[OPLINLIST] Save Libraries Flyers

[Susan Pieper]

Warm summer greetings, all:
I took a tumble down 13 steps this morning and am crawling out from under
covers to periodically check my e-mail. So, when I read the initial e-mails
about Ohio's legislature "hearing" Ohio's citizens, I was thrilled -- as I
am sure all of you were. And, since we were asked to pare down our advocacy
calls, I was wondering, how do I retrieve the hundreds if not thousands of
flyers we have distributed throughout our county? Businesses have been
calling, asking for the flyers to distribute to their customers. I have
never seen such an outcry of community response! Bob, our head of
maintenance, has made it his duty to copy and distribute stacks of 5x7
flyers... but it would be logistically impossible for our small library
staff to retrieve them -- not to mention the fact that we do not really know
who all has them.

But now, flash forward to this latest e-mail from OLC regarding the
Governor's statement. I think I'll  just not worry about retrieving those
flyers right now. We'll not distribute any more, but my people (isn't is
strange how we ''claim" our service populations as "our people"?) -- my
people want to feel they are making a difference in state government. They
want to feel their voice is being heard. Many of these folks would never
pick up the phone regarding another issue, but when you pick on their public
library, well that's enough to ruffle the feathers of anyone.

I'll anxiously await OLC's advice as to what - if any - further direction we
should take our advocacy. I wish you a safe and cool holiday week. Many of
us will be out and about and I just do not want anyone else to fall, or
suffer any type of annoying accident or injury!
Happy Reading,
Susan
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Susan Hill Pieper
Director/Editor
Paulding County Carnegie Library
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Paulding, Ohio 45879
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