[Grovenet] Pro or Con come to City Council Mtg Mon. 7 PM

[Allen Warren]

Teri,

Even though you seldom comment on grovenet, no doubt you've seen many of Alana's postings in the past.  And one thing I have to say about Alana is she's consistently positive and informative in her postings.  Of her past postings, my recollection is they're always giving information of an upcoming event, with most events being tied to the library in some form.  Having said this, I can understand how the one sentence in her post of "Most of our city
council members are not patrons of the library and do not understand the importance of a healthy library for a healthy community" can be interpreted as potentially, repeat potentially, inflammatory and incorrect.  And I have every belief based on Alana's past postings that Alana did not mean to be inflammatory.  Inflammatory and/or incorrect are words I would not associate w/Alana.  Again, my personal opinion based on her past Grovenet postings.

Regarding the potential city proposal to charge library late fees, can you please provide text from the proposal that details where late fees monies would be applied?  It's important we all understand what the city proposes for these late fees.

If the city proposes late fees to be funneled back into the library system to pay for purchasing additional books and/or helping to pay for library staff and/or pay for upkeep of the library, etc. . . . in short if the fees will be 100% applied directly to library costs, people might consider this as a valid proposal.

If, on the other hand, late fees would be funneled to other city services with little/no monies going back to the library, people might consider this to be a mis-directed cost and not necessarily a valid proposal.

It's important to know the text in the proposal as it could potentially supress the flames of outrage.
 
Allen Warren


________________________________
From: Teri <fgchamber at groveweb.net>
To: Forest Grove local interests list <grovenet at rdrop.com>
Sent: Monday, June 8, 2009 9:05:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Pro or Con come to City Council Mtg Mon. 7 PM

Good morning to all:

I very seldom comment on grovenet but really felt a need to respond to
Alana's comment "the City Councilors not being patrons of the library and
not understanding the importance of a healthy library".

This type of inflammatory AND incorrect statement is how misunderstandings
and mistrust are created.  Having sat through many council meetings
listening to discussions about the library and also knowing several of the
councilors who personally support, use and do understand the importance of a
healthy library ..I am dismayed to read comments of this type.

I do encourage community members to be involved in public hearings and how
that everyone interested - pro or con ..take the time to attend the meeting
tonight -- but PLEASE refrain from making sweeping inaccurate statements
such as this.

Teri Koerner

p.s.  I do want to clarify that this is a personal statement and not an
opinion from the Chamber Board




IMPORTANT NOTICE:  This message is intended only for the addresses and may
contain confidential, privileged information.  If you are not the intended
recipient, you may not use, copy or disclose any information contained in
the message.  If you have received this message in error, please notify the
sender by reply email and delete the message.



Please conserve paper; print this e-mail only if necessary.


-----Original Message-----
From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com] On
Behalf Of Alana Graham
Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 11:00 PM
To: Forest Grove local interests list
Subject: [Grovenet] Pro or Con come to City Council Mtg Mon. 7 PM


Please come to the Forest Grove City Auditorium, 1915 Main St on Monday,
June 8, 7 PM - 8 PM and give your opinion about late fees for over due books
at our library.

Since 1975 4 different surveys and evaluations have determined that our
community is better served by not charging late fees.  The library already
has a successful system for late fees and any money it might bring in from
late fees do NOT go back to the library.  Any money from late fees would go
into the city general fund and the library would receive no benefit.  

Even if you think library late fees are a fine idea, please come and give
your opinion or just be there to support the library.  Most of our city
council members are not patrons of the library and do not understand the
importance of a healthy library for a healthy community.  Let the city
council and our mayor know that we support what is best for the library and
our community.

Thanks

Alana





      
_______________________________________________
GroveNet mailing list
GroveNet at rdrop.com
http://www.rdrop.com/mailman/listinfo/grovenet

_______________________________________________
GroveNet mailing list
GroveNet at rdrop.com
http://www.rdrop.com/mailman/listinfo/grovenet