Six.

Um, item number one, let's um roll call or roll call.

I don't number two, sorry.

Chair Nichols.

Present.

Vice Chair Lucas.

Present.

Trusty Lenairs.

Present.

Trusty Markle.

Present.

And trusty Spanzel.

Present.

We have a corner.

Thank you, Zach.

Item number three, public comment.

The public is invited at this time to provide comment on any topic that relates to a matter over which this public body has supervision.

I don't see anybody here.

Let's move on then to item number four, approval of minutes.

Has everyone had the opportunity to read the minutes.

Okay.

Do I have a motion to approve the minutes for January 8th, 2026?

This is uh Trustee Linairs.

I move that we approve the minutes for the last meeting as written.

I second it.

All in favor?

Aye.

Aye.

All opposed.

Not opposed, but Vice Chair Lucas abstains because I wasn't here.

So I read them, but I can't.

Okay.

Have an opinion.

I don't have an opinion.

Okay.

Motion passes.

Okay.

Item number five.

Um for discussion only, discussion and presentation from the Friends of the Carson City Library regarding activities of the organization.

Already?

It's only one minute passed.

We're gonna go fast tonight.

Okay.

We're moving, we're grooving.

Uh okay.

Um, I just wanted to, you know, share a little bit about the Friends of the Library.

Um, I don't know exactly when the Friends of the Library started, but um, well, it says 1965.

Um person who's been who was extremely fundamental to the Friends of the Library uh in Carson City was uh Phyllis uh Patton.

And I don't know if how many of you remember her.

I never met her, I never knew her.

She has she passed away a couple years ago, but she was uh she was on the library board of trustees, and she was worked with the um with friends of the library, and also at one time there was a friends of the library foundation that was um sort of uh hopeful for getting a new library in town.

Um so they did some fundraising for that.

Um, and then that foundation because the bond issue did not pass.

Um, the foundation was uh wrapped into the friends of the Carson City Library.

Um the Carson City Library operates the Browser's Corner Bookstore, which is the only really the only bookstore in Carson City.

Um, and it operates solely on uh donations and the love and devotion of the volunteers that work there.

Uh it's an amazing organization in that um the volunteers that I've met and come across, um, they are just totally dedicated to working for the bookstore, and which benefits the library.

Um last year, the Friends of the Library was able to donate like $65,000 to the Friends of the Library to the public library, and the library uses that mostly a lot for um uh summer reading.

That's that's a big portion of it.

Um more digital books.

I think didn't you do some large print um large print books last year and digital books as well.

Um yes, um Madam Charge Oyhole, the library director for Carson City Library for the record.

Um yes, we have in the last three years since I've been director.

I've asked for funding for digital collection for our lease, which is print materials.

Um in a nutshell, literacy-driven programs and materials.

So um it's not just summer reading, it's winter reading, and um Capitol City Reads, and then additional programming throughout the year, as well as that digital collection and those lease items.

And the friends have um it been very generous, and they also um provide uh funding for luncheons that we've had.

Um it's been a tradition that they've done that every year.

Um it was a lapse, it lapsed for a while because I think all of us have forgotten about it.

I didn't know about it, but that's Phil bless his heart.

Phyllis's husband, who is the treasurer, um, brought it to my attention.

Also, they've um there's someone who donates funding to the friends uh explicitly for a computer program computer project at the library.

So that funding um they hand over to us and we purchase computer equipment or computers.

Um but from the large portion that the friends donate each are it's for literacy um driven programming and um materials.

Thank you, Joy.

Um the and the Friends of the Library, um, these are all you know, people in your community that you know and love.

And um the bookstore is open five days a week, uh, 9 30 to 5.

It's open um Tuesday through Saturday.

Um, and we have you know, a lot of people from the community will come in and want to volunteer for um as a cashier or just to help out.

And uh we have sort of a we have a screening process because we have um the friends of the library does have a policies and procedures um document, and so they're uh people are are trained by either Lisa Bouder, who is the manager of the bookstore, or Jeannie Underwood, who is the assistant manager.

So they're all uh there's an application to fill out, so they're screened and uh trained.

Um and a lot of people work well, some people work once a week, some people work uh maybe twice a month, some people work uh four times a week.

Uh I'm just amazed because maybe they're in charge of sorting books and they come in on Monday when the bookstores closed, and then they come in another day to be a cashier.

Um the the bookstore in Carson, uh Browser's Corner is um is you know relatively successful.

Um another thing that uh contributes to the bottom line is uh there's a person here in Carson who has a um an online book uh selling business, and he comes in to Browser's Corner.

I think he comes in twice a week and looks at all the books that have been donated to determine if they're sort of um uh I don't want to say they're high value.

Sometimes they are high value, but more often they're just if they can be sold for $10 instead of $2.

Uh he'll take some of those books, and it's not it's not a huge number, uh, but he then uh puts them on his online book uh business, and then at the end of every month he contributes the portion back to the Friends of the Library.

So it's part of the part of the the total for for the month.

Um and so I think I think there was one time, I'm not sure what book it was.

I don't know if it was a Shakespeare type book, um, but he was able to get like 1,200 for a book.

So he's uh he's an expert in um uh I could call it rare books.

Um they're not all rare, some of them are specific to Nevada, uh, some of the particularly older history books written by maybe previous Nevada um politicians who that they may be signed.

Um I think he showed me one a couple weeks ago that had been signed by Harry Reed.

And so, you know, people when they're when they're cleaning out their parents' um books uh as they need to move along, you know, sometimes the whoever's doing that doesn't understand, doesn't really know what might be valuable and what is not valuable.

So that's how we do get uh some valuable books in the bookstore.

We um are trying to sort of manage the donation load because uh it becomes a bit much.

So we have uh some consistent um policies that we're we don't when somebody comes in like at say 11 o'clock on Tuesday morning and they have books to donate.

We only allow people to donate three boxes of books if they just come in.

If they want to donate more than three boxes, which is not uncommon, they're um asked to um sign up for an appointment so that someone we can be sure that someone is there to receive the books and particularly if someone has a large donation it means there's a lot of really old books including you know you know when when did your parents get rid of World Book Encyclopedia that they bought when you were in school.

And you know book of knowledge and dictionaries and books that you know old there's some valuable old computer books but most of them no I mean who really needs um a uh manual for you know the original Microsoft maybe the original is good but maybe not the second after the original.

So we try and read out weed out some of those things.

Some of the books uh because and particularly there's a lot of children's books that get donated um we have had an arrangement with uh jacks valley elementary uh school um and they have periodically asked for um books because they want to be sure that every child in their school has books to uh take home so uh books do get dispersed in a variety of ways people are always concerned that we're throwing away too many things because the trash is significant um you know it uh books are often heavy and unwieldy they're large um so yes there are books we have to throw away we we would like to be able to sort of as people are bringing in donations sort of look at those first it's hard because there's not always time to do that but um so there are books that are taken to the uh landfill every I think every week there's uh things taken um because people don't always pay a lot of attention to what they're what they they're donating um let's see what yeah trusty Pearl do you feel comfortable talking about um the event that we've got coming up yeah okay I'm gonna share that too um so I do have um membership applications if anyone wants a membership application and if you're already a member there these are renewal forms if you want to renew the membership cost of 20 dollars a year uh usually you'll get a card or something in the mail like a thank you and it'll also have a coupon for a free book so I mean that's that's a two dollar value or maybe even five if you go for the high end books.

There's a lot of different books there's a lot of puzzles there's always you can sign up for there's a web page the Friends of the library has a a web page that you can sign up for a it's not really a newsletter kind of a monthly e-blast that lets you know when there are sales because it's not uncommon to have um like for puzzles particularly because we get a lot of jigsaw puzzles um buy one get one free um there are often well-known authors that are featured like uh I'll say uh Baldacci and uh oh uh Clive Custler and uh Gresham uh maybe Daniel Steele that there's so many of those books out there that um there's often a special on particular authors so maybe it's a um instead of buying a hardback book for two dollars maybe you're gonna get half price so pay attention to the specials um there's specials I think every week um so I did want to share with you that um the friends of the library is honoring Phil and Phyllis Patton with a renaming of the digitorium in the library to the uh fill and Phyllis the Phyllis and Phil Patton community room um we're going to have a uh reception on March 11th at one o'clock it it is it's a Wednesday um I know you know there isn't a day that's right good for everyone okay okay I do I do did you um so we'll have a little uh ribbon cutting and um we have a plaque that's being made that'll be placed outside the door uh we'll have a little reception uh and uh I would I'm hoping to invite the board of supervisors at least to come and um participate but uh you know there's there's a lot of a lot of people in the community who have participated in friends of the library over

Um, so we'll have a little uh ribbon cutting and um we have a plaque that's being made that'll be placed outside the door.

Uh we'll have a little reception.

Uh and uh I would I'm hoping to invite the board of supervisors at least to come and um participate.

But uh, you know, there's there's a lot of a lot of people in the community who have participated in Friends of the Library over the years, and a lot of them are older.

There's not a lot of young people who have been doing this.

Uh so hopefully, you know, there'll be a uh some people there, um people who are members of the Friends of the Library, people who are supportive of the library, people who uh might have known Phil and Phyllis in the past.

Phil is uh 86 years old, so he still participates uh actively um in with the Friends of the Library.

He does a lot of handyman help and is the treasurer.

Um other thing.

One o'clock.

And and pardon me?

March 11th.

Maybe that's where you got the 11 from we'll also be putting it on our social media, etc.

Um, and I did want to say too, usually every year uh there's a a general meeting of the Friends of the Library, it's usually a breakfast in January.

Um there's some various reports.

Uh one of the things that we were able to share uh this year, and every year, but we're able to share an estimate of the value of how much the Friends of the Library will be donating to the public library, and um this year it's you know pretty close to 10,000 more than what we did last year.

So it it really is um a valuable resource in this community for the library.

Um do you have any questions?

Well, first of all, I want to know what Shakespeare book was 1200 because I donated a bunch of Shakespeare books to them.

So I won't uh yeah, yeah, uh-oh.

I better look at my others.

Might have been.

Um, there's some pretty amazing books that come in.

Oh, I bet there is since you have become president, and thank you for doing that.

Have you been able to talk to the staff of the Friends of the Library, the bookstore about how connected they are to the library?

Well uh I I don't have an opportunity to talk to the staff as a whole very often.

Um I guess the last time would be at that uh breakfast we had.

And uh, you know, the the people who work who are volunteers for the Friends of the Library and members of the Friends of the Library, they they definitely understand the uh relationship and you know, this uh renaming um opportunity um and you know there's there's some other things we've talked about um hopefully we'll uh demonstrate to both the library staff and the friends of the library um browsers corner staff um a stronger connection.

Um I I don't know that it would result in anything momentous other than the fact that you know people can be uh proud of uh of uh the people who are working for browser's corner and understand the the contribution that the volunteers are making.

And on the other hand, you know, being able to feel comfortable um walking into the library, using the library, uh uh understanding uh the place of the library in the community.

And I I think that you know, the the application, you know, talks a lot about that.

Um, you know, there's um donating funds, providing special project funds, um uh I talked to Joy, I don't know frequently, but I do talk to talk to Joy periodically.

Um so there's a connection.

I think we've brought a couple of examples to you, or it seemed pretty clear that for some people who work at Browser Corner, the connection's not there.

So you know, everyone has a bad day.

Yeah.

So I'm gonna assume it just gets better and better.

And you're right, and naming the tutorial, changing that hopefully will help.

But thank you for the presentation.

Does anyone else have any questions?

I have a clarifying question.

Okay.

When you say staff, you mean volunteers, right?

Like working normally, you know, connotates like work for pay, but if I understand correctly, like the folks that are working the hours of the browser's corner are doing that gratis.

So that's significant.

Yes.

Okay, great.

I just wanted to make sure that I had that right in my mind.

Yes.

Okay, great.

I I would say I think there's around 40 plus or minus five um volunteers.

Wow.

And um the um usually volunteers will if they're working as a cashier during the week, um, it's usually a two and a half hour shift from like 9.30 to 12 and 12 to 2.30 and 230 to 5.

So, you know, that's uh um seven and a half hours, five days a week.

So that's 35 hours, and there's usually at least two people.

There we have a policy that two people have to be in there at all times.

So that's you know, 70 hours a week um times 52.

It's a lot of hours.

Wonderful, thank you so much.

And thank you to all of our uh friends volunteers.

What a significant contribution of time you've all given.

And I will second that.

I will third that.

I don't even think that happened.

And I would just point out too that um, you know, it's not just this year that we've seen an increase in in funding.

Um as some of you know, they the friends contributions have increased by five thousand plus every year that I've been here, not just as the director, but as the deputy director, and so in the last five years.

And it's directly related to that hard work that those folks um provide gratis.

And so the thing about being a friend of the library um or being a user of browsers or a customer of browsers is that you are financially supporting the library.

Um the friends at the end of the day are a funding arm for us, a significant funding arm, and they are critical to the um work that we're able to do and the and the quality of work that we're able to do and programs that we're able to provide.

So um we're very lucky.

We have a very successful friends group.

Um that is not something every library of our size can say, um, especially to the extent that our friends are involved and are able to provide funding to us.

So um, so it's I can't say enough, and I certainly cannot uh say enough about Phil and Phil and Phyllis.

Um this library would not be the library that it is without either of those two individuals um having been so dedicated for so many years, particularly Phyllis.

Um Phil has been behind the scenes um at managing the money, which we all know how incredibly important that is.

Phyllis was the face, and um, and without her, this library just would not be um what it is with no question.

I don't think there's anyone who would disagree with that.

Um you you needn't be a lifelong Carson City resident or a lifelong library user of the Carson City Library to know that and to feel that influence.

So she was instrumental, and it's I'm just so I'm so grateful that we have the opportunity to honor her in this way in a way that is very concrete and and will keep her memory and um her sentiment alive, hopefully.

Yes, I I did get some nice thank you emails from Phil.

He was quite overwhelmed by um honoring him this way, and uh uh I think that you know the the only other thing that I might say would be, you know, it's the browser's corner is space limited, and um it's it's great to see the community coming in and supporting and buying books.

It is the only bookstore in the community, but it clearly fulfills a need, but it can't grow much.

I remember uh when I first moved to Carson, one of the I didn't know really know anybody.

It's one of the first things I did when I found out there was a little browser corner in the library was I volunteered, and so that's when I met Phyllis and worked with her, and and I volunteered in that little corner for a long time.

And it was exciting to see them move across the street.

So it is a full it is a full circle moment because it was the digitorium that was the browser's corner bookstore before they moved.

So we have come full circle that we're naming that space formerly browser's corner bookstore into the the patent room is the what we'll be calling it in the library, and as we're doing our renaming on all of our media and whatnot on our website, et cetera.

So that's great.

Yeah.

We still love the parking lot sales.

They were like how many times a year they do the big roll it all.

I think they would take over the whole now jigatorium, but they would also be outside sometimes.

Yeah, we're we've been talking about a collaboration with uh we're cooking on some ideas.

Yeah, yeah.

Because there's a lot of older individuals.

The only thing they're thinking is, oh, how are we gonna get all those books across the street?

And then how are we gonna unpack them and how are we gonna repack them and how are we gonna bring them back?

So we there's a few obstacles we have to get over, but Joanne and I have been talking about it.

Well, I will go on record here is to say that I've I've I voiced those concerns to my um the employee staff, and they are all very much willing to help with all of that.

I just have to, you know, sometimes it takes a little bit of well, and some of them have more knowledge about the effort that it takes than we do, frankly.

I mean, I fully admit that I've not been the one who's been behind the scenes trying to um you know orchestrate a parking lot sale.

So there's probably a lot that goes into it that I haven't um considered.

So there's a lot of carts around.

That's true.

Okay, that's if anybody wants a member application too.

Thank you, Trustee Markle, for that wonderful report.

I really appreciate it.

Even though I worked um volunteered there, I've learned a lot.

So thank you.

Okay, so item number six.

Let's move on to the library director's reports.

Hi there.

Good evening.

Does anybody have any specific questions about any report that you would like to discuss?

I do have an update on our fuel expense.

Oh that was raised um by uh you, Trustee Markle.

Um, we were being overcharged.

Oh, well, yeah, there was uh um Park Public Works is working on is um it was a um uh account issue in their um software in um and they're aware of it and they're working it out and we're very gracious about it and um yeah, and it also gave me a great learning opportunity to learn how to um get way more granular with reading journal entries and whatnot in our accounting system.

So I learned a lot.

So thank you for that.

But yes, we were being overcharged, and um, and that is the um the correction to that is um in the works.

So hopefully we'll see a reflection of that.

Okay of those funds being moved around on the next um general fund report.

Okay, this one won't reflect that.

It will not that makes more sense.

I mean, at the end of the day, the money all comes out of the same pile, but it's nice to know um specifically.

So well, yeah, you know, you allow one messy thing, then there's another one.

I mean, hey, there's another one.

I like being kept on my chest, especially when it's something that just a little research will render a result.

I don't always get that um sense of accomplishment at the end of the day because everything's on a continuum.

This was very much a clear answer and a clear solution.

So great.

That's good.

So would anyone like to look at anything else specifically, or shall I just jump to my director report?

I don't have any questions.

Does anyone have any questions on the budget?

Okay.

All right.

Let's move on to your uh report then.

Okay.

So we did have to um repost our senior library assistant position.

It has just closed.

So um we had one person step down into a part-time position and that position that position became available, and um it's just like I said, it's just closed.

I did find out something very interesting, and I if I I don't think I'm repeating myself, um, but if I am, forgive me.

I learned at our last um director wide direct citywide meeting that um part of why we're likely getting a huge amount of applicants for our positions like this is because of the change to SNAP benefits and the requirements, the work requirements for those who receive SNAP benefits per the Carson City Health and Human Services Director.

Um folks who are receiving SNAP benefits who have a work requirement, they have to work so many hours per month in order to receive their full benefits.

Um they they don't have to be qualified for the position that they're applying for.

Um they just have to show that they've applied for a position.

So we're getting lots and lots of applicants, and we have been for a while now, but it's we've really seen an uptick in the these last few months of folks applying that don't make it past the they they just don't meet minimum qualifications.

And we I know we've discussed this at length, but that's part of it.

So we for our library assistant position that we filled internally, we had 150, 60 applicants, and I think 30 of them met the minimum qualifications.

So we're getting applications for folks who who literally, I mean, it's not uncommon for us to get applications that they've filled out nothing except their name and the pertinence that get them through the process so that their application will move forward through the system, but they have no references, they have no work history, nothing because they don't have to.

So we're seeing a lot of that, which kind of helps me understand uh and not want to spend too much time looking at those not doesn't mean minimum qualifications positions and just keep it moving.

So um, and and um that's just something we're gonna have to deal with.

It is what it is.

Um, we are still looking for a part-type administrative clerk.

So if you know anybody, the ideal candidate would be someone who maybe wasn't an accountant um and is now maybe retired.

This would be a sweet gig for a former accountant or someone who has like budgeting GL accounting background.

And then workforce development and social services coordinator position is open.

Um I'm going to rewrite that job description to be continued.

Um I'm currently working on it.

It's it's in it's in its infancy's development stages in my brain, but I have some ideas.

Um and when I get a little bit further along with that, I will let you guys know my goal is to have that done here relatively soon.

Um, you have a done by next meeting?

Yes.

Okay.

Most definitely.

That's what we talked about, correct?

Yes.

Okay.

Um, so community partner programs.

Um sorry, ma'am.

Yeah.

Uh so the administrative clerk has been open for four months.

Do you think it needs rewriting as well?

No, it's it is uh the administrative clerk positions are part-time.

So they're more difficult for us to rewrite to fit our needs specifically.

It's a very blanket position.

Okay.

Um and it's it's meant to create part-time positions that are much more malleable and or squishy for different departments within the city organization, not just for the library.

Just seem like it had been a long time.

It is.

Yeah.

And I was curious on the the senior library assistant.

This is just for my curiosity, since I was just remembering last time you said, I think, if I remember correctly, that an internal candidate was going to take a senior library position that had been opened, so you were going to post that one.

And so I'm just curious what's gone on in the month.

The game of chess.

Yes, housing goes.

Um that senior library assistant position was filled with a library assistant.

And then that library assistant position um became filled internally by a part-time position.

And the staff member that was in the library assistant, senior library position assistant position that you is mentioned here, stepped down into that part-time position.

I know it's confusing.

So there's some game.

So you're there'll be one reason.

Right.

Exactly.

We um we're just this is the elusive last full-time staff member position, besides a full-time classified position that we've it just seems like as just when we get to where it's filled, something happens, and um it it falls through, or um, but the good news is is that we have been had two internal promotions in the last good month.

Good.

And how was your last training?

Didn't you have a training since the last time we did it?

It was good.

Yeah, we um we did some more of the um Ryan Dow trading, and we did a lot of um because we have some new people, so we did some uh we went over just different scenarios and things like that.

So yeah, it was good.

But um also staff are starting to do um, and they have been since um one of the objectives for my evaluation period was to have provide more training to staff and and learning opportunities.

We um we did some more of the um Ryan Dow trading and we did a lot of um because we have some new people so we did some uh we went over just different scenarios and things like that so yeah it was good but um also staff are starting to do um and they have been since um one of the objectives for my evaluation period was to have provide more training to staff and and learning opportunities and so staff have also been doing their own webinars and whatnot um as they're able um so yeah it was good it was an opportunity to you know always um it's there those are always good team building experiences so um and we were able to do a more thorough um look back on summer reading but then also we were almost done with the winter reading at that time so we were able to um really have a celebratory lunch and day since it was such an incredible success uh in terms of turnout numbers read et cetera so um anyway so uh as far as these this coming month uh we are closed on Monday for President's Day just as a general reminder um we did have our a local trivia with our Carson City Park Rangers and it was a full house we I think we had 30 30 people turn out for that on a Saturday morning um and then they um we have the hike the had the hike the Tahoe ribbon trail presentation and that was very well attended the third grade tours are always fun chaotic but fun that's coming up um and then Kendall Brown who has done an author talk and some um in the past did a training this last Saturday um and I just want to be able to help out our programming outreach coordinator as well as um Kendall and make sure that everyone understands these are not trainings that mean are meant for you to bring your dog because folks we had some folks bring their dogs um and it's not that kind of training just yet but it might get to that um we had our Valentine's Tines card craft that was very well attended Pete the Cat was fun we're having another read in or we had another read in that was very successful um people really like the read inside do you think showed up for that oh gosh um I can't remember how many Haley said maybe 20 plus 25 something like that yeah I'll have to ask her for the exact details I know that um our flower bouquet craft we had like 45 um 45 plus this morning um and uh story time as well we'll see how our um virtual monuments tour goes and then we're doing as a 60th one of our first 60th anniversary events is our braided bracelet craft um because it's the 60s so we dressed I missed it because I wasn't I couldn't I didn't want to do the traditional like 60s outfit and then I I didn't have anything fun from the early 60s but have uh over half the staff dressed up last week for 60s day and then we're I'm gonna come in hot on the 70s though.

So if we're going to be every month we're gonna be dressing as um one of the decades uh until the um the actual event which we'll go through the end of the year but the actual date of our 60th anniversary is June 15th and if you come into the library right now we do have a display of photographs old photo albums and in one of them is a letter a copy of a letter announcing the um the opening of the library at the corehouse so which was formerly the laxalt or well it is lax fault building laxalt building which was formerly the queerhouse um and so we'll be having all kinds of events leading up to that we're starting out slow but we're gonna have that's gonna be the big party is the 15th of June and um we also have um reinvigorated the one of the things that I found out this year in preparing for this 60th anniversary was that we used um our old um one of my predecessor Sally Edwards and her and her predecessor did a newsletter called ex Libris which is Latin for from the library of and so we are um we've brought it back to life and we're going to be doing an ex Libras newsletter as a nod to the past um aside from the newsletter that we already do we're gonna be having little you know staff spotlights and highlights staff um interests and books and things recommendations and things like that um and it's really interesting some of the things that I found were um the original of the of some of the um newsletters were where she had typed out on a typewriter and then pieced together you know how you would have done like in an old newspaper if you ever work on like on your book in high school back in the day where you had to like put everything together and then you like copied it so it all came together.

You're basically doing very like beta um graphic design.

So it's been really an interesting um trip down memory lane.

So that's what we've got going for that and then Pokemon we I expect is going to be a big Pokemon is very popular right now.

So it's never not been popular, but it's having uh definitely having a revival.

Last um next additionally, we're gonna have our next strategic planning workshop that's gonna take at this time of writing.

We didn't have an exact date, but as of right now, I can give you the exact date the 21st of February, which is a Saturday.

It's going to run the whole day that we're open from 10 till 4.

We have been um advertising it in the library on our media, and to sweeten the pot.

Anyone who attends is eligible for um to have their name put in a raffle for a free Kindle and the whole like package, the Kindle, the charger and a case.

So we're trying to get people interested.

And we've also been um promoting it.

Um Carson now, hopefully, Carson now is gonna pick it up.

Um, and of course, every presentation I do, I'm trying to get everybody to to come in and and participate.

So and then last but certainly not least, winter reading challenge results, those are the final numbers.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

I mean, that's higher than that's substantially higher than our minutes total for summer reading my first year here.

So and a 46% completion rate.

That's a that's um actually a really good turnout for winter reading, particularly.

So I know that at your most recent training you said you had an opportunity to talk to your staff a little bit about that because it was mostly wrapped up.

So was there anything shared in the in the group, understanding that it's not been super formal yet about why this worked so well, what the secret sauce were was you know yeah, I think I think everyone can agree.

Well, the secret sauce is is um a combination, I think, of just having really incredible buy-in from the staff.

The staff being very well and kept kept very well informed about what's going on, being involved in the planning process and being able to participate.

This isn't just a programming and outreach department.

We really don't have that.

We have that team, but everyone is able to do programming and and these program most of this programming throughout lots of different staff members from different who that may not be, they might not just well, nobody does just programming, but anyone can participate in provide in doing programming, facilitating it, coming up with ideas.

Um, but I think that and also just really promoting it and having good prizes and having lots of programs and having really good quality programs that we are able to take the money that the friends give us and use that money wisely.

Um, and keeping, I think also just going into it with very clear goal, and that is reading that literacy, getting people to read and um and not letting because there are some folks who have said, you know, not not a lot, but some well, you're giving away free devices, you know, or you're giving away devices as the as the prize, but the people have to read to get the device.

And so the goal is to get is to promote literacy.

Yeah, and I think that our whole team gets that and we're very focused on it.

Gotcha.

And and it's just I think also um again, it's staff and and being very well informed.

And how we've done that is how we keep everyone informed is we have weekly meetings and we we are very um try to be as transparent um as we can.

And and our programming outreach coordinator and her team does an amazing job of keeping everyone um in the know and being passionate about it.

And it doesn't hurt when you see such incredible results.

When you bust a goal like that, it is so um motivating.

Absolutely beautiful.

Thank you for that.

Any other questions about her report?

Um I have something that just went out of my head.

Wow, okay.

I feel that every day.

Wow.

I do, yeah, I do want to thank you for all of that.

And that is really good.

What I would um like to encourage all of um the board members to do is especially if you're on Facebook.

If you're on Facebook and you're following the friends of the or sorry, you can follow the friends too, but if you're following the library, you'll see this kind of programming being offered.

You can share that.

And believe it or not, then a lot of times like when I share my friends who may not even live in Carson City, then we love a washo, or Douglas, they share it and they go, you know, and tag their friends, go, hey everybody.

So it really helps if um if we do that too.

And I'm constantly on Twitter just retweeting everything that the library's doing.

So um it helps if we all get the word out, especially about the um strategic strategic planning too.

Is let your friends know that they can help decide the next five years of the library.

So that is that.

So thank you.

Really appreciate that.

Okay, let me find my place and let's move on.

Okay, item number six B trustees' reports, announcements, and requests for information.

I think a while back uh we talked about sometime when it seemed appropriate you would tell us how it's going with Ingram as opposed to the previous vendor.

So maybe that I don't know when that's good for you to do that.

You know, um it's I think it's going as good as can be expected.

But yeah, I can um I'll add that to next time.

Um that I do want to just remind everyone is that it's um we're we're coming into that time of year that where it's time to talk about my evaluation, and so I'll probably well.

Next month is March, and then we usually try to have that survey out in April.

So you and I can talk more about that.

Yeah, yeah.

Anything else?

Anyone have an announcement?

Reports?

Well, you know, I went to the last strategic planning meeting, but I can't go to this whole one on Saturday.

So, you know, I know it's a Saturday, so maybe some of you can go, but we will not have a quorum, right?

So I might pop in a little bit, but we won't all go.

What if we all went?

Should not all go.

A quorum of you should shouldn't, shouldn't all go to that same thing because you'll you'll be talking, presumably deliberating about things that are within your jurisdiction.

Oh, okay.

Well, maybe we should pick who's going then.

We will be having another one too.

Our Dr.

Simon and I'm school is to have another one in March, at least one more.

Because this one is next document.

It's okay, but we're going in February.

I I had plan of going in February, but if other people want to go, let me know.

Do you have any inkling when the March one will be, weekend, weekday, night time, day time, like well that many hours it's I don't, just because we're sort of lying by the seat of our pants on this right now, just because we don't know how these are going to turn out.

I mean, we've sort of we've switched the um, you know, we're we're really trying to answer um and try and do what we can to get the most folks.

So I I can't say when in March.

Um, but certainly if you have certain dates that are available, I mean, I have I do have connections to try and make that happen.

Maybe what everybody can do is it gets closer to the end of February.

If you're going, text me, call me, let me know.

And then that way I can go, whoa, whoa, well, we've already got two people, or you know.

Yeah, I'm hoping to go, but there's something that might get in the way.

So if that thing um does not get in the way, and I do get to go, I will make sure I let you know so that we don't have to do it.

Okay, yeah, so we don't have a quorum.

Yeah, absolutely.

And and to clarify, Joy, it's supposed to be uh you're there the whole six hours.

Correct.

Yeah, I will be there.

So the good news is I will be there.

So if more than two of you show up, I will have to just remind you.

Right.

So I can come a little on separate parts of it, but we'll see how it goes.

I'm not gonna commit to it.

So well, not you can't go at all.

I mean, it's oh, I can go and stand there and look.

And walk on the door.

I don't I don't think somebody loitering at the library.

That's it.

I can look at it.

As long as you're not deliberating.

Okay, thank you.

Take notes.

Okay.

Um so I have an announcement.

Of course, I'm gonna start coughing now.

So at the last board of supervisors meeting, um, director Holt was um given, excuse me, I'm gonna cough.

Longevity.

Five year um longevity award that I was able to present to her.

Um, so I just want to congratulate on the five years.

And thank you again for their kind words.

It was the Board of Supervisors was everyone there was so warm and and congratulatory and you know complimentary and and just you know that takes the whole this whole village to make that happen.

So I'm just super grateful to you guys and to just, you know, every everything and everyone.

Well, we're grateful for you too.

Okay.

I just want to make sure I don't okay.

Okay, well, then item number seven, public comment.

Again, the public is invited at this time to provide comment on any topic that relates to a matter over which this public body has control or jurisdiction.

And again, I don't see anybody here.

So we're gonna move on to item number eight, and we are going to adjourn.

Thank you, everybody.

Good night.