULAR BINGO THAT WE ALREADY HOST. IT WILL BE SEPARATE TIME FOR MORNING, AFTERNOON. WELL, CONSIDERING WE NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR IT. IT'S, IT'S MADE WHEN THE VOLUNTEERS CAME. . OKAY. IS THIS SPECIFICALLY GEARED TOWARDS KIDS? YES. THAT THIS CHILDREN'S BINGO. DO YOU HAVE AGES? ALL OF THEM. PROBABLY OLDER THAN THREE. THREE AND UP. OKAY. WE CAN FACILITATE THE PRICES. THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM. WE JUST MAINLY NEED MANPOWER. I I CAN CERTAINLY HELP. YEAH. IT'S GONNA SAME DAY AS THE REGULAR BINGO. JUST A DIFFERENT TIME. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE SAME DAY. OH, OKAY. I JUST NEED A DATE TO SEE IF WE CAN FIT IT IN WITH THE OTHER. OH, SO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A DATE. OH, OKAY. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ON THE SAME BINGO DAY IF YOU DON'T WANT IT TO BE. WHAT ABOUT, UM, THE 24TH OF JUNE? WHAT DAY IS THAT? IT'S A WEDNESDAY. A WEDNESDAY. AND YOU ALREADY HAVE GAME DAY COME AND GO FROM 11 TO THREE ON JUNE 24TH AS A PART OF THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM. UHHUH. . RIGHT. SO YOU DON'T WANNA INCORPORATE IT INTO THAT DAY? WE CAN ADD IT TO THAT DAY, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A PART OF THE GAMES. OKAY. OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO DO A FEW DIFFERENT ONES SUCH AS RING TOSS IF I CAN WING IT. OKAY. WE'RE ALSO GONNA TRY TO DO LIKE A BEANBAG TOSS AND LIKE A LITTLE MAZE BRACE MAZE THING. OKAY. UM, AND THAT'S GOING TO INCORPORATE [00:10:01] A MAJORITY OF THE LIBRARY, NOT JUST THE BACK ROOM. WE'RE GONNA TO TRY TO HAVE THE KIDS DO SOME STUFF IN THE SHELVES TOO. SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON ON THAT DAY IF YOU DID THE BINGO. THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD, ACCORDING TO HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS YOU HAVE, THAT MIGHT BE WORE OUT BY THEN. , THIS LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY FULL AGENDA RIGHT HERE. IT DOES. WHY DON'T YOU PICK OUT A DATE THAT YOU THINK THAT YOU COULD PUT IT IN? RIGHT. AND THEN WE CAN SEE IT AND THEN LET US KNOW. YES. YES. WHAT ABOUT, UH, JUNE 9TH OR, OR 10TH DO YOU, IT LOOKS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SCHEDULED THOSE TWO DAYS AS PART OF THE READING PROGRAM. JUNE 9TH WHERE WE NORMALLY HOST THE BINGO IS IN THE BACK ROOM. MM-HMM . AND THE DOMINO PLAYERS ARE THERE TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS. YEAH. SO WE'VE HAD TO WORK AROUND THAT SCHEDULE AS WELL. SO IF WE DID WANT TO DO THE BINGO, IT WOULD BE AFTER THREE ON EITHER THE NINTH, IT WOULD'VE TO BE GROUP THREE. THAT GROUP THAT IS IN THAT BACK ROOM ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS. YES. ARE THEY GONNA BE THERE DURING THE WHOLE SUMMER ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS OR ARE THEY GONNA BE GET MOVED OUT FRONT AGAIN? NO, THEY'RE GONNA BE BACK THERE THE WHOLE TIME. OKAY. OKAY. SO WHAT ABOUT THE 22ND? IT'S A MONDAY THAT'S OPEN. IT'S OPEN ON MY BOOK TOO. MINE TOO. I CAN HELP ANYTIME DURING THAT ON THAT DAY. WHEN IS THIS? JUNE 22ND. A MONDAY. WHAT TIME SLOT WOULD YOU BE LOOKING AT? DO YOU WANT MORNING OR AFTERNOON? IT DOESN'T MATTER. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE KIDS ARE GONNA BE MORE APT TO AND MAMAS AND DADDY'S WHO BRING THEM? WE'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH OUR SCHEDULING THIS YEAR. YES. SO WE , WE'RE JUST GONNA SET A TIME AND HOPE PEOPLE SHOW UP. THAT'S HONESTLY HOW IT'S GONNA GO. WE'RE GONNA SET A TIME AND HOPE PEOPLE SHOW UP. SO ARE WE LOOKING AT ONE HOUR OR TWO HOURS? 'CAUSE WE ONLY DO AN HOUR WITH THE SENIORS, I THINK. UM, AN HOUR I THINK. YEAH. IS PLENTY WITH KIDS. 'CAUSE MY TWO OLDER GRAND GIRLS, WE'VE BEEN PLAYING REAL BINGO 'CAUSE I WAS TIRED OF KIDS. BINGO. SO I'VE TAUGHT THEM TO PLAY REAL BINGO. AND AS LONG AS THEY KNOW THEIR LETTERS AND THEIR NUMBERS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOOD TO GO. YEAH. I THINK AN HOUR IS GOOD TOO. I THINK AN HOUR IS MORE THAN PLENTY. I THINK IF WE DID SOMETHING LIKE 10 30 OR 11, THAT WAY IT'S BEFORE LUNCH SO YOU DON'T HAVE THE LUNCH WHATEVER'S AND THEN IT'S MM-HMM . UM, ALSO IF THEY DO NAP TIME IN THE AFTERNOON, WE'RE NOT INTERFERING WITH NAP TIME FOR SMALLER CHILDREN. SO MAYBE A 10 30 TO 11 O'CLOCK WOULD BE KIND OF THE SWEET SPOT. YEAH. 'CAUSE MAMA MIGHT BE HAVING TO BRING THE YOUNGER ONES. YEAH. MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, WITH THE OLDER KIDS. SO DO WE WANNA SAY 10 30 OR 11? THAT GIVES US THE TIME FOR THE LIBRARY TO OPEN. GET SET UP, GET SET UP. 10 30 TO 1130. AND WHAT DAY IS THAT DATE? MONDAY, JUNE 22ND. SO, OKAY. I'M OPEN. 10 30. 1130. IS THAT OKAY? YOU THINK THAT'S GOOD? EVERYTHING'S ON THE, ON THE, ON THE HOUR. KIDS BINGO FROM 10 30. SO THIS WOULD BE, DO YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO CALL? IS THAT WHAT YOU NEED? YES. YEAH. AND MAYBE HELP ANY KIDS HELP KIDS THAT WOULD NEED . GOT THEIR LITTLE ONES OUT THERE. JUST BRING 'EM AND DUMP 'EM. RIGHT. BARBARA , WE HAVE AN UNINTENDED CHILDREN'S POLICY, SO THAT SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. OKAY. SO WE WANT TO UM, JUST DO IT ONCE OVER THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM? NO. UM, OR DO WE ABOUT JULY. JUST DO ONE EACH MONTH, SEE HOW THE RE RECEPTION IS AND, AND THEN WE'LL DECIDE FROM THERE BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO. WHAT TIME IS IT ON FRIDAY AFTERNOONS? UH, ONE, TWO. TWO TWO. I'M SORRY. TWO O'CLOCK. AND IT GOES TILL THREE. MM-HMM . IT'S JUST AN HOUR AND TWO DIRECTOR. IF LIKE, I Y'ALL DO THE MONTHLY CALENDAR. IF YOU COULD DO THE MONTHLY CALENDAR WITH JUNE AND JULY ON THE SAME PAGE. AND WE HAVE THAT SET UP RIGHT NOW. OKAY. KIND OF THIS ONE. YES. YES. OH, I DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE YET, SO THAT'S COOL. OH, . I DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE BECAUSE I HAVE THESE AND IF WE HAD THE DOUBLE MM-HMM . THAT WOULD BE REALLY COOL. WHERE'D YOU GET THAT AT THE LI WELL I GOT MINE [00:15:01] AT THE LIBRARY. I GET THIS ONE. I THINK I HAVE THE EMAIL FROM RACHEL. I CAN FORWARD IT TO EVERYBODY HAS IT. SO WE ARE DOING JULY OR WE'RE NOT DOING JULY. IF Y'ALL ARE WILLING TO DO JULY, WE CAN DO JULY. UM, THE ONLY DAY I'M AVE WELL THAT LAST MONDAY OF JULY IS THE ESCAPE ROOM. UM, THE ONLY JULY I'M AVAILABLE IS A MONDAYS AND JULY IS THE SIXTH AND THE 13TH. SHAME ON ME. I DON'T HAVE MY JULY CALENDAR IN HERE. SO WE HAVE THE ARI AT 2:00 PM ON THE SIXTH. SO IF WE WANTED TO KEEP WITH THE SAME TIME SCHEDULE, WHAT ABOUT THAT COULD ALSO WORK? I'D ALMOST SAY IT IS GONNA BE HARDER TO DO IT ON THE SIXTH. 'CAUSE YOU'RE COMING OFF OF A HOLIDAY WEEKEND. A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT STILL BE OUT OF TOWN. YOU MIGHT WANNA PUSH TO THE 13TH ON THAT IS TRUE. JULY. WELL I COULD DO IT ON THE 20TH. I'LL HAVE FOUR OF MY GRANDKIDS. BUT DOES THAT GIVE IT FOUR WEEKS IN BETWEEN A FULL MONTH BETWEEN ONE TO THE NEXT I'LL HAVE FOUR OF MY GRANDKIDS. YOU'LL HAVE 'EM ON THE 20TH. MM-HMM . AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA PLAY BINGO. WELL, AND THAT'S ALSO WHEN THE, THE LIBRARY STORE'S GONNA OPEN WITH THEM TO BE ABLE TO START. THEY'RE GONNA BE SHOPPING. YEAH. YEAH, THEY'LL BE SHOPPING. SO I MEAN THEY COULD COME IN AND SHOP BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY EVER SHOPPING AND BINGO ON THE 20TH. YEAH, I DON'T. MIGHT AND THE ES UM, WELL SHOP IS FROM THE 20TH THROUGH THE 31ST, CORRECT? YES. MM-HMM . SO, AND THE ESCAPE ROOM IS THE 22ND AND THE 29TH. AND THEN TOUCH A TRUCK IS THE 24TH AND THEN THEY'LL, SO I THINK THAT'S PLENTY FOR THOSE DAYS. SO JULY 13TH OR EVEN DO IT, WHAT IS THERE ON THE 16TH JURASSIC WORLD AT THREE. AND THEN THAT'S ALSO THE DOMINOES IN THE BACK ROOM. IN THE BACK ROOM. OKAY. YEAH. SO IT LOOKS LIKE THREE DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM. OKAY. WEDNESDAY THE 13TH. 15TH. WEDNESDAY THE 15TH. 15TH IS FINE. UM, JULY 15TH. THERE'S, WHAT ARE YOU DRINKING AS PART OF THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM AT 10:00 AM THE TEXAS MASTER NATURALIST. YEAH. AT 10:00 AM SO THAT'S NOT GOOD. ANYTHING ON. SO IT LOOKS LIKE MONDAY THE 13TH IF WE WANNA HAVE IT. PLUS THAT'S GETTING SO CLOSE TO THE END OF THE PROGRAM. I THINK IT WOULD BE OKAY TO HAVE IT LESS THAN FOUR WEEK TIMEFRAME. THAT'S FINE. SO WHAT ABOUT MONDAY THE 13TH, JULY 13TH? MM-HMM . ARE WE GONNA DO THE EARLY MORNING? LIKE YEAH. OKAY. 10 30 TO 1130. AND I'LL HAVE TO GET MY CALENDAR 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT ONE. BUT IF I'M AVAILABLE I CAN BE THERE. AND THIS IS THE, IT'S ENGLISH, SPANISH BOTH. BINGO. RIGHT. INSTEAD OF DOING THE REGULAR BINGO LIKE WE HAVE FOR THE SENIORS, WE HAVE A PICTURE BINGO. COOL. THAT'S IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH THAT I THINK THE KIDS WOULD REALLY LIKE. YEAH. YES. WELL MY TWO OF THEM, MAYBE THREE OF 'EM WILL BE SPEAKING SPANISH. YEAH, WELL THE CARDS ARE ENGLISH, SPANISH. THEY'RE PICTURES. SO IT'S, YEAH. YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT KNOWING WHAT TO DO. YEAH. I JUST MATCH THE PICTURES. YEAH. SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE A EIGHT 13 OR WHATEVER BB ONE, WHATEVER IT IS. IT'S GONNA BE. YEAH. SO, 'CAUSE I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO 10 . YES. SO MONDAY, JUNE 22ND, 22ND, 10 30 TO 1130 AND THEN MONDAY THE 13TH. BINGO. OKAY. AND THEN CHILDREN CHILDREN'S BINGO. YEAH. AND THEN JULY MON NO. YEAH. MONDAY, [00:20:03] JULY 13TH, 10 30 TO 1130. OKAY. AND YOU'VE GOT THE STORY TIME TWICE ON THE SUMMER FOR THAT. YES. SO I THINK THAT'S GOOD FOR THOSE TWO NEW PROGRAMS. AND THEN IF WE SEE THERE WILL BE A WELL, BUT IF DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR WE'D HAVE TO HAVE IT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, WE PROBABLY WOULD AND I'D HAVE TO SPEAK TO THE PERSON WHO'S WILLING TO DO IT, WHO'S VOLUNTEERING TO DO IT RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW. UM, I KIND OF WANNA SEE HOW IT GOES IN THE SUMMER AND THEN IF IT GOES REALLY WELL THEN WE CAN HAVE FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH HER AND MAYBE TRY TO PLAN OUT SOMETHING ONCE A QUARTER IF NOT MORE FREQUENTLY. OKAY. DURING THE ACTUAL SCHOOL YEAR. OKAY. SO WE WILL NEED ONE PERSON TO CALL AND POSSIBLY TWO TO JUST MONITOR THE ROOM AND HELP WHOEVER WOULD NEED HELP DEPENDING ON THE CROWD WE HAVE, DEPENDING ON THE CROWD. YEAH. SO THIS PERSON IS VOLUNTEERED TO DO THE DAN DOOR TIME. YES. MAY WE HAVE HER NAME? CAROLINA ARCHER. OH, CAROLINA DO. OKAY. WELL TELL HER THANK YOU. REALLY? NOW IS THE THEME FOR THIS SUMMER'S READING PROGRAM JURASSIC PARK? OR HAVE I MISSED SOMETHING? IT IS UNEARTH A STORY. UNEARTH A STORY. OKAY. EARTH A STORY. AND WE ARE GOING HEAVY ON THE DINOSAUR DINOSAUR ASPECT OF IT. OKAY. THAT MAKES SENSE. GET READY FOR A LOT OF GROWLING . IT'S ALRIGHT. IT'S ALL RIGHT. MM-HMM . SO HOW MANY OF THESE THINGS ARE GONNA BE BY RESERVATION ONLY? NONE. NONE. OKAY. WE TRIED RESERVATIONS LAST YEAR, THEY DID NOT WORK. MM-HMM. WE ARE NOT GOING TO TRY AND ENFORCE THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR. IF WE HAVE TO TURN PEOPLE AWAY, ONCE THEY GET THERE, WE WILL DEAL WITH IT. BUT THE RESERVATIONS, IT'S TIME CONSUMING FOR Y'ALL. IT WASN'T EVEN THE TIME ISSUE. YEAH. IT WAS THE MORNING OF AND WE HAD 12 PEOPLE, IF NOT MORE. THAT DIDN'T RSVP. THEY RSVP BUT NEVER SHOWED UP. OH. NEVER COMMUNICATED THAT THEY WEREN'T COMING. AND THEN THAT THOSE SPOTS COULD HAVE BEEN MOVED TO SOMEONE ELSE. RIGHT. THERE. SOMEBODY A AWAY THAT COULD HAVE COME COULD HAVE COME FIRST, COME FIRST SERVE. AND I IS THAT, UM, HAS THAT BEEN PUT ON ANY OF THE INFORMATION GOING OUT ON THE INTERNET AND STUFF THAT ALL PROGRAMS ARE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED? I DON'T THINK IT HAS BEEN SPECIFIED ON THE PAPERWORK, BUT WE CAN WITH FUTURE. IS THERE A LIMIT OF THE NUMBER OF KIDS YOU CAN HAVE IN THE LIBRARY AT ONE TIME? YEAH, THERE IS. OUR TOTAL FIRE OCCUPANCY FOR THE BUILDING IS 110. OKAY. MASTER GARDENER LAST YEAR ALMOST . UHHUH AND THE BUTTERFLY THING. THE BUTTERFLY THAT YEAH. THAT ONE WAS PACKED THE YEAR BEFORE LAST. OR WAS THAT LAST YEAR? WAS THE YEAR BEFORE LAST? I DON'T KNOW. I WORK TO HOPE FOR THE BEST. WELL THE KIDS THAT PARTICIPATED HAVE ALWAYS, YEAH. ALWAYS ENJOYED IT. AND THE WAY THAT YOU'RE DOING IT, 11, THE STORE, YOU'RE ACCOMMODATING EACH AGE LEVEL BECAUSE THE OLDER KIDS NEED TO BE ABLE TO PICK WHAT THEIR INTERESTS ARE. RIGHT. RATHER THAN YOU TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT. SO I THINK IT WAS, I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD, A GOOD PLAN AND WE'LL JUST SEE HOW WELL IT WORKS. DIRECTOR. IT'S GONNA BE SOME THAT DON'T LIKE IT AND SOME THAT DO. NOW DID WE TALK ABOUT THAT END OF PROGRAM? WE'RE NOT HAVING A PARTY, ARE WE? NO. OKAY. OKAY. I THOUGHT I REMEMBERED THAT. DIRECTOR. I MAY BE BE MISSING IT HERE, BUT LIKE ON JUNE THE 11TH, IT SAYS LAMB BEFORE TIME. THAT HAS NUMBER TWO IN PARENTHESES. YES. WHAT DOES THE TWO MEAN? JUNE 4TH IS FIRST LAMB BEFORE TIME ONE. OH, [00:25:01] I GOT YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ? UH, IT'S THE SECOND ONE IN THE SERIES. SO WE'RE DOING THE FIRST THREE OUT OF EACH OF THE MOVIE SERIES. OKAY, THANK YOU. NOW THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH. 'CAUSE THERE'S JUNE NINE. JUNE 18TH. YEAH. LAND BEFORE TIME THREE. RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THAT'S WATCHING A MOVIE LAND BEFORE TIME. YES. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS THEY'VE GOT LISTED NOW? ARE THERE ANY OTHER DATES SPECIFICALLY THAT YOU NEED PEOPLE TO COME IN AND ASSIST DURING THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM? JUNE 27TH, BUT THAT WILL BE LATER DIRECTED IN THE MEETING. OKAY. YEAH. UM, MOST OF THE PERFORMERS, WELL ONE OF THE PERFORMERS IS THE SAME ONE THAT WE HAD LAST IS A REPEAT FROM LAST YEAR. MOST OF THE STUFF WE ARE HOPING WILL BE FAIRLY EASY TO FACILITATE THE DAYS THAT WE ARE HAVING THE ESCAPE ROOMS. WE MIGHT NEED A FEW EXTRA HANDS ON THOSE. MM-HMM . UM, JUST TO HELP WITH THE KIDS WITH THE PUZZLES. AND THAT IS, Y'ALL HAVE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE, HAVE YOU? NO, THIS IS, I WAS GONNA SAY I DON'T, THIS IS NEW. IS THAT TWO? THERE'S TWO OF THEM. THE 22ND AND THE 29TH OF JULY. YES, OF JULY. SO THERE'S THE TWO. OKAY. SO STAR THAT ONE, UM, TO HELP. AND WE WILL ALSO BE DOWN A STAFF MEMBER FOR A FEW DAYS IN BETWEEN THE WEEK, WEEKS OF JULY 22ND TO THE 29TH. AND THAT INCLUDES THE ESCAPE ROOM, THE TOUCH A TRUCK, THE CRAFT, AND THEN THE ESCAPE ROOM AGAIN. YES. AND THE LIBRARY STORE ALL AT THE SAME TIME. ALL AT THE SAME TIME. WHERE WOULD THIS LIBRARY STORE BE SET UP? IT IS GOING TO BE SET UP AGAINST THE WALL IN THE FRONT AREA. PRETTY SIMILAR TO THE CHECKER TABLE. THAT'S WHERE OUR POSITION FOR IT GOING. THE AJO WALL TO THE BACK ROOM. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. NOW IS SOMEBODY GONNA NEED TO BE THERE AT THAT POSITION? IF WE COULD HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THE FIRST DAY OR TWO OF THE STORE. OKAY. IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. SO START JULY 20TH THROUGH THE 31ST BECAUSE OF HOW THE STORE'S GONNA BE SET UP. WE AREN'T FOR SURE HOW BOMBARDED WE'RE GOING TO BE WITHIN THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF IT. RIGHT. JUST BECAUSE THIS IS A WHOLE NEW ASPECT THAT WE HAVEN'T TRIED BEFORE. WE'VE TRIED TO WORK OUT MOST OF THE LOGISTICS, BUT THERE'S SOME THAT WE JUST WON'T KNOW UNTIL THE TIME COMES. AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SEPARATE AGES OR SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE DIFFERENT TABLES? YES. MM-HMM . OKAY. MM-HMM . OKAY. AND IT WILL BE MARKED WHAT THE AGES ARE AND SO THERE WILL BE NO, THEY GET THEIR MONEY WHEN THEY TURN IN THEIR SHEETS. WHEN WE GET A FINAL COUNT AFTER THE 17TH, WE WILL HAVE THE MONEY PRE-PRINTED AND JUST ATTACH IT WITH THEIR FORMS. OKAY. THAT WAY THEY'LL HAVE TO STOP BY THE DESK FIRST TO GET THE MONEY AND THEN GO SHOP TO THE STORE. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH, BECAUSE THE LAST DAY IS THE 17TH MM-HMM . AND SO BY THAT MONDAY THE 20TH, YOU'LL HAVE IT. OKAY. SO I'M, HOW'S THAT GONNA WORK? YOU MAY HAVE SAID, AND I MISSED IT, BUT THE STORE'S GONNA BE BACK HERE. YOU'RE UP FRONT, YOU'RE GONNA GIVE 'EM THE MONEY. THEY'RE GONNA GO BACK AND SHOP. THE PERSON THAT'S BACK HERE WATCHING, ARE THEY GONNA TAKE THE MONEY OR IS IT GONNA GO BACK UP FRONT TO YOU FOR YOU TO SEE? I THINK IN ALL HONESTY, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST. I'D LOVE TO HEAR Y'ALL'S OPINIONS, BUT I THINK IF Y'ALL TOOK THE MONEY MM-HMM . BECAUSE Y'ALL WILL SEE THE AMOUNTS FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THE TABLE. AND THEY WILL FEEL LIKE THEY'RE BUYING IT. RIGHT. IT'S FAKE MONEY. MM-HMM . YEAH. SO IT, THAT WILL GIVE THEM THE SENSE OF BUYING IT FOR WHAT THEY EARNED. OKAY. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHICH WAY IT WAS GOING. MM-HMM . I FIGURED THAT'S GONNA BE BEST. AND THEN AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE CAN GO COLLECT THE MONEY FROM Y'ALL. THAT WAY IT'S NOT JUST YOU DON'T HAVE EACH, YOU'LL HAVE EACH AGE GROUP WITH [00:30:01] HOW MANY BUCKS WERE TURNED IN EACH PERSON. EACH PERSON. PERSON. EACH PERSON WILL HAVE THEIR OWN MONEY. OKAY. AND THEY ONLY WILL HAVE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY EARNED. YES. OKAY. IS THAT A BUCK A BOOK? IS THAT HOW THAT'S WORKING? OR THERE'S UH, A SECOND SHEET THAT KIND OF TALKS ABOUT HOW THE, IT'S GONNA WORK. AND I JUST TEXTED THIS TO Y'ALL. OKAY. AND THIS TO Y'ALL. OKAY. OKAY. SO Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE IT IN THE, THE, UH, TEXT CHAIN WE HAVE FOR THIS MEETING. OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN I MADE A NOTE, UM, JUST AS A REMINDER, THE SPANISH READING AND THE, THE, THE BINGO IS NOT ON THIS LIST 'CAUSE WE JUST DISCUSSED IT. YEAH. OBVIOUSLY. AND IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY PART OF THE READING PROGRAM. CORRECT. SO THAT'S, YOU WON'T SEE THIS ON HERE. OKAY. YOU'LL HAVE TO ADD IT. ALRIGHT. DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BEHOOVE US TO ADD THIS BINGO. UM, AND PUT IT AROUND TOWN? LIKE THE FLYERS? I DON'T WANNA GET BOMBARDED. OKAY. IN ALL HONESTY. OKAY. UH, UNTIL WE SEE, LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS. SEE HOW THIS IS GONNA WORK. YEAH. THIS FIRST ONE'S GONNA WORK AND LET US GET BROKE IN . AND DON'T THEY HAVE TO HAVE A LIBRARY CARD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTIVITIES AND THE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING DURING THE SUMMER? NO, THEY DO NOT. THEY CAN JUST SHOW UP TO THE PROGRAMS. OKAY. BUT IF THEY WANT TO ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE IN THE READING PORTION OF IT, THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE A CARD. OKAY. 'CAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU TRACK IT. YES. OKAY. SO HOW ARE WE GONNA GET THE SPANISH READ THE SPANISH STORY TIME OUT TO THE PEOPLES? WE CAN MAKE A SEPARATE FLYER FOR THAT ONE. I WOULDN'T MIND HAVING A BIGGER CROWD FOR THE STORY TIMES. I JUST DON'T KNOW ABOUT TRYING TO DO A HUGE CROWD FOR THE BINGO. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE CAN, I CAN, SO STORY TIMES TELL ONE OF THE STAFF TO CREATE A FLYER AND THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START GETTING THAT SHARED. OKAY. OKAY. IT WAS ON THE 16TH. YEAH. THE SPANISH STORY TIME IS THE 16TH AND THE 7TH OF JULY. YOU'RE JUST GONNA ADVERTISE IT THERE. IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? FLYERS MADE TO PUT UP? LIKE WE PUT THE BOOK SAMPLE. OH, OKAY. IF Y'ALL WANT TO OR WE CAN JUST DO IT. LITERALLY LIKE TO SEND SOMETHING TO THE SCHOOLS. YES. UHHUH. 'CAUSE THEY'RE OUT THURSDAY. YEAH. IF YOU MAKE THE FLYER AND THEN DO THE FOR UPS, I CAN GET THAT OUT TOO. SO. OKAY. YOU GET THE AND JULIE DID CARDS. WE HAVE A CONTACT FOR THEM, BUT CONSIDERING THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL THURSDAY, I, IT IT'S GONNA BE ACTIVITIES CLOSE. YEAH. AND THEN IS SOMEBODY GONNA SEND OUT A, A SIGNUP SHEET FOR THESE FOR ACTIVITIES OR DO WE NEED TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW TODAY? UM, YOU MEAN FOR THE BINGOS? YES MA'AM. AND THE STORE. MM-HMM . AND THE SPANISH. WELL, DO YOU NEED HELP WHILE THE SPANISH IS HERE OR YOU'VE ALREADY GOT THAT COVERED? SO SHE'S GOT THE SPANISH STORY TIME COVERED. YEAH. SO JUST THE BINGO AND, AND THEN IN THE STORE. IN THE STORE IT'S MAINLY JUST GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE SPANISH. BINGO. CAN WE PUT A FLYER UP IN THE SPANISH CHURCHES? PROBABLY. CAN WE PUT ONE UP IN SPANISH? I DON'T KNOW. I JUST, HE CAN SURE. RIGHT. ? I USED MY ENGLISH ONE AND STUCK IT TO THE SPANISH DOORS AND I'M SURE SOMEBODY IN THERE COULD READ IT BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW A LICK ABOUT SPANISH. SO I MEAN, YOU CAN ALWAYS TRANSLATE THINGS. HE CAN MAKE A YEAH. A FLYER OF SOME SORT THAT WE CAN TAKE TO THE SPANISH CHURCHES. I DON'T HOW MANY SPANISH CHURCHES DO WE HAVE? I'M THINKING. WELL I JUST, I WAS THINKING OF THE ONE OVER THERE BY THE UM, THERE'S ONE RIGHT DOWN HERE ON SPARKS. UHHUH. . THERE'S THREE AREN'T THERE? I THOUGHT THERE WAS THREE. THERE'S ONE HERE BY SPARKS. THERE'S ONE OVER BY THE RAILROAD TRACK. AND DON'T WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE? WELL WE HAVE A SPANISH CLASS AT MY CHURCH. YEAH. SO I COULD PUT ONE UP ON THEIR DOOR. YEAH. I JUST THINK IF YOU PUT IT IN ANY CHURCH THAT THEY'VE ALL GOT HISPANIC MM-HMM . UM, I THINK SO TOO. MM-HMM . SO, AND I KNOW THAT CHANGE FOR CHRIST HAS HISPANIC, UM, AND UM, NEW LIFE MINISTRIES DOES AND WE HAVE SOME AT OUR CHURCH AT FULL GOSPEL. SO I THINK SEE IF SHE'D BE WILLING TO YEAH. BECAUSE SHE MIGHT COULD WRITE A THING IN ENGLISH AND THEN IN SPANISH. YEAH. ON THE SAME FLYER. [00:35:01] ABSOLUTELY. AND MAYBE SO YEAH, I'LL CHECK WITH HER. BUT I MEAN WE COULD ALSO GOOGLE TRANSLATE IT TOO. WELL THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF THAT STUFF, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CORRECT. YEAH, YEAH. YOU KNOW. UM, AND THEN THAT'S FOR STORY TIME, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. YEAH. STORY, STORY TIME IS, IT'S GONNA BE SPANISH, RIGHT? RIGHT. YEAH. THE BINGO'S GONNA BE SPANISH AND ENGLISH. YES. THAT WAS, IT'S GONNA BE HARD. SOMEBODY ENGLISH WANTED TO COME TO THE SPANISH STORY TIME THAT THEY COULD ALSO OH YEAH. THAT'S WHY IF WE PUT IT IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH MM-HMM . ON THE SAME FLYER. MM-HMM . YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK WE CAN JUST PUT SPANISH STORY TIME OR SPANISH BINGO. RIGHT. THAT'S DISCRIMINATION. AND THEN THAT'S GONNA GET INTO IT A WHOLE NEW CAN OF WORMS. YEAH. YEAH. AND WE COULD ALSO FIND, BECAUSE THE VOLUNTEER SAID THAT WE COULD PICK OUT WHATEVER BOOK WE WANTED FOR THE STORY TIME AND I WAS GOING TO TRY TO GET A BILINGUAL ONE ANYWAY. THAT WAY IT'S JUST EASIER IF THERE ARE BOTH MM-HMM . OR MULTIPLE LANGUAGES PRESENT IN THE ROOM. MM-HMM . I KNOW THERE, I'VE SEEN SOME, UH, BILINGUAL AT THE LIBRARY. WE HAVE SOME PLAYING BINGO WITH US WHEN WE WERE THERE. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . AND I HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF HIGHLIGHTS MAGAZINES AND THEY HAVE A STORY THAT'S BILINGUAL. UM, LET ME PUT ON MY DESK CALENDAR AT HOME TO, UM, THE WEEK OF JUNE, MONDAY, JUNE 15TH, PUT OUT TO ALL OF US ABOUT WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP WITH BINGO ON THE 22ND. HOW'S THAT WORK? OKAY, THAT'S FINE. AND THEN AGAIN, I WILL DO IT ON THE 6TH OF JULY. WELL, I'LL BE BACK. YEAH, I'LL BE BACK, UM, FOR THE 13TH. AND THEN, UM, ALSO DO FOR THE 20TH, I'LL INCLUDE THE BINGO ON THE 13TH AND THE SHOP ON THE 20TH AND HAVE VOLUNTEERS FOR THE 20TH AND 21ST FOR THE SHOP. DOES THAT SOUND GOOD? DO YOU MAYBE ALSO DO THE 22ND JUST IN CASE? JUST IN CASE. WELL, PLUS YOU'VE GOT THE ESCAPE ROOM THAT DAY. SO WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE BOARD MEMBERS HERE ANYWAY. YES. SO WE'LL NEED WORK FOR THE 22ND AND THE 29TH FOR SURE. WITH THE ESCAPE ROOM. YES. CORRECT. YES. OKAY. 'CAUSE IN THE SUMMER IT'S EASIER FOR ME TO JUST DO IT THE WEEK BEFORE. SO I DON'T KNOW MY CALENDAR A LOT BETTER BY THEN. YEAH. 'CAUSE JULY I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME. YEAH, I DON'T EITHER. AND HAD IT NOT BEEN LOOKING AT MY CALENDAR YESTERDAY, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HERE TODAY. 'CAUSE I FORGOT. SO, SO HAVE YOU AND CAROLINA WORKED OUT THE BOOK? SO THE AGES, ARE YOU GONNA DO A BOOK FOR THE 2-YEAR-OLD AND A BOOK FOR A THREE OR FOUR YEAR? IT'S ONE BOOK AND IT'S USUALLY GEARED TOWARDS THE YOUNGER KIDS. HOPEFULLY THE OLDER KIDS PAY ATTENTION AND THEY LIKE IT. WE WILL ALSO BE GETTING THE SUPPLIES NEEDED IF WE DON'T ALREADY HAVE THEM FOR THE CRAFT AS WELL, JUST LIKE WE DO WITH REGULAR STORY TIME. OKAY. NOW, UH, JULY THE 22ND THROUGH THE 29TH, THERE IS A CRAFT DAY IN THERE. YES. SO WOULD WE NEED TO STAR THAT TO HAVE SOMEONE ON BOARD TO HELP WITH THAT? MOST OF THE CRAFTS THAT WE HAVE PICKED OUT THIS YEAR ARE VERY HANDS OFF FOR EVERYBODY. OKAY. UM, ONE OF THE DESIGNS IS A, THE KIDS CAN PICK OUT A DINOSAUR EGG THAT PULLS OUT AND THEY GET TO COLOR IT AND THEN PUTS IT BACK. THERE'S ANOTHER ONE WITH A PAPERCLIP, NOT PAPERCLIP, CLOTHES PIN. MM-HMM . THAT THEY COLOR THE LITTLE DINOSAUR FACE AND THEN JUST GLUE IT TO IT AND IT OPENS UP ITS MOUTH AND, OKAY. OH, THAT'S COOL. COOL. OKAY. OKAY. WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT WE'RE GONNA ORDER BECAUSE THE BOOKMARKS THAT WE WERE JUST GONNA COLOR DID NOT COME IN HANDY. STICKER SHEETS FOR DINOSAURS. OKAY. INSTEAD OF COLOR YOUR NUMBER, [00:40:01] BECAUSE WE RECENTLY GOT AN EXAMPLE FROM DEMCO THAT WE FELL IN LOVE WITH. UM, THE KIDS ARE GONNA DO A CREATE YOUR SCENE WITH THE STICKERS. STICKERS. COOL. THAT'S COOL. AND THEN EACH KID GETS THEIR OWN LITTLE ONE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. MIGHT BE A DINOSAUR FACE. I CAN'T EXACTLY REMEMBER. OKAY. SO CRAFT IS IS EVEN DOWN ONE EMPLOYEE. IT'S STILL GONNA BE OKAY. OKAY. BUT I'M GONNA START MINE ANYWAY. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? I'VE GOT MY STARS BY WHEN I NEED TO SEND OUT. UM, SIGNUP SHEETS. SIGNUP SHEET REMINDER. WHAT ABOUT ON GAME DAYS? WILL WE NEED HELP? IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO HELP JUST OUT OF, YOU KNOW, PURE JOY AND PROBABLY A FEW LAUGHS. UH, FEEL FREE TO SWING BY . OKAY. SO WE'VE GOT GAME DAY JUNE 24TH AND THAT'S IT. JUST ONE GAME DAY? YES. OKAY. OH, OKAY. OKAY. JUNE 24TH. SO JUNE 25TH, THE LOCAL AUTHOR BOOK TALKS. YES. WHO'S, WHO'S OUR LOCAL AUTHOR? CHARLES'S BOOK OF COURSE. NO. OH, IT'S A BIOGRAPHY FROM C CCB MOORE. CJ MOORE. BJ. BJ MOORE. BJ MOORE. OH, BIOGRAPHY. YOU CAUGHT ME. COOL. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE STORY TIME STORY? MM-HMM. STORY, STORY TIME, PRECIOUS, ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD? NO. WHAT, WHAT IS THE, OH, THE 27TH IS THE JUNE 27TH. THAT'S THE UM, FOR THE CITY. YES. AND WE'RE, THAT'S, THAT'S NEXT ON THE AGENDA. OH, OKAY. OKAY. SO WE, ON THE NEW BUSINESS, WE'VE DONE NUMBER THREE, DISCUSS UPDATES FOR THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM SCHEDULE NUMBER FOUR, DISCUSS POTENTIAL HELP NEEDED FOR THE CITY'S 4TH OF JULY EVENT ON JUNE 27TH. AND I WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR THAT. OH, HERE WE GO. I'LL BE WEARING A DOZEN HATS THAT DAY. WHAT KIND OF HELP IS NEEDED? DO WE KNOW WHAT THE CITY'S GONNA NEED US FOR? FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT HAS BEEN REQUESTED THAT THEY NEED HELP ONCE AGAIN WITH CRAFTS. TO WHAT? CRAFT? I'M NOT FOR SURE WHAT THE CRAFT IS. OKAY. WILL THERE BE CITY EMPLOYEES WITH US? WERE THERE CITY EMPLOYEES AT THE IRISH FESTIVAL? NO. NO, NO, NO. WELL, THEY WERE THERE, BUT THEY DIDN'T DO, THEY WEREN'T THERE. OKAY. AND I HAD THE 27TH ON MY CALENDAR. IS IT THE 27TH OR THE 28TH? 27TH. THERE IS A TYPO ON THE MEMO. OKAY. SO VERY SORRY. THE CORRECT DATE IS JUNE 27TH, NOT THE 28TH. YEAH, SATURDAY. OKAY. AND DO WE KNOW THE HOURS ON THAT YET? I THINK IT'S FIVE TO NINE. OH. BUT I DON'T, YEAH, I THINK IT'S FIVE TO NINE. HAS THE CITY POSTED THAT THEY HAVE ON THE'S WEBSITE? I SEEN IT. YEAH, I'VE SEEN THAT THE OTHER DAY. WELL, AND THE REASON WHY I'M SAYING FIVE TO NINE IS UM, I KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS A CATERING BUSINESS AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE WEBSITE AND THE TIMES THAT THEY WERE RIGHT, I GUESS WANTING PEOPLE FOR FOOD STALLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IT DID SAY FIVE TO NINE, BUT ON THE CITY OF ALVARADO'S WEBSITE, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME OF MONTH. YEAH, IT SAYS FIVE TO NINE. IT DOES SAY FIVE TO NINE. MM-HMM . YES. I'LL SIGN UP FOR TWO HOURS. I'M GONNA BE THERE ANYWAY. I MEAN, IT'S PART OF THE REUNION. I HAVE TO BE THERE ANYWAY. I MEAN IT'S PART, YOU BE WORRYING MEAN OF THE REUNION, BUT IT'S PART OF THE SO I'LL BE, I'LL HELP YOU. I MEAN, I'LL BE THERE AND I'M A VOLUNTOLD MY HUSBAND. YOU'RE GONNA VOLUNTEER YOUR HUSBAND. I TOLD THERE YOU GO. OH, . GUESS WHAT HONEY? I WILL BE THERE. [00:45:01] I THINK WE'VE, GIVEN THIS BOARD HAS GIVEN THE CITY THE IDEA THAT WE DO WELL BY OURSELVES. BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THEY UNDERSTAND SOMEONE FROM THEIR ORGANIZATION ALSO NEEDS TO HELP VOLUNTEER. 'CAUSE THIS IS A CITY EVENT. I MEAN THAT'S JUST MY YEAH. WHAT OTHERS TWO ENTITIES ARE GONNA BE MM-HMM . MM-HMM . I LIKE THE IDEA WE'RE DOING IT BEFORE THE MAIN WEEKEND. YES. TAKE YOU. I LIKE IT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DOING IT ON THE, THE MAIN WEEKEND. I WAS GLAD TO SEE THEM CHANGE THAT. SO THAT'S MY SON'S 40TH BIRTHDAY. MM-HMM. HE'S HAVING A BIG PARTY. YEAH. SO WE'RE NOT DOING NO, NO FLOAT. NOT ON THAT ONE. NO FLOAT. I EXCEPT FOR THE CHRISTMAS, HUH? YEAH. I DON'T KNOW MANY. WE HADN'T GOT TO THAT ONE YET. DO, HUH? HOW MANY OCCASIONS DOES THE CITY PUT OUT DO FLOATS? TWO OR THREE? ONE. ONLY ONE. NOT THAT LIBRARY. WELL, WE USED TO, YOU JUST DID IT FOR THE REUNION ASSOCIATION AND THEN WE DID THE PARADE OF LIGHTS. UM, SO WE HAD THE RE THE REUNION PARADE AND WE HAD THE PARADE OF LIGHTS. SO THEY DON'T DO AND THE NO, THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE EVENTS. YEAH. OKAY. TWO SEPARATE EVENTS. OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. HISTORICALLY, AS THE LIBRARY ALWAYS, UH, HELPED WITH THE CITY EVENTS. I MEAN TECHNICALLY WE'RE PURPOSE. NO. ARE WE CONSIDERED A PART OF THE CITY THOUGH? BECAUSE WE'RE WE ARE VOTED IN. WE'RE ENTITY. YEAH. THE CITY OF ALVARADO PUBLIC LIBRARY. YEAH. WE ARE A CITY ENTITY, BUT WE ARE THE ONLY BOARD. MM-HMM THAT FULLY HELPS WITH EVENTS. THINK IF THE CITY PLANS THE EVENT, THEY SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO TAKE. AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO ASK IF THERE WAS ANYONE WHO WAS WILLING. UH, THIS IS NOT A MANDATORY, THIS IS, IT WAS A QUESTION. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ELABORATE. SO IF YOU ARE ABLE TO PLEASE LET ME KNOW. IF YOU ARE NOT AND ARE UNABLE TO ALSO PLEASE JUST LET ME KNOW. OKAY. ARE WE ALLOWED AT ALL TO HAVE ANYTHING THAT SAYS WE ARE WITH THE LIBRARY? I'M HOPING AT CHRISTMAS OR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, WE WILL HAVE OUR OWN BOOTH THAT WILL BE GEARED MORE TOWARDS LIBRARY SPECIFIC. THAT WAY WE AREN'T HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT HELPING OUT BECAUSE THIS IS, WHY COULDN'T THIS, THE LIBRARY HELPS PROMOTE THE CITY. WHY COULD WE NOT WEAR OUR T-SHIRTS AND STILL VOLUNTEER AS PART OF THIS ENTITY? I MEAN, YOU CAME MM-HMM . I'M JUST SAYING IF WE'RE GONNA BE THERE ON BEHALF OF THE LIBRARY, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PRESENT US AS PART OF THE LIBRARY. UHHUH, WHETHER WE HAVE A BOOTH OR NOT. UHHUH. UHHUH BECAUSE CITY EMPLOYEES DO IT. UHHUH THAT IS PERSONALLY UP TO Y'ALL. I AIN'T ASHAMED. . WELL, IT REALLY HELPS THEM TO KNOW WHO TO GO TO AND ASK THE QUESTION TO, YOU KNOW. YEAH. YEAH. YOU GOT SOMEBODY THERE WITH RIGHT. IT'S, IT'S NOTORIETY FOR WHAT WE DO AND, AND WHO WE ARE AND OUR DIRECTOR. I MEAN, WE'VE ALWAYS STEPPED UP MM-HMM . YES. FOR WHATEVER. BUT I THINK THE FACT THAT WE DO AND LISTENING TO, TO LYDIA AND I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE OTHER LADY'S NAME? UM, CARRIE KEATON. THAT BEVERLY WILLIE BEVERLY. OH BE, YEAH. THAT REALLY SPOKE UP FOR OUR BOOK SALE. YOU KNOW, WE ARE RECOGNIZED AS AN ENTITY WITHIN OURSELVES. MM-HMM . AND I THINK THE MORE WE CAN PROMOTE OURSELVES THROUGH THESE CITY EVENTS BECAUSE WE ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CITY, IT MIGHT ENHANCE THE LIBRARY. I AGREE. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE JUST 'CAUSE PEOPLE COME TO THE CITY EVENT. HOW MANY OF WE HEARD SAY WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE HAD A LIBRARY. YEAH. THAT HAPPENS. EVERY SINGLE EVENT. EVERY SINGLE EVENT. SO IF WE CAN PUT IT OUT THERE THAT WE ARE FROM THE LIBRARY, THEN THAT CONNECTS US WITH THE CITY BY HELPING [00:50:01] PART OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO HELPING THE, THE LIBRARY. SO THIS SHOULD SAY CITY OF. SO CAN I MAKE A MOTION THAT, UM, PRECIOUS WILL SEND OUT AN EMAIL TO US JUST ASKING FOR AVAILABILITY TO PASS OUR NAMES ALONG. UM, NEED A MOTION. UHUH. WE DON'T NEED A MOTION. UHUH. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. SO WE, OKAY. THERE'S NOT AIR. OKAY. SO THEN I WILL STAR THAT ITEM TO KNOW, TO SEND OUT A TEXT, A GROUP TEXT FOR AVAILABILITY FOR WORKING THAT DAY. AND THE HOURS. WHEN ARE YOU GONNA SEND IT ? WELL, LET'S SEE. MAYBE WHEN I SEND THE ONE OUT ON THE 15TH FOR THE KIDS. BINGO. INCLUDE THE KIDS. BINGO AND THE CITY. THAT'D BE FINE. DOES THAT WORK? THAT'D BE FINE WITH ME. JUST SO IT GIVES ME, BECAUSE I'M, I'M THINKING MY BRAIN'S GONNA BE DOING GOOD. REMEMBER, I, I UNDERSTAND ALL THIS. YEP. I PLAN IT BEING ON THE BINGO SINCE IT WAS ME REALLY PUSHING IT. SO I DON'T WANT YOU OTHER GUYS TO FEEL YOU'RE OBLIGATED JUST BECAUSE I WANT YOU'D BE A GOOD CALLER. I, I WILL BE GLAD TO CALL. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FOR THE 4TH OF JULY? I DON'T. ALRIGHT. NEXT ONE IS THE PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION FROM THE APRIL BOOK SALE 2026. AND WE KIND OF GOT OFF ON THAT WHILE AGO ON PAGE 10 OF THE PACKET. ATTACHED ARE THE TOTALS FROM THE BOOK SALE? PAGE 10. COOL. I THOUGHT WE DID AMAZING. I THOUGHT WE DID FOR THREE DAYS. GREAT. AND NICOLE MAKING THOSE BOOKMARKS. YEAH. IT'S REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL. WE ALWAYS TEND TO DO WELL ON THE MONDAYS. ISN'T THAT WEIRD? FIRST DAY THEY WANNA GET IN, GET THOSE SALES. YEAH. GET WELL THAT'S A GOOD CHOICE. DON'T WANNA, DON'T WANNA MISS ANYTHING. GET BEFORE IT'S GONE. WELL, LIKE WE SAID, FOR THIS ONLY THREE DAYS AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE HAD TO SET UP AND TO BREAK DOWN, I, I THINK IT WAS WORTH THE WORK. MM-HMM . FOR SURE. AND WE'VE GOT A GOOD SYSTEM IN THE CONTAINER NOW. YEAH. OF WHAT TO PUT IN AND YOU KNOW, NOTHING GOES IN THAT CONTAINER THAT'S BEEN ON THE TABLE MORE THAN TWICE AND WE'RE DONE WITH IT. YEAH. WE GOT A GOOD MOTION GOING ON IT. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . MM-HMM . ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE BOOK SALE? THANK YOU DIRECTOR FOR DIGGING THEM OUT. ? YEP. YEP, YEP. HOWEVER I CAN HELP. ALRIGHT, NUMBER SIX. DISCUSS POTENTIAL HELP NEEDED FOR THE PARKWAY PARK STORY WALL. THIS IS SO COOL. I DON'T KNOW IF THE BOARD'S BEEN BY THE STORY WALK. I, I HAVE, I HAVE NOT. I AM REMISS IN THAT. SO THE FIRST TIME THAT WE GOT IT SET UP, I HAD THE HELP OF PARKS AND IT TOOK US A WHILE BECAUSE WE WERE ASSEMBLING THE STANDS AND INSERTING THE BOOKS AT THE SAME TIME. THE SECOND TIME I DID IT BY MYSELF IN THE WIND AND IT TOOK ALMOST TWO HOURS TO SWAP OUT THE BOOKS. MAKE SURE I DIDN'T LOSE ANY OF THE PAGES BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA LITTER. AND THE NEXT TIME THAT WE WANT TO TRY TO SWAP IT OUT IS IN JULY AND THEN AGAIN IN OCTOBER, IF THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS MAYBE GO WITH ME OR SIT UP AT THE LIBRARY SO ONE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS CAN GO WITH ME, HOPEFULLY TWO HAND, WELL FOUR HANDS ARE BETTER THAN TWO AND MAKE THE PROCESS GO QUICKER. DO YOU HAVE, UM, AN IDEA OF WHEN IN JULY IT'S GONNA BE CHANGED OUT WHENEVER WE CAN FIT IT? IN ALL HONESTY, THERE'S NO SPECIFIC SET. OKAY. DATE. SO THE ONE YOU PUT OUT IN JULY WILL STAY UNTIL OCTOBER? YES. OKAY. I'M THINKING IT NEEDS TO BE DONE BECAUSE, UM, ONCE THE END OF STORY, THE END OF SUMMER READING PROGRAM HITS ON THE 20TH, THAT'S GONNA BE A PRETTY FULL TIME. YES. YEAH. ESPECIALLY FOR YOU. SO I'M THINKING [00:55:02] EITHER SOMEWHERE, UM, THE WEEK OF THE SIXTH OR THE WEEK OF THE 13TH. SO IT'S NOT, EACH PERSON'S DAY IS NOT SO CROWDED. NOW THE 13TH IS THE CHILDREN'S BINGO. RIGHT. COULD WE DO IT IN THE MORNING WHERE IT'S NOT SO HOT? ? I WOULD PREFER THAT. THANK YOU. . UM, UM, I COULD HELP ON WEDNESDAY THE 15TH. UM, I'M GONE JULY 1ST AND ALREADY HAVE AN APPOINTMENT ON JULY 8TH. I I CAN EITHER GO WITH YOU OR SET UP AT THE LIBRARY. IT'S WHICHEVER I'M OPEN. I JUST, I THINK JUST ONE, IT DOESN'T MATTER. WHOEVER WANTS TO DO IT, LET ME KNOW. THAT WAY I CAN LET THE STAFF KNOW. OR IF YOU WANT TO JUST SIT UP AT THE LIBRARY AND I CAN WRANGLE ONE OF THEM UP THERE WITH ME. SO WE JUST NEED, OH, I CAN, I NEED A DATE. I'M THE 15TH. WEDNESDAY THE 15TH. DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU? YEAH. MM-HMM . AND THEN, UM, I'LL TAKE OCTOBER 15TH. OKAY. SO DIANA, YOU'RE GOING TO, I'LL DO JULY 15TH THE WALK OR? YES MA'AM. OKAY. AND I CAN DO THE AND UM, NOW OCTOBER 15TH IS ON A THURSDAY. IS THAT OKAY? YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. AND BETH WILL JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT TIME WORKS BEST FOR YOU. 'CAUSE CUT YOUR LETTER. WHAT YOU WENT BY. IT DOESN'T MATTER IN ALL DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. 'CAUSE THURSDAYS WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING GOING ON BECAUSE OF DOMINO'S. SO WE'LL HAVE, WE SHOULD HAVE STAFF MEMBERS THERE. OKAY. YOU WANNA JUST DOUBLE CHECK AND JUST LET ME KNOW THE TIME. YEAH. AND THEN, AND THAT WORKS WITH ME. YEAH, WE'RE A LITTLE FAR OUT SO WE CAN UPDATE IT AS WE GO THROUGH. IS THE THURSDAY BETTER FOR YOU THAN A WEDNESDAY? AS LONG AS WE GET IT DONE. . OKAY. OKAY. DO IT THE DAY FOR THE MONTH, BUT IF YOU NEED A DIFFERENT DAY, BUT WHATEVER DAY IS FINE. SO IT'LL, IT'LL GO IN ON IN OCTOBER AND THEN YOU DON'T CHANGE IT AGAIN UNTIL JANUARY. IS IT PER QUARTER. OKAY. UM, IS IT WHAT JAMIE? PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER. OKAY. THAT'S HOW WE DID IT THIS YEAR. OKAY. I, WE CAN TRY TO INCREASE THE FREQUENCY NEXT YEAR, BUT IS THERE A WAY TO DO A SURVEY? I MEAN, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO TO, I WAS GONNA ASK IF YOU HAD ANY FEEDBACK FROM IT. YEAH, IT'S REALLY COOL THOUGH. WE HAVE NOT HAD REALLY MUCH FEEDBACK BESIDES THE KIDS LIKE IT, THEY LIKE READING THE STORIES. UM, IS THERE LIKE A SIGN IN LIKE THE BOY SCOUTS DO AND STUFF? THERE IS NOT JUST WONDERING WHAT KIND OF PARTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY REALLY PARTICIPATED IN IT? IT'S HARD TO TELL NOW. IS IT BILINGUAL? THIS BOOK IS. THIS BOOK IS OKAY. THE NEXT BOOK THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING OUT IN JULY IS MAINLY GEARED TOWARDS THE KIDS GOING BACK TO SCHOOL BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE IT SWAPPED OUT BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS AGAIN. UHHUH , WHEN DOES SCHOOL START? AUGUST SOMETHING? UM, YEAH, I THINK IT'S, OH, I DON'T HAVE MY BOOK WITH ME. I'M SORRY. I'M NOT FOR SURE. I'M NOT EITHER. IF IT WAS DURING MY DAY I WOULDN'T. I THINK IT'S THE WEEK BEFORE LABOR DAY. IT'S SOMETIME IN AUGUST. YEAH, USUALLY. WELL THAT'S MIDDLE OF AUGUST. USUALLY AROUND THE 18TH, 17TH OR 18TH. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. BECAUSE WE'RE DOING, WE'RE DOING THE BACK TO SCHOOL BASH ON THE 31ST OF JULY. OH WE ARE? WELL THAT'S WHEN APEC DOES THE BACK TO SCHOOL BASH AT THE HIGH. AT JUNIOR HIGH. MM-HMM . I DON'T HAVE THAT DOG GONE. IT JULY 31ST. THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS AUGUST 12TH. 20 YOU SIX. OKAY, NOW WE KNOW. AND SO FRIDAY, JULY THE 31ST IS SCHOOL BASH? I THINK SO. UM, WE DON'T NORMALLY SET UP FOR THAT JUST TO HEADS UP. NO, WE AT THE CHURCH WE, BUT THAT'S THE WEEK USUALLY THE WEEK BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS, SO SHAME ON ME. OKAY. IT'S IN THE COURT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON THE PARKWAY PARK STORY WALK? YOU HAVE [01:00:01] ANYTHING? ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER ITEMS BACK HERE AFTER THE BOOK SALE TOTALS. WHAT IS THIS LAST PAGE OF THE STORY WALL. OKAY. UM, I JUST HAD A QUICK, UM, IF WE'RE DONE WITH THE READ THROUGH SEPARATE QUESTION, I KNOW WE WERE LOOKING INTO THE FUNDRAISING. WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANY MORE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. OKAY. HOPEFULLY BEFORE, HOPEFULLY BEFORE OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, I'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION. THAT WAY I CAN ACTUALLY PRESENT THAT. AND THEN WHAT GIVES IS THE NEXT MEETING. THAT'S WAS GONNA BE MY QUESTION. EVIDENTLY I DON'T HAVE IT IN THIS. I CAN'T BELIEVE I DON'T. OCTOBER. WHAT BARBARA? I DON'T KNOW. I JUST THINK IT'S IN OCTOBER. I DON'T HAVE IT ON THIS CALENDAR. WE'D HAVE TO CHECK LAST MONTH. THE MINUTES 30TH. OCTOBER 30TH. OCTOBER 30TH. OKAY. AT TWO. WHAT OUR NORMAL TIME IS. THAT'S ON A FRIDAY. THE LAST FRIDAY. YEAH. SO THAT WILL BE THE LAST ONE FOR THE YEAR. OKAY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? UM, ONE LAST THING. SORRY. UM, I HEARD A LOT OF TALK ABOUT ADVERTISING AND DO WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT OR HAVE SOME BRAINSTORMING SESSION NEXT TIME AROUND ABOUT DOING SOME MORE ADVERTISING? SO PEOPLE DO KNOW THAT THERE'S A LIBRARY IN TOWN AND YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING, WORKING AT THINGS AND PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE AND, AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT THE WALK THING. SO MAYBE WE DO A VIDEO. I'VE SEEN SOME VIDEOS FOR THE CITY WHERE THEY HAVE SOMEONE WHO WALKS AROUND DOWNTOWN OR WHATEVER, BUT MAYBE WE HAVE THEM WALK THROUGH THE PARK AND, AND UM, YOU KNOW, LOOK, BOOK, WALK, YOU KNOW, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. SO, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANNA PUT TOGETHER SOME SORT OF BRAINSTORMING SESSION OF, YOU KNOW, ABOUT LOOKING AT A AHEAD, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO TO INCREASE OUR PRESENT? YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT FACEBOOK AND THE GROUPS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY POSTING TO, UM, OR GETTING LIKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE LIVE IN HAS A FACEBOOK GROUP UHHUH EVENT WITHIN NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH TYPE THING OR YEAH, IT'S EVERYONE THAT'S IN THE UM, THE EQUAL BLEND RIGHT? COMMUNITY. AND SO I'VE BEEN POSTING STUFF THERE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EVENTS AND THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND, AND COMING UP, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, POSTING AT SOME OF THE LOCAL, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON IN CLEAVER, WHAT'S GOING ON IN IN BURLESON, THOSE KIND OF PAGES. AND UM, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE LIKE I SAID, DOING A VIDEO OF GOING THROUGH THE WALK OR WHATEVER, BUT MAYBE SOMETHING FOR US TO DO, SET UP A TIME OR A DISCUSSION ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO TO INCREASE THE AVERAGE. GOOD THOUGHT. GOOD THOUGHT. MM-HMM . WHAT DI GONNA GET SO BIG TO CITY'S GONNA HAVE TO BUILD US A NEW LIBRARY. AMEN SISTER. AMEN. PREACH IT. HORRIBLE PROBLEM TO HAVE THING. GOD, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR. WELL WHEN I MOVED HERE WE WERE IN A ROOM AT THE SENIOR CITIZENS OLD BUILDING. SO WE, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A PALACE NOW THEN WE PRACTICALLY REBUILT AFTER FEBRUARY OF 21. UHHUH. UHHUH? MM-HMM. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? OH MA'AM. ALRIGHT. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT TWO 16. IS THAT WHAT YOU HAVE, BARBARA? OKAY. ALRIGHT. GOOD MEETING GIRLS. THANK. * 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.