08:35:46 From Carol DeMent : The Annual report and meeting packet is available here: https://www.plan.lib.fl.us/docs/annualmeeting.pdf 08:36:02 From Kimberly Ball : Thank you, Carol! 08:49:16 From Regina Burgess : The Annual report and meeting packet is available here: https://www.plan.lib.fl.us/docs/annualmeeting.pdf 08:49:33 From Nancy Cardinal : I am talking but you cant hear me. 08:56:20 From Bernard Rogers : Hello from Tallahassee 08:56:59 From Michelle White : Good morning everyone from Escambia County schools - Happy Friday :-) 08:57:02 From Dorothee Bennett : Vicky is watching with Dorothee. Do we actually need our microphone? We are in the conference room... 08:57:32 From Dorothee Bennett : Good answer 08:57:32 From Caitie Cerise : Dan Owens reminded me yesterday to ask what time we should expect our fantastic PLAN Annual Meeting lunch delivery. :) 08:57:56 From Dorothee Bennett : Will we need the microphone for voting in the business meeting? 08:57:58 From James Elliott : @Caitie LOL 08:58:08 From Kimberly Ball : Yes! I miss the food and the fun times of being together and getting to see everyone 08:58:09 From Carol DeMent : Your bread pudding is in the mail 08:58:21 From Nancy Cardinal : I am unmuted 08:58:24 From Dorothee Bennett : Bread pudding. You had to go there. 08:58:31 From Caitie Cerise : @Carol I will let him know! 08:58:54 From LisaMarie Bartusik : Good Morning Everyone! Sign me up for bread pudding AND lunch. ;-} 08:59:01 From Lauren Link : Mmm...bread pudding! 08:59:05 From Regina Burgess : @Nancy: Sorry it's not working out, but we'll keep an eye on the chat. 09:00:35 From Natashsa Godwin : Can you record? Sorry if you already addressed. 09:00:38 From James Elliott : Law and Order: PLAN Squad 09:01:05 From James Elliott : yes 09:01:15 From Regina Burgess : @Natasha: Yes, this will be recorded. 09:01:52 From Regina Burgess : The Annual report and meeting packet is available here: https://www.plan.lib.fl.us/docs/annualmeeting.pdf 09:12:42 From Dorothee Bennett : I thought CARES Act $$ had to be spent by Dec 31? 09:12:52 From Natashsa Godwin : Will we be apply to apply for CARES funding if PLAN receives any or is it already earmarked? 09:13:00 From Renae Rountree : allocated not necessarily spent 09:13:27 From Debra Sears : Kudos to Charles and all of the PLAN staff on a solid plan for 20-21! 09:14:08 From Jenni McKnight : I second, Debra as they have provided a very solid plan for the future. 09:18:55 From Regina Burgess : Advocacy page: https://www.plan.lib.fl.us/member-services/advocacy/ 09:20:23 From Carol DeMent : The Annual report and meeting packet is available here: https://www.plan.lib.fl.us/docs/annualmeeting.pdf 09:22:07 From LisaMarie Bartusik : YAY 2021 at PSC!!! 09:22:31 From James Elliott : I have a cousin in Pensacola! I have a place to stay and thus save the library some money! YAY! 09:22:43 From Jenni McKnight : Thank you, Regina and PLAN for making this conference amazing. Looking forward to next year. 09:23:00 From Lauren Link : Yay! Melissa Davis is great! 09:24:27 From James Elliott : The Pandemic showed the need to be on top of the technology issue. 09:27:37 From Danielle Daguerre : Amen 09:27:52 From Lauren Link : Weeding is awesome! 09:28:04 From Caitie Cerise : What an awesome lineup!! Thank you, Regina. 09:28:15 From Renae Rountree : Every single thing you mentioned sounds relevant and interesting. Good job, Regina! 09:28:59 From Debra Sears : What a fantastic training lineup! Thank you 09:31:23 From Jenni McKnight : Lol, look forward to having it in the future. 09:31:43 From Nancy Cardinal : Good movie 09:31:45 From Debra Sears : LOVE that movie! 09:31:53 From LisaMarie Bartusik : TELL US! 09:31:54 From Lauren Link : African or European? 09:32:02 From James Elliott : an African or a European swallow. 09:32:13 From James Elliott : @Lauren, you beat me to it! 09:32:39 From Deborah Hynes : Thanks, Regina. 09:33:04 From Regina Burgess : https://www.plan.lib.fl.us/member-services/advocacy/ 09:35:10 From Regina Burgess : The Annual report and meeting packet is available here: https://www.plan.lib.fl.us/docs/annualmeeting.pdf 09:38:16 From Renae Rountree : Andy is super friendly and responsive to all questions. 09:40:14 From LisaMarie Bartusik : Thank you for the reports- 09:41:36 From Alvin Lee : Kudo's to Charles, Carol and Regina! 09:42:27 From Carol DeMent : Use this link to cast your vote for the Board of Directors candidates. Only one representative from each member library may vote. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SH3FQVK 09:42:59 From Jenni McKnight : Great work by these 3 Board members! 09:44:11 From Mary Balint : How long will it take to count the ballots? ;) 09:44:40 From Dorothee Bennett : Motion to adjourn. 09:44:45 From LisaMarie Bartusik : ...must stay muted... 09:45:25 From Jenni McKnight : Thank you, Renae! 09:47:12 From Courtney Nicolou : Hi! I have just started as Central Administrator for Wilderness Coast - Pat Gilleland is retiring in December. Great to be here. 09:47:36 From Michelle White : Michael Thorpe is K-12 09:47:44 From Regina Burgess : Congratulations, Courtney! Welcome! 09:47:52 From Jenni McKnight : Nice to meet you and have you, Courtney! 09:48:09 From Courtney Nicolou : Thank you :) 09:51:06 From Debra Sears : Glad you joined us today, Courtney! Welcome! And how very nice for Pat to be retiring :-) 09:51:57 From Deborah Hynes : I'm going to have to find a recipe for bread pudding and eat it on PLAN event days. Great job on this. I think it is better than the FLA virtual conference, and I certainly do not intend to insult anyone. Perhaps it is because I am more personally invested in PLAN. Anyhow, Regina, you always do a great job. 09:59:38 From Charles Mayberry : Hello Courtney! Your organization is a long-time PLAN member. Welcome! 10:08:01 From Regina Burgess : Thank you, Deborah! Please share a recipe when you find one - don't forget the rum sauce! :-) 10:14:13 From Regina Burgess : FYI Rep. Jay Trumbull (FL District 6 - Panama City) has been appointed chair of the Florida House Appropriations Committee. I'm not saying we all need to order Culligan Water, but it couldn't hurt... (That's a joke - I am in no way advocating bribing a public official!) 10:16:19 From Charles Mayberry : Thanks for sharing, Regina. I did not know that the legislators were selecting committee chairs at this time. 10:18:58 From Regina Burgess : Here's the link to the story: https://www.mypanhandle.com/news/florida-news/rep-jay-trumbull-appointed-as-chair-of-fl-house-appropriations-committee/ 10:27:36 From Jenni McKnight : Great panel of amazing people! 10:34:28 From Carol Mayhall : Thank you for saying everyone is a manager/leader even if we don't have a supervisory title in front of/behind our degree. :-) 10:43:08 From Dorothee Bennett : Debra, I like what you said about your job being to help people process it. A manager in that situation would do best for their people by putting their needs first. But it's hard. Vicky (but Dorothee agrees) 10:59:59 From Dorothee Bennett : You need chocolate and you also need supportive friends who bring YOU chocolate when they see you're having a tough time. Good leaders and managers have good personal support systems, too. (Vicky) 11:00:05 From Regina Burgess : For those who don't know, the Washington County Public Library in Chipley flooded. 11:00:52 From Lauren Link : Oh no! 11:07:30 From Charles Mayberry : Attendees: Go ahead and ask your questions or comment 11:14:01 From Alan Davis : We have been feeding during this time as well it is a unique challenge but seeing the kids is worth it. 11:15:24 From Caitie Cerise : I have been encouraging staff to take this time to use vacation, mental health days, especially since numbers are low and programs are few and far between. I feel like it's made a a huge difference in staff morale. 11:15:26 From James Elliott : It was harder at the beginning of the shutdown when we all felt we had to justify our working remotely to show we were WORKING when at home, and not "goofing off". 11:15:39 From Alicia Brown : We all need a mental health break. To keep your sanity. 11:16:53 From LisaMarie Bartusik : Absolutely Alvin - I spent More time caring for my folks when we 'worked from home' than it Ever takes when we're in thelibrary. 11:18:30 From Regina Burgess : Where do you get a massage, Renae? Chipley? 11:18:43 From Renae Rountree : Taylor Chiropractic 11:18:52 From Carol Mayhall : Oohh. I like that idea. Massages for everyone. LOL 11:19:08 From Renae Rountree : Taking advantage of good county insurance 11:19:12 From James Elliott : I like the idea of being off the full week of Thanksgiving 11:19:31 From Regina Burgess : Thanks, Renae! 11:19:40 From Carol Mayhall : Too true, Alvin. 11:19:57 From James Elliott : LisaMarie, that is so true! 11:22:07 From Regina Burgess : Staff meditation 11:22:11 From Todd Humble : Memorialize conversations in a followup email 11:23:36 From Alicia Brown : There are staff that you would never know that they are having problems because they working remotely and it is not easy for staff to let others know that there is a problem. How many of us are even asked if things are going well. 11:23:43 From James Elliott : remembering to put on my mask when I want to ask a colleague a question when at the library is also a hassle. 11:24:49 From Regina Burgess : Thank you for sharing that, Valerie! It's great to know that we are not alone in this. 11:26:02 From Jenni McKnight : Thank you Valerie for sharing this personal example as this is true leadership! 11:31:36 From Regina Burgess : @Aliicia: That's a good point. It can be hard to ask for help, and some people hide stress well. This is a good reminder to supervisors and coworkers to ask how each other's doing, especially during this time. 11:31:39 From Kimberly Ball : Prepare your staff as much as you can before the change happens. Communicate information as thoroughly and quickly as you can. Keep communication channels open with information going out and feedback going in. 11:34:56 From James Elliott : @ Alicia and Regina, especially as we have our own stressors outside (and inside) of work, it tends to "silo" us into our own experience and situations. I hope to do better in the future, so thanks for the reminder (and kick in the pants!). 11:40:09 From Regina Burgess : @Lisa: Lol! 11:41:09 From James Elliott : If the reason for change is not communicated clearly, the staff may resent that and think it's 'change for change sake', and not for a plan. 11:43:55 From Lauren Link : Saying we've always done it this way BECAUSE and/or we are changing BECAUSE and explaining the why goes a long way in communication 11:46:05 From Jenni McKnight : Thank you for sharing, Deborah. 11:46:24 From Carol DeMent : Good customer service goes a long way with the public and our funding authorities 11:49:34 From Carol DeMent : We can't keep doing more with less. 11:58:19 From Deborah Hynes : I love this group and how much everyone shares. Thanks so much!!!!! 11:58:47 From Regina Burgess : And the public library meetup, too! 11:58:56 From Alicia Brown : Thank you all. 11:59:10 From Lauren Link : Thank you everyone for sharing your experiences and insights! 11:59:18 From Jenni McKnight : Thank you to all on the panel as it was amazing to hear all your words of wisdom and REALNESS! 12:00:00 From Melissa Davis : Thank you! Lots of good info! 12:00:18 From Carol Mayhall : Thank you--very interesting. 12:00:22 From Natashsa Godwin : Thanks PLAN staff! 12:00:28 From James Elliott : bye all, thanks for everything, this was fascinating! 12:00:31 From Dorothee Bennett : Charles, this is Vicky. I'm shutting down in the conference room and will get back on from my desk. See you in 15 12:17:27 From Faye Watkins : I need to switch to my phone for audio. 12:17:58 From Jenni McKnight : Glad to have you all, Faye, Mary and Lisa!!!