I'm going to have to go to the next slide. Thank you. I'm supposed to use the gas tank and there's church thingy on my use. I think that's a care about. That was very bad. I was very bad. I heard ten o'clock. I'm wishful. I probably stay at the same object best for me. Most of the germs are okay. A series of running meetings that I have to work. I don't know, what's up? What's up? So, try to make it a little more true. Yeah, well, I'll get a little more true, Jan. Yeah, I like it a little more. I actually like what I make. I think we have to be able to do that balance. Everybody is. So we're kind of holding it. So, I'm trying to make it a little more. Yeah, wow, you know, it's a giant. I actually thought, why not? How do you know she's a balanced guy? Everybody has so many 19 things. I'm just going to start. My end date with all the visits. You've never been to the set. All different people have been. I didn't do such. I mean, right? I think you're much. 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Yes, I'm going to hold them. I can't learn. Well, that is the only way to do it. I can handle them. But you can just tear them to the end. I'm sorry. that is what going to let them experience it. But you can just, you know, tear them to pieces. Sorry. Yeah. Because we're not going to let you play. And that's why I said, it's not going to be long. Well, this is something I was asking my father. You don't have to go ahead and call him in. Yeah, I guess we'll start. Just for all the meeting that I worked with. This was in three years ago'll try to use Wittlesau can in our business today everybody but she's We're talking to me personally that follow up on this She's the new adopt programming person at the library brand But hardroll said that she would principally be our But then you also continue to be supportive of say that's good. Thank you. Thank you. Sarah, what do you have? Collins, who's like to start what did you say? Well, Jim, for representing BDA, become developed. Sorry. I am more in the daddy representing the arts and humanities council. Todd Herman representing the strong commission. I'm Bill Dalford, representing Venus. I'm Sarah Swindon, representing the economic development act. Holly Irwin, the reason you're all here today. As Billy Marshall from the United. And also noted fellow Hawkins from the Lodding. There you go, SACPS, anyway. So, suspense. They've snore you're sitting down. On both of the way to coffee cave after I don't want to take it home. So, they need to sit down. I don't know. In the fun, maybe a few crowing remarks. Maybe that's it, that's. That's. Like me, you get a rise. I mean, just got to get to the point. I don't know how I can follow. I have been accidentally with the Jackson parts,son Parks Committee. And I'm police mail based and representing the Chamber of Commerce. We've got some people online too. Oh, okay. So Cindy, I'll pass it to you. Good morning, Cindy Mester, representing the City Manager's Office. And let's see Mary Katherine. Hi, I'm Mary Catherine Chase director of communications for the city. Thank you for joining us. Okay, good morning everybody. Since our last meeting there's been a lot of conversations going on. I have since to meet with Marshall which is Paula and Holly has been meeting with lots of people she most have reported on and just getting ideas and we put some good things. We will have a little presentation from it's Paula Marshall about some of the historical events they have followed at the library that created lots of interesting materials. But last time we talked about trying but of cas ask us, we do have a look at his nation's for a feedback just to get some ideas and your groups are thinking about this event. And why don't we start there? Well, we do have a public comment section. Oh, we're eating. All right. Okay. You don't see any physical numbers of the public here, but it is in our rules of procedure to have 15 minutes of public comment. Does anyone online? Wish to speak. Hello, this is Lynn Sherlock. I don't know if you guys can see me with the shade in the back. I apologize for the camera angle. I'm a public member. Just remember the false church D.A.R. So we're very interested in any activities you have and how we can support. And the only thing I would just, you may have already discussed it because this is the first time I've been able to join anything is that at the Virginia level, there's a lot going on and there's starting to be some things at the national level but at the Virginia level perhaps there's a lot going on and there's starting to be some things at the national level. But at the Virginia level perhaps there's some things, some idea, either A ideas or things you can piggyback on, which is what's happening at Virginia 250. That's my only comment and I hope it's hopeful. Thank you for joining us. Absolutely. So let's get back to the, And you want. We'd like to have that. Let me do the things. Oh, you just try to keep up with the rest of us. Yeah. For some of this. So, OK, Minus. January 2, 25. Anybody have any funds and ears? Anything to edit? It's not that's spelling the claimants to me. Why was going to have that as a false mind? Okay. Sorry. Well, we'll get that corrected. Two in, so I'll get my name to what it's worth. It will be Hermann's a faulty long time. Got it. Second down. So following up on that note, my name is actually one right now. One T and then two T's at the So just move it. Do you want to and. Try to teach me. Yeah. Okay. Okay. So. I'll be the same. I'm sorry. Concept wise it looks good. I think. The other things that. Okay. Have an emotion for approval. I mean, I have a wish. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I think that's it. I think that the other things that are noted, okay, have an emotion for approval. I mean, I have to listen to that. Thank you, Bill. Thank you. Thank you. Two bills on that one. Okay, Jeff. You can see from all of this. We're going to be able to put the paper on that. Two little subs. Okay. We're going to ask. We have a second. everybody. Say aye. I'm. Okay. Any days. Okay. Good. Minister from it. We'll ask. We have a second. Everybody. Say hi. Hi. Hi. Okay. Any news? Okay. Good. Minister of Proof. Yes. Hello. Thanks for hearing. We'll be making that look. Yes. Lava, when you get settled, do you want to introduce yourself? No rush. I'm sorry. Thank you. Thank you, Joe. Program. I definitely thought. Sorry. The name is Cloud-Bah. I am from Big Lab. I'll get the location. Thank you for coming. Those you don't know, but the city just renamed the street part of the city in San Diego. Saigon, Saigon. Saigon, Moorama, and Bolvars. Saigon, Bolvars, and vice-chashar. Keep it there. OK, now we get back to the vests. We'd like to start and you do back from your organizations. I think that's what this is going to be working well because it's right before our most recent board meeting. We have another one on Thursday, but we got some good responses. I'll just run down on list of things that would be possible. Not definitely, but it would do a lot of options for these points. So things we could do. With New Year's Eve, watch Night, which we are involved with in some level of sponsorship, to a recognition of the 250th and have menu of false search events through the year tied into that. Our website, which we're about to rebuild completely, will carry, could carry a VA 250 page to the year with links and menus to the events that will hopefully be compiled. We could do a series three or four of history talks each with a different historian, speaking about the origins of the country and focused on the Declaration of Independence. Arbor Day, there will be a ceremony with appropriate readings and a tree planted with a Venus plaque, probably in the city of all grounds. On the Independence Day remembrance, which we do every year, we can spend that point of it and follow the indoor event with the readings from the various documents we could do a desired reception. We could blend with the DIR. We haven't talked to you about this yet, but we could discuss planting or remembrance tree on the kind of plaque with the grounds of the false church and we'd love to coordinate with you on that. And then on September 10th, we could do a ceremonial reading of the declaration, which was read from the false hearing from September 10th, 1776, so we departed there. So those are all just brainstorming and I agree with those are all things that could be in it all largely built on things we're kind of doing anyway, we'll just pump over fuel into it. So thank you. That's a positive. That's great feedback. Sure. Appreciate it. I'm going to expect a lot less from you guys. You know, such a human historical perspective. So thank you. Time to do anything. Come from the Atlantic Commission. Well, from the Historical Commission, the story of the Alliance Fine. There was a... In terms of the themes that were, you know, put forth in the years that shared with that group, no specific, you know specific one called out to anybody, there was a lot of agreement that there's a lot overlap across those. So if we're coming out of this, where's our goal or direction to make it? Not a lot of help there, and push them. They are our sample group. They, a lot of similar ideas for ones that build already mentioned, some explaining existing ideas. We did not mention or discussed the specific idea of speakers, but I think that's a really interesting one. But the expanding the declaration reading was wanting to came up. Another interesting idea that was put forward, not necessarily 250th related, but it could be perhaps a contest or something like that to redesign or we consider the flag city, which, you know, since the, you know, the 250th brings forth being, you know, the idea of the, US flag being created and that sort of thing, whether there would be any interest in perhaps a contest or something like that, and perhaps through the schools to rethink or talk about what the city flag means and whether there be any interest in looking at it again. There are some members in the historic commission who feel like our flag is, you know, while interesting and nice, you know, it's also, you know, just basically the city to town seal. So it's not the thing that you think is. It's an interesting idea. Great. But that's pretty much it. That committee member noted that long You can just pick a new flag as the state of Minnesota. So the new flags are in the air. Perhaps something to thank you, Bob. And perhaps into 250th. That committee member noted that all of them can just pick a new flag as the state of Minnesota. So new flags are in the air. Perhaps something to thank you, Bob. And perhaps into 250th. But I think that's it from our side of things at this point, other than, you know, that there was a Anderson, our chair, and over the other, of course, available and a great health system, and advice on any of these. Thank you. Thank you. take the pole position. I'm not sure if I can do it. I'm not sure if I can do it. I'm not sure if I can do it. I'm not sure if I can do it. I'm not sure if I can do it. I'm not sure if I can do it. I'm not sure if I can do it. I'm not sure if I can do it. I'm not sure if I can do it. I'm not sure if I can do it. Thank you. You take the whole position early. We're done with the danger. It's like it's wabry. It's not too late. I'll add for them on the parks and wrecks. We didn't really get a bunch of discussion. A lot of our last meeting was based on a town hall about the fellows property property that's going on. But one of the things that I think everyone knows that I don't know if you do know is that the fireworks are not going to happen again this year because of the fuel at the high school. But one of the things that I'm going to be pushing a lot of less of a question is make sure we have it for next year for the 250 just add on to it. There is kind of a settlement out there that we have gotten too big for the fireworks because of all the construction that's being go along high school and also Virginia Tech. But I think we get by the way of it. And it would just be clear. Not seem right to have not had fireworks on especially a celebration with 250. So that's one of the things that I'll be and push on. Also just to kind of take it back on your website idea is that we can maybe link the VA 250 with our city of Falls Church webpage and have the two kind of link together plus on the VA 250. There's also a local committee aspect of different counties. If we can maybe create a webpage, even just at least initially as a one-pager. And then as we add events, we can add to that so we have links back and forth. So at least on the communication side of things that would be great. So that's kind of what we discussed on the next slide. So it's pay you back off of what you said. For in terms of the website, you can absolutely have a page on the city's website. Kind of like the one that they did for the 75th. So I can work with Mary Calcarran and the communications department on getting that set up and then putting like that like the VH250 specific work page like on their website. And then in terms of the fireworks, I think this is a great little segue. There are discussions because of the loss of the fireworks this year, loss of tin or hill, music festival this year and the fact that Watch Night is a little up in the year for next year. There is probably going to be an opportunity to have something next July, so July of 2026 that is like a big 250 event. I have no idea what that looks like. We don't even know if we're going to have funding for it, but like you know we're talking in rac and parks about it. It would be me. And then Corey Payne, who's a special events person, they're on the call today just listening, planning and the event like that with, of course, this committee. But again, no promises, things are up in the air at the moment. But there's no hovers, evens ares are happening. Yeah. Funding for fireworks that come out of Martin's wreck, the past. I think so. I know they run it. I would assume that they were in charge of it. I just wanted the money to send them and say forward. You know, had the history, but seems to be moving That way is over my head, but I can't ask about it. I mean, you know, I've been working two years now. We did not have fireworks. So, yeah. But there would be some more things. I'm saying, I'm sorry. Forwards, not only savings, but also the services. The fact that I think everybody will miss this. I think so too. Yeah. I know I understand where they're coming from because you know they can just didn't let's go out but I feel like we can work around that people were in about parking at I think so too. Yeah. So I know I understand where they're coming from because, you know, the congenition that's gone on, but I feel like we can work around that. People worried about the parking aspect, but I feel like we can really get on the metro, some of the things because that metro parking lot is not filled that often, if at all. But those are also, yeah, shouldn't go forward. And probably I will definitely, When you're on our parks and rec recs committee to also kind of push forward on that too. So, if the last one relates, do you have some things? Nothing. The idea is, can you get into us? Oh, just that I've spoken to several musical groups about finding something towards the 2015. So since they're planning programming for next year, this is a good time for the internet. The Washington, Savannah, which is here and Virginia Chamber of Orchestra. And then I was mentioning how friend of mine runs keep Virginia, beautiful, and they've got a program to in a 50 for everyone else to sign on and help. Clean and clear, et cetera. One of the of the things I thought of recent mention of the Philippines is a new Korean call that I wonder if we could approach them about having the ship to the U.S. or something that's across or something. Yeah. You know, whether they can probably come up with a patient or a medicine to a celebration. I'm surprised. I should have answered. I should have answered. I should have answered. I should have answered. I should have answered. I should have answered. I should have answered. I should have answered. I should have answered. I should have answered. I should have answered. I should have answered. I should have answered. I should have answered. I should have answered. I should have answered. and the director's envy arts and human, these councilmen, many members of the room are already on this committee, but Creative Colvernism, and that's a large group and prominent group in the city. Nor is the fall, the people know are the fall, the people of the field of the church, parts. So I have spoken to Laura, and at this point, Creative Cauldron has not turned their attention to this because of the fact that they just opened their new, their new space. I mean, she's very willing to do things for the city. So I will talk to her again. And as far as Balls Church Arts, they don't see a real significant role in this effort so far. So I have spoken to the women who plans the exhibits for the upcoming year and suggested that they do at least one show that we have some kind of a historical patriotic theme. And they're open to that that but they haven't really moved on that. I'm more involved with Cherichelle and Holly sort of is the coordinator there but I'm the president of the Friends of Cherichelle and we're looking into that we're kind of in the beginning beginning stages but we really do have a very strong historical role in the in the city and long way involved in that and are going to be doing some programs. I would also offer a maybe an organization with Holly that those of you who were doing maybe some historic programs would like to work with us to find dates to do things at the house. It's a little bit complicated this year because of some reconstruction work that's going to be going on. But that's mostly in 25, I don't know if I'm 26, but I would offer that as something that we would be very happy to work on. And then I guess the public, any public members of the Arts and Humanities Council, if they have some suggestions on the happy tooth, we hear them. One of the things that Dr. Maughan Mahan Mahan Mahan Mahan Mahan is talking is if you'd like to make a show with the parts with three theme paintings. That means that semi, I'm currently pronouncing semi, semi spin, semi, hey, hey, hey, we're going to make a picture soon. But you two seem 1776 and auction them all have like a public auction. Brains, money and also create interest in patriotic art. Seems like something. Okay, you can do both. Yeah, through, I think in some ways, the foster charts has a much larger reach than then, then, Cheri, Cheri, Cheri, he was there, prominent, you know, image and location and historical role, but doesn't have the the sort of same membership as the fostering chart, such as a very large membership. When I say something about my mind talking to Holly, it's like revolutionary, a civil war in campus. At the farmhouse, it's an altitude, I'm not being able to do that demonstration, since then. They do, They have done a little fuzzy on the history of this, but I know that there have been civil war in campus. I don't know whether it's to the historical society, whatever you look for in or the or be just. And they've had to be careful about that and I'm not sure exactly what that what that is, But they do have had that where they've got, you know, a little can set up and little people. Yeah, so thank you. I've done it to those where they have demonstrations for the kids. So we could do both revolutionary army and. Maybe in modern. And the proper thing. would like to speak next on your mind. Yeah, sure. So we've been wrapping up pretty lessons on local history. I think you might have gotten access to one of the civil war and not many of these questions. Adam Rivera is a history of the better-go-seacher. He's got a lot of work on this. And he can do it. Who is this person? Like, I can't do this. Oh, okay. Very best on it. It's okay. But he's not a lot of digging into the archives and finding out a bunch of like, that was the Civil War I he did. He's the one on Civil Rights. He's also the one on. is working on one, eight in center actually. And yes, there's that going on. And then we kind of pile up, let's talk about the local history stuff, W2, K12, and we're always able to do that. So we have stuff for us to do. Great. It's like a commitment. All of you, did you have something to say? We did. At the library, we are ready to do our library things, both displays, and that could either be different facets of a single theme, if one of these things you learned is, or if it's each of the different things we could build a display for a theme. And then linked to those displays, we put up on our website, a list of recommended Greeks under those topics. We've also talked about making bookmarks, and again, it could be, you know, with each theme or generally, book groups. There's enough lead time that we could, for each of our book groups, have the group pick a title related to being the solid version. Lectures, I quickly browse through the Joint Nations University, speakers fear of any number of names that probably we book well in other events, we'd be able to gather on something related to building democracy, contemporary, political scene if we're brave. A lot of different things. And possibly we haven't yet checked in with our colleagues in new services, but certainly if it's talked to them about doing social story times, we have a performer who comes in regularly to do a singing story time and she's very open to doing different things. So something like that. Show your somebody or an anniversary. Yeah. Just, oh, we hope you're spoon more things to add. Much of a castor and I were talking to the day and we could use the Virginia 250 as an opportunity to take our new archival database before we do at the time, but to try and encourage people to potentially donate history. So it's an opportunity that is to show people things that already exist, but potentially collect things to further enhance what we have on the city's history. Right. He's having a Yes, I grew up following me together and talked about from the 2015, even though we were only 15 from 1975 to now. And the first thing, the 50 year when we first got to Fort Just, we had some picture of them. And that's, I'm sorry, when sent to community. Yeah, I just got one from, I knew, but this one I was sent to you for 250. There are two different kinds of pictures. This is for I'm going to help. We can see maybe I sent a new video. You can open the picture of the flash and try. So it was very because I just get it on the morning. We tried to work with tech. Pam, because someone helped us to write the new thing. Oh, I can't see. We tried to work with tech, because someone helped us to write the new things. In the future, it's already that way. You can help me do my broadcast. I do have the email that long just sent me this morning. It was 50 years. Yeah, that's it. That's go right here. Here's the building of the Vietnamese refugee community of culture. Yes. This is probably a certain publication. This is just something long. The president of the Vietnamese community sent me just this morning. Oh, okay. And we have something different from the beginning. We don't have anything and we graduated from Broadway. And right now we have even this is the first Vietnamese community be together then. And the first we have so small story. And you see the picture. And luckily with the Ellen Frank, Senator Us, the building 50 people or how many years before when Eden are very simple and now we change. And also in the future, we change more. Let's say thank you. Thank you. You say that there's 15 members of the current community that have been here since 1975, that's just an interesting overlap between 1976, 2026. And we're not sure if perhaps. Oh, good. I hope so. We should so people see how many people come there, from people and now how many people here, and I understand the children very successful. We cannot be good for over one day in the army, then Dr. Lawyer, and we are so, so we have to be put out our next generation do well in the air and thanks to Maddie for the help we can do it in the air. Good. Thank you. David, Council had they expressed any particular. and it also hasn't, but recognizing the error that we're in now, for likely be in, I would like to give our citizens an opportunity to support their thoughts for future reference. So a lot of the buildings are thinking that we'll be back, I will be interested in getting our citizens of form for the couple of years. I think we might not share, I think about how to structure more questions to ask. You know, but I read something that legitimately state has brought in these trailers that you're taking around the exhibition above 1776 and all that if we could get something like that would be, could there be no end of being a place where they would record their voices that's data is suggesting that would seem to be a good place to do it. If we could get something like that. There's a trail of the celebration and the story they wasn't. The need tell me. I'm going to bed. Yeah, there was a trail around the city hall. Yeah, by Centennial. Yeah, by Centennial. Yeah, but we in line, but what I got such as I said, we've been approached the story core or or groups that might have had how they know about the vast collection of stories and it's really said in the frambers and how much time you get in full awareness and in the locations, how frequently are you doing it? But where would you see the repositories or separate ways that we go? Where seven people could take very low. I mean, this is just an idea. It doesn't make any sense. I really like, I mean, this community is probably the people who aren't doing fast and fast. And I would like to give them an opportunity to talk. So they're in the future with people, I suppose we'll give them thinking. And in 2020, I like that. Yeah, I think that's really good. We also could talk to Mary Catherine and CML, FCCTV and there's some ways to set up a mobile unit. I mean, you could embed them in farmers markets or big events that's already planned and again, it's setting the parameters where they're okay. I think I'm reading. Reading high school. Oh, okay. But they go on the road. That's how it's good. Good way to get schools about it. So maybe this could be helpful. If you wanted to ask, you know, sort of a common question or two, you know, that I did. Well, I'd like to add a deal. It's great. Thank you. So I'm going to say, yeah, the college is the American soci State Global has been, don't they have a road training, I mean, the traveling? Yeah, and the VH250 has a mobile museum. That's different than I think, well, well, we're just messing, because that's like exhibit spaces and it's already pre-done. So we want people to make any changes. They would just set up something to bring it if you wanted. Yeah. So we're trying to get it for some of that in 2026 so that there's an application process. Oh, OK. So I just want to get it. The other thing is they're looking at it. I think he's hand out in looking at it. There's still even more suggestions kind of very simple activity to stand. I think. Yeah, obviously. he's in looking at that there's still even more suggestions of kind of very simple activities that I think. I would say clear material of Blanky Harding. He's also getting closer to yes you're right right probably Citrus better than so. I was sick of it. I don't know. Very busy. You know, probably great. Probably we can have a development. I mean we now can get a a lot of sheep and some fun and egg. But one of the things we talked about was qr codes was really good content behind them. Having qr codes on historical order and so forth. Any other place we think would be perfect from this event. That's something I think is we wanted to pursue a weekly grant. We really have encouraged them and to cheer us from genuine, giving grants for these kinds of folks. We need content developed versus what content around what I've been to be briefly said to be all from the historic site where it's talking about. I think that would be useful. There. round. With tourism, do you have pure films or didn't you have to identify with some of the sites already? No, no, yeah, that's something that we talked through, but grant process as well. And if you're not here, we haven't gotten started. Yep. This fact could be done in conjunction. What I think is going to take some money to put the content behind the issue, the places we use it. So that would be a piece of work, I think. So Sarah, I know you've looked at them. You're going to talk about it in some more, but let's see. The one idea that came out of my conversation with some of my members. Okay. Yeah, I'll jump in on this one? Yes. Thank you. So Sarah and I have talked about QR codes and physical spaces and we really like the idea of connecting people back not just for accessibility but also just for greater content just enriching that space more. Our concern at this point is that we would need to have a pretty short shelf life because all QR codes are generated by companies. And those companies could be bought, folded, et cetera. So you don't have extreme amount of control over them in the long term. So I would feel safe doing something that maybe had like a three-year age range on it. Anything beyond that, we just wouldn't be able to have that, I think, confidence to be able to say that we wouldn't have to replace it based on that. So I love it, but I want us to recognize that we have no, we have no way of saying that we could probably last longer than that. Maybe it does, but these are small companies that are being bought by bigger companies. And so we just don't necessarily have that confidence. Right now, we're probably going to move to a bigger QR code company. And this is one of the reasons, because we're with a very tiny niche one right now. And so we're working on things like that. But so this is sort of a soft space. And if you all find things from other communities or things like that, we would love to see it. We're gonna stay safe for right now and say we think that things could last for about three years, which is not the longevity I think any of us are actually thinking of. But I just wanna put those parameters around it. Very casual and a couple of things. How much money are we looking at to create a program like that? What we were really talking about, creating this empirical content, so what kind of expenditures are we? So, so we can create content. We own our own domain. We pay into annually. It's getting the the person from their phone, snapping the QR code over, that is the that's a part that's the hard part. For us to be able to actually own the QR codes and have confidence in that, we'd have to create our own development app and things like that. So I think going with a larger QR code company that will be the one buying other companies is probably our safer bet, the mean with a small one, but we would not be able to have at any point the full confidence that the technology that we use would necessarily be there 10 years from now. Okay. Well, but also the QR code has to go to something. So somebody has to figure out what content they want to present. It has to be written. It has to be packaged. So I mean, that's a good little log. That's the example. Right. Yeah. The Blender member of the production. Well, that's the last thing that we need. We keep one of those grants that we have us for content development. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mary Cass. Before we move on to any other inputs at this point. And thank you all for bringing them back to us. And the next on the agenda is we want to talk about the structure of our activities, but one of the things we wanted to show you some of the things that the library had done in the past just to give us some sense of the content and directions. And if you put that up, I'll be getting two sedatives. Well, also the cities. Yeah, I got to do that one. Okay. Okay. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. So last year, you know, a library celebrated our commitment of the funny tip and the diversity of library was established in 1899. So we had the 18th of the May 8th anniversary and the anniversary of the anniversary. It was difficult to be here last July to start planning. One of the things we did was Marshall did was to build this webpage. And if you scroll down to the very first thing the group did was to come up with a logo and we put that on everything through the year to sort of bring everything with that 125. We also came up with a mission statement and that felt really important for us. It really used for us as a group. It's been fine to articulate in a conscious way why you were celebrating his amers and what we wanted to achieve with this. In our case, you know, celebrating the value of libraries, the importance of intellectual freedom, and really wanted to share the story of the library's past. And then pivoting and working toward the future and our library mission statement of community discovery and literacy. Alongside that, or maybe behind that public facing mission statement, we also spent some time listening out again in a conscious way, our internal goals. What we wanted to work with during the year, what we wanted to accomplish, things like playing with our social media, trying some different things in that way. So there were those two facets. And then if you scroll down to the actual content of the West page, the city, it should have a very long proclamation. We talk about it for the Britson and Reading and Allowed in the Fade Council, proclamation, but the library does so much and we have to fit it all in. The proclamation, oh yeah, we came up with a scroll of photographs that were playing in the library's best-of-you-all on a screen, but it also was here on the webpage that you could go through and search for a space tree, continuing down on the webpage, a whole section on who was Mary Rynes. We have a pamphlet that captures the titles that were in the original library, the early library collection we called it, the 1899 collection. So you can actually click into that and scroll through the pages of the collection. Another section showing pictures of the library was wildly nomadic for its first 60 years. So there's a whole section of the different locations until it finally found the permanent home in 1958. For another of those, Virginia,rolling down a section, showing the work we've done researching the library's process of becoming desegregated and working toward integration. We've put together a list of 125 things to discover at the library that was available as a handout at the the library, but it's also here. Planning for the future is our strategic plan going forward. We also made bookmarks with the QR code that would link to this web page so there was our content. Then this bottom part of the web page, we were building throughout the year. So to give people a reason to constantly visit the page, every month, if you scroll down, we put off a different decade of the library in Switzerland. So we started with the founding. So the original webpage just had that first section. And then every month Marshall would put off the next decade. We were also posting that on our social media. What else? Just that we probably the focus not just on the history, but also on the future, which is why we really encourage people to look at the strategic plan for the libraries and they were seeing we're not we're not looking backwards in time that we're history is influencing our future. So they were seeing we're not we're not looking backwards in time but with our history is influencing our future. So yeah, the goal was to just have to be a permanent page. So it was sort of our original history page on steroids and then we just you know after the year and we put 125 plus years of history of the library and it's sustained there permanently. So thank you. Love the card catalog for it. Yeah. Yeah. And we're those days. And to him, yes, that's not that long ago. It's a technical problem. And then we finish what we all talk about the other sort of events we did throughout the year, but we did finish the year with just a big thank you to the community that felt important to thank everyone for 125 years of support because the library exists through because with the community. Great. And then you have to, there's another resident. Yeah, this is the city's webpage on the 70th anniversary last year. Obviously not as detailed as the libraries, but this is probably more realistic. Please, something that we can do. But yeah, it was kind of a landing page for. And Cindy, if you can hear me, I know that you were somebody who But yeah, it was kind of a landing page for Cindy. If you can hear me, I know that you were somebody who worked on this web page if I'm not mistaken. Well, I did work with Maggie and Mary Catherine. She joined at the, or the tail end of the 75th. And we wanted to have all the events kind of captured and celebrated. And you can see that we did a branding effort also. And then put the branding logo, the standards, the colors, and how people could use it as a toolkit. And I love that photos. We unveiled the logo. But so other other groups and nonprofits similar to what we're doing with the FCA 250 could use that and help use it in their programs that spread the word. So we were all working on past president future themed. Thank you. And of course there were the banners throughout the city. We had the banners in a lot of little giveaways and, you know, things like that that we can celebrate. And Rex and Park did wonderful scavenger hunts that were seen, and got engagement of folks around different parts of the history and got them out to the part. Park did wonderful scavenger hunts that were seen, did got engagement of folks around different parts of the history and got them out to the parks and other locations in the city. Great. Anybody have any questions or comments? The only comment I have is that first off, that library in chair looks great. That's just one thing and one thing that struck me about that that I liked was that it was not just back we're looking for future orient, which I think is for us all to consider here as we close the world we're up to. And then the second thing was the city site, which it seems like one of our first steps might be to try and figure out a way to get some sort of initial, you know, the affluent page in there so we can just start populating that with whatever activities we are you know we're coming up and build that as we go as a fairly simple to get ourselves organized and we've been forward on this. And it should be cleared everyone but all state I mean ours was very narrow and we focused specific set of content. So it was a much to elaborate on that. But just like I agree with you, it's hard to have something up where people begin to start to think about this, with the website in the help us. Yeah, that means it's always something to reference. Yeah. Here at 250, check out this one, because it's a fortune. We do personally have a lefty store for this committee, but that's it. We don't have like an anniversary. What page yet, but that's the thing I can work with Mary Catherine. Also, if you see tape to get something like that is set up like. The onto 10 to 75th anniversary. How long did they get that? I'm going to give it this. Did you really happen? It's I think as soon as we have enough content for it to be a credible page, then it takes about an hour. Well, we certainly have the stuff that we started with from Virginia, and we can post some of that as for people just understand what's going on but that would be a simple first effort. So yeah, soon as we can get started on something like that I think we should. Okay. Holly, what did you want to talk about with respect to the structure? What do we want to get done today? It's, I mean, just tell you the time. But 10 gates of. When we talked, I know that you wanted to hear from the library and like how they organize their anniversary and see if we could, you know, carry, pick some things of like how we want to structure this committee moving forward. And like what are and I think something that you touched on was having like some type of mission statement or internal goals. So I think like it would be good for us to because I'm hearing everybody say, you know, these are all great ideas that our organizations are doing. I think what might help us moving forward is just trying to find what our internal goals would be. So is it a goal to, you know, help plan a big event? Is it a goal to, um, and you know, talk about my head. just like going back to our individual organizations and help like supporting and enhancing those programs. So that's primarily I thought process behind the whole structure. You would talk to a nice book about possibly some subcommittees and we had specific focus like for example, the website in and name itself, but the subcommittee gets started. And kind of if anybody here has a particular interest in that, I'd be willing to work on it. I don't know if there's anybody else who has an interest, but we could bring some focus to that immediately, work with the city staff. I guess a question would be like, do we think that the committee is worth why I also switch together the content or is it because I know our next meetings in May. So I guess is like, do we want, do we have, when it's be a goal to have the website content at least like ready to go by our next meeting so we can get it out there. And yeah. Yes, I'll close the piece. You go for it. Please. I was just going to say if we had something up, maybe we could do something at Memorial Day, the festival and the parade as a group publicize it, have a booth or do something make an announcement or someone wants to do something together get these organizations all of us together and get any of us together to do something special. That could be kind of a kickoff. Yeah. Yeah, and you get it. You benefit just. Links of what the community is doing. Other organizations in the city who are doing things with place to them, yeah, place to the national and the state sites because people might not be tuning into it, but I was going to add something that Paula didn't mention about the process. If you want to talk a little bit about the brain, start me in prioritizing. Well, go ahead. Well, you know it so well. So Jenny, Jenny Carol assembled the team of anniversary people and was very wise to get people from almost every department at the library. We did pre-grain storming. I forget her term for it, where we all privately just sort of percolated on different ideas and they were very wide-ranging. We emailed those to Jenny, and she did that to make space for people who maybe, because it was a new group that had a GFGEL, who might not have been comfortable sleeping up, but, you know, we were happy to send her an email and write things down. She didn't dump everything into a big document, and then we did a through brainstorming session off of that. So we added to it, we played off different ideas and came up with certain, even bigger, broader or more exciting list. And then, in his genius, genius stroke, is went through and color coded into three categories, things that we absolutely had to do. If we were going to say we were celebrating the library from 125th anniversary, we would have to have a logo. We called it the scene a quaddom. Without which we could not be celebrating the library, a logo, the banner is outside, the web page. We came up with, so that was one color whether our absolute essential items. Then there were things that we would really like to do that would be really, really good, really substantive, really enjoyable. And then there was that, oh, it would be so nice that we happen to have any time energy or money left. So these three tiers and took it from there. And it's helped us because it's easy to get overwhelmed with so many different ideas. So it really helped us determine what the priorities were and so kind of call out everything else. And some things were called something and getting better color. what Phil did. But once we really talked about... Travel, I think. Look at that. When we take everything we talked about today by organization and develop that as a starting point. I use our next meeting to do kind of our own brainstorming. We still have to decide on the feelings or the theme, which everyone we want to go to. Maybe we could do that as part of that brainstorm. So we have something to say, okay, we have a general direction now. We know what other organizations are doing. Let's do this sorting process that you guys did. I'm sure we'll come up with more. So do you want to use near-to-standard two themes that we all brainstorm individually on? Or are you saying look at all of them? Well essentially if we or everything together and we will process like all of the suggestions I think the themes might be evolved from that or we can see the value of the fit density. them also, I mean, the themes can be imposed on some of the actions and activities. So in some ways, it's sort of a bucket of activities. And I just know from the 75th, all I've both worked on that, everybody had some of the ideas and you spent more time talking about all the different ideas and not actually narrowing them down and then just locking into something. I'm saying could we do that as part of looking at all this again and brainstorming it with the themes. Oh, I have a that or we. Or are you saying to narrow the themes down and. Well, narrowing the themes down is one of those necessary activities. Definitely, but there are a bunch of things that we're talked about. And we could be prioritized and we're okay. We're really going to pursue fireworks. So we do want to do banners. And just things, this we absolutely know we have to do. Because then you can actually start working on it. And the decision to be ban is, well, where are we going to get the money? How do we start designing them? and we want to do one thing to go up and where. That's what you can begin working on it. And if the decision to be banished, well, we're going to get the money, how do we start designing them? You know, when we want them to go up and where? I think you can begin working on that now. Right. And after you finalize everything, something we wish we had done. And then it fully we played around with it a little bit was sort of a can't chart timeline. Right. So you would know when you would have to have it. So it brings us straight. It's fine. Good. We played around with it a little bit, was sort of a can't chart timeline of my birth. So you would know when you would have to have it. It's like, it's a straight, it's fine. And I will speak for myself. I'm willing to meet sooner than back to come in as a behavioral, choose data in April, just because it's actually pretty good. Yeah, a lot of work here. I think that's a really good idea. The other thing that I'll also point is that when City Council created this committee, one of the things they said is in their debt code reduction, maybe this will make it easier for us or if we want to expand from this is 215 University of Interfaces Chancellor of the Community of Assess that committed to the principles of freedom and equality embodied in the diverse and independence. So there's your two things there. If we want to go, you know, and just go with that, or we can expand on it. I don't have one way or the other, but it's also kind of played out for us by City Council. So, yes, to our identity. But it has any actions to that. Bill, to see his face like to know, I'm not honestly, I mean, this is not the province of this group, but I'm just thinking of that in the light of what's actually going on right now. And that's Thank you. We had to talk about that. Yeah. So funny with this anniversary is like talking about a lot of the ironies that is American history and like bringing that to the forefront and you know okay this is our past acknowledging that how are we going to move forward in a positive direction? Yeah. I think some of that may come back to the idea that, if they would have had a video, let people speak, let me go ahead and feel her and express their probably quite become cases, different opinions about some of the stuff that they didn't get about. Okay. My other thought is also, was there a time in 1976 where someone did an oral history in this community, if it's out there or anything like that, if there is, it'd be great to bring it back. Yeah. And what were people saying in 1976 about this? What are people saying now? saying If you go to the archive, I mean, if we could bring that back. If it is, there was a point within that point. It's about archive, and you know, where you can go, up to resources and FCRH, SCHR TGR guy, it actually works. So if you go up collections and HHWs oral histories, so these are oral histories that HHW Douglas from the store commission recorded from the mid-60s through the early eighties and Pete Sullivan, one of our co-workers, has been digitized and found their original cassettes. We don't have transcripts for Muslim, we're going to work on that. But he's loaded 17 or 18 of them on there. The recording model, he's not always the greatest, but it's got a chorus and you brown, it's got James Henderson, it's got Arosmin. Yeah, well, it was sitting in here for, so he called the name of that group. So, Woodpeer does a cover. Well, so you can see from some of the dates, like there's 72, 77, they're a little all over the place. Most of them were in the seven p's up until 88, 82. So, a lot of this with research that he was doing, as it says in the Prefatory Matter for false search places and people, which was a publication that was thoughtful. We've got that listed in there too, in action. There's a brochure on Frank Gaig has to think of sure to do probably, what we hear in false shirts, or it's like 19, like, dates and what. We have that in the room. That could be our foot and the r, or fold it too. Yeah. So if there are some recordings existed and we're trying to get some of them up, it's just a slow process. Did you say something even really good? I'm just thinking if there was something in 1976 where a community was missing. No, I'm afraid. Yeah. Well, history, that was an or enter was it be great to be able to tap into them and be perfect. Do you problem. Yes, it's all to be able to die. I don't see anything. Was there a 200 committee? There was a, um, there was a vice-entennial committee. Right. And we actually have a couple folders in the room with some of their, I think they gave you a couple. You did. Photo copies and handouts, but they had, you know, flyers saying we're going to have these events for the year, some more elaborate things. But and there are actually some minutes from those meetings, but it's a very different world. I don't know how you spoke with these. Thank you. Get back to the topic that you're suggesting. April, we want to use our April meeting for our own brainstorming session to try to get a little more structured and focused. They can be real and which you said from the very Council. If that's where I was going to go. That's right. So we're going to go somewhere. Yeah. I see you. You've got enough time. Well, I wrote a little brainstorming. Yeah, exactly. He had the time. And he had this too. I think you got a session with Shiston. Thought to one of the documents, we started working on this account under the boards. And you can keep a draft here on this group right now that I think is each of the boards, you know, I'm sure there are ideas. Even as the discusses the board, I think the board's gonna come up with a room so that it becomes a complicated game. Now, I'm doing that's ready then. We can close the building, get folks out, start thinking about dates now with different ideas together. Good. Okay. Well, we do have some pretty good feedback from the recommendations, which is a good starting point. And I think if we reflect on that before our next meeting, then we can probably, you could lead us with the process of your comfortable with that. That's a bunch of. And we can we can mark on that for the next meeting. What's a good date to the next slide. I'm going to go to the next slide. Hey, this is everybody like this room. Yeah. Okay. Okay. First week in April. Sometime. Is there someone. What's the need just to talk to you? We got all the. Um, spring break for the school. Yeah, when is this? It was on 13th through the 19th. Good. So. So not out. So please. Before then. Before. Yeah. Yeah, we can do. Um, Tuesday, April 1st or Monday, rolls and stuff. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah, I could do Tuesday April first or Monday April 7th. What's saying April 7th? It was April 7th, I brought you rush 7th. You better be what that's the one you're saying here. Yeah, same time, 10th quad. Yeah, let's be. Oh my gosh. Oh, anything else we need to take care of today? No, I'm not coming man. I can tell you the time is the same. 10 to 11. So if I have anything for the order before the journey. What's that? Oh, you have anything else? Okay. But oh, Sarah, if you give you a chance, so any same feeling of that? I'm not necessarily that. Anybody else? Mary Casper? Yeah, anything else? No, not at this time. I just appreciate being able to listen in. Okay, thank you, Cindy, for joining us and our friend from the DAR, she's still there. So thank you all for coming. I'm moved for German. It's saddened. 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