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In today’s climate of increasing scrutiny on public funding and anti-access movements, it's more important than ever to articulate the value that libraries bring to local economies, education systems, and the overall well-being of residents.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJohn will share insights and strategies for addressing taxpayer concerns, framing discussions around return on investment, and highlighting how libraries use tax dollars efficiently to meet the needs of everyone. Whether you’re preparing for a funding referendum, a bond initiative, or simply want to improve public perceptions of your library's impact, this webinar will provide you with the tools to build stronger relationships with your local taxpaying community.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eLearning Outcomes\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBy the end of this class, students will be able to:\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDescribe return on investment and how to frame a conversation around it\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eExplain concrete benefits the library provides to taxpayers\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eInstructor\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Chrastka is the Founder and Executive Director of EveryLibrary, the national political action committee (PAC) for libraries. He is a former partner in AssociaDirect, a Chicago-based consultancy focused on supporting associations in membership recruitment, conference, and governance activities. 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In today\u0026rsquo;s climate of increasing scrutiny on public funding and anti-access movements, it's more important than ever to articulate the value that libraries bring to local economies, education systems, and the overall well-being of residents.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJohn will share insights and strategies for addressing taxpayer concerns, framing discussions around return on investment, and highlighting how libraries use tax dollars efficiently to meet the needs of everyone. 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Thank you for coming to today's Lyricist learning webinar talking to the taxpayers about libraries.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=4.0,10.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"My name is Sam Eddington. I am the program leader for Lyricist Learning, and I'm really excited to welcome you out to today's presentation.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=10.0,18.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"A couple of logistical notes before we begin. You see that Shania has put her information there in the webinar chat.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=18.0,26.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"She is our tech support today and she is wonderful. If you experience any technical difficulties or issues at all.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=26.0,33.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Please either send her a message there in the webinar chat Or call her at the telephone number that she's provided there and she will get you up and running absolutely as quickly as possible.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=33.0,43.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"We are recording today's webinar. Tomorrow or the next day, you will receive a follow-up email. It will contain three things.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=43.0,52.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"We'll contain a link to the recording. It will contain the slides and it will contain a link to an evaluation survey.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=52.0,59.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"If you complete that evaluation survey, then at the end of the month, we will send you a certificate of attendance slash participation, which you can use for any professional development needs you may have.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=59.0,72.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"That clears me through the opening preamble so please allow me to introduce today's speaker.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=72.0,80.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"We are really fortunate to have with us John Kraska, the founder and executive director of Every Library, the national political action committee for Libraries He is a former partner in Associate Direct, a Chicago-based consultancy focused on supporting associations in membership recruitment","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=80.0,98.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Governance, and conference activities. He is a former president and member of the Board of Trustees for the Berwyn, Illinois Public Library.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=98.0,106.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And a former president of the Reaching Across Illinois library system multi-type library system.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=106.0,113.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"He is a good friend of ours here at Lyricist. We're always glad to have him.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=113.0,117.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Please join me in welcoming John.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=117.0,120.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Sam, thank you. It's nice to be back for another Lyricist event. We wanted to talk today, April 15th, the traditional day when your personal taxes are done.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=120.0,131.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Are due. Income taxes are due. We're right around the time of the year also here in suburban Chicago where I live, where our property taxes are due.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=131.0,141.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I went out and bought some stuff this morning. I paid some sales taxes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=141.0,145.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"This is the time of the year to think about these big issues about how do we fund the common good. How do we fund our libraries and how taxpayers And as well as elected officials think through what we're up to. Every library works on taxes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=145.0,162.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"All the time on our 501c4 side, we work on election days for libraries.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=162.0,168.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Including bond measures to build new buildings, referendums, warrant articles, parcel taxes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=168.0,173.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"A whole bunch of them. I said to somebody the other day, I raised your taxes and they smiled for a change.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=173.0,179.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Because taxes that goes to the library, you'd think would be the easiest thing in the world to accomplish, and yet america Americans get made, I mean, Americans get crazy when we start talking about taxes, even if it's for something as smart","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=179.0,194.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"As good as the library. On our 501c3 side, that's our Every Library Institute. It's public policy, tax policy education policy.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=194.0,203.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"We do things over there like surveys of the American voting public.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=203.0,207.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"But their attitudes around libraries and librarianship. We also posit some things Like, how should we be taxing ourselves?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=207.0,215.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And do the research projects around that. So between those two organizations, our C4 side, which is about lobbying elected officials as well as talking to voters and our C3 side. We've got some things to share today about that taxpayer conversation.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=215.0,233.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"It starts really with whose value system drives the budget for your library and for your municipality.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=233.0,240.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And value systems are expressed in politics through laws and budgets. We have a value system about how we should be treating each other that maybe a library party conversation, like all of us get together in the library community and say, this is how we should be treating our neighbors.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=240.0,257.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"This is how we should be driving opportunity. Here's how we should be offering a variety of books for a variety of people. That value system might not necessarily always line up.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=257.0,267.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"With other political value systems. But the folks who are in control, whether it is a group of voters who approve through ballot measures funding for libraries, a group of elected officials, including library boards, those conversations around value system are expressed in a couple of different ways.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=267.0,287.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Structurally, either through dedicated property taxes. Dedicated sales or use taxes for libraries. In fact, we just had a very interesting one last month. Today's the 15th of April, again, tax day. 2025 back at the end of March, a sales tax campaign in Missouri.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=287.0,309.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Just for local funding. General funds for municipalities, the contracts that municipalities enter into with nonprofit libraries.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=309.0,319.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"The allocations of funding through school districts. Folks, you know your own particular library.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=319.0,324.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Whether it's an MOU or an IGA that governs a joint powers agreement between several municipal entities or by being funded by the state directly, which happens with a couple of states in terms of the funding formula, including some fraught conversations that are happening right now, for example, in Ohio.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=324.0,343.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"About the PLF, the public library funding formula. You know your own library, but I want to surface these different models because the expression of our value system in how we tax ourselves is material to this entire conversation.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=343.0,359.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And how we bring revenue in. Is material as well, because in times where things are smooth and easy.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=359.0,367.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Times when things are calm and collected, which hasn't been a whole lot in the last couple of years between the pandemic and the current social, political, and economic issues affecting America today.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=367.0,381.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Understanding where the money comes from and how it moves is extremely important.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=381.0,386.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"None of these are tariffs, by the way. Just as a brief aside.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=386.0,392.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"The budget for your library is arguably the most important aspect of what you do. The most important policy document you can put together for your library. It affects your users, of course, because it's how you can utilize small amount of smart text money to do the good things that your users need. 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Over the last 10 years, I think the average pass rate for renewals In the absence of friction in a community in the absence of of fights in the community is somewhere in the low 90% range, mercifully. Otherwise, we'd have some real problems in this country.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=1102.0,1125.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/116","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And yet, in the presence of friction, and it might be book bans, it might be censorship, it might be fights about populations through the books and through services to those populations. 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Talking about taxes is to break through those social fights, those political fights, to get down to whether or not our value system as a community is being expressed in the services that our library is doing.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=1140.0,1157.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/118","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"We have a real conundrum when we talk about taxes in libraries, not because we have a difficulty exclusively have a difficulty talking about ourselves, there's a big issue in libraries about disclosing, about talking about sharing about what you do all day","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=1157.0,1176.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/119","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And we've got other lyricist webinars and other EverLibrary webinars about how to overcome that. 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Heck.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=1235.0,1245.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/127","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Even in places like New Hampshire and Massachusetts where you have town meetings every year.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=1245.0,1250.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/128","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Not enough people show up to discuss the warrant. 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To your taxpayers, articulating your expectant and hope for outcomes is always fun.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=1536.0,1544.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/161","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"It's always nice. We have a strategic plan. We have a building plan. We hope to be able to do some things. We're going to do some efficiencies. We're going to consolidate some work. 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Let's do it right. Likewise, for taxpayers to listen to your stories about public libraries is to sometimes tell them the truth about the problem that is either present were coming, that we have the ability with a small amount of smart taxpayer money to either avert crisis or address current failure.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=1820.0,1842.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/194","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"We have to be able to tell the truth to the taxpayers.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=1842.0,1845.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/195","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Otherwise, they will not listen, because they have been lied to.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=1845.0,1849.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/196","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Time and time again. Your taxpayers like the taxpayers in my hometown.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=1849.0,1854.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/197","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"My home county, my state of Illinois, my America. Have been lied to enough times about, oh no, this will be great. This will be wonderful. 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Is the one that I'm most interested in you talking to.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=1877.0,1882.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/200","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"The happy taxpayer, if you know them, that's great. 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Plan B is always hard.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=1955.0,1961.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/211","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Plan B is something that we can definitely work with you on here at every library. One of the reasons I love doing webinars for lyricists is that they know that we do something that's unique in the space here at Ever Library.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=1961.0,1972.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/212","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And that we want to do it in a bespoke and one-on-one fashion with All of the lyricist network.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=1972.0,1978.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/213","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Plan B is difficult to talk about because we've been taught over the years in libraries that we should be doing more with less.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=1978.0,1986.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/214","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"That we don't, for some reason or another. We're not supposed to talk about where we get our money.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=1986.0,1993.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/215","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"We're not supposed to talk about what it costs to run the place, or God forbid what it costs to have good staff.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=1993.0,1999.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/216","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And yet these conversations that are difficult will distinguish your request for funding.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=1999.0,2006.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/217","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Your request for taxes from everybody else who's trying to hide the real truth of the matter, either to dissemble or deflect.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2006.0,2016.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/218","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Or because they don't have a plan that has real legitimacy and veracity.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2016.0,2023.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/219","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"The biggest thing that we could be doing, and those of you who've watched some of these other webinars through Lyricists from Everlibrary know that I harp on marketing.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2023.0,2031.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/220","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I harp on marketing tomorrow. Tomorrow is marketing to build use.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2031.0,2037.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/221","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Tomorrow at the library, we're going to have a wonderful program. We're going to have a pre-K readiness program, pardon me, for a thousand books before.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2037.0,2044.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/222","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Kindergarten, we're going to have a bunch of kids in here. They're going to do letter shapes and numbers. Tomorrow, bring your kids.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2044.0,2050.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/223","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And yet marketing yesterday. Yesterday, we had a wonderful program, part of our pre-K readiness project, where our goal is a thousand books before kindergarten. We had 50 kids in here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2050.0,2062.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/224","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"We had 15 kids in here. We wish we had 500.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2062.0,2065.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/225","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Yesterday, we tried to do something with the taxpayer money. We did it well.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2065.0,2070.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/226","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And we want to do it again. Or we try to do something with taxpayer money. We didn't have quite enough.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2070.0,2076.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/227","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"We weren't able to put our value system of a pre-K readiness, our mission and our vision for those kids to work properly.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2076.0,2084.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/228","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Yes, Marketing Tomorrow is a key component of making sure that people use the place because otherwise, what are we doing all day long But marketing yesterday, we used your taxes in a specific way.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2084.0,2097.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/229","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"We used your taxes to the maximum extent possible. We want to either replicate or scale it up or we want to fix something because we weren't quite right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2097.0,2107.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/230","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"With what we had already. All right. So a couple of thought pieces for you. And then, Sam, I think I've got four more slides here and then I want to see what your thoughts are on if there's anything to be talked about here on the live event.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2107.0,2120.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/231","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"But what I want to do is offer two big ideas about how to root Our conversations with taxpayers Even more closely than just outbound storytelling.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2120.0,2133.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/232","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I want to see if there's a way that we can do something that's more participatory with our budgeting.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2133.0,2137.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/233","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"In order to see whether or not we can… I don't know maybe i don't know maybe maybe make it so that they don't feel like taxpayers, but they feel like stakeholders.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2137.0,2150.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/234","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So government, the way it's structured, and I'm not talking about individual voters here, I'm talking about city councils and county governments, parishes, town boards, boards of selectmen.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2150.0,2159.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/235","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Participatory democracy makes decisions based on budgets that are reflecting the political values of the community and whoever's in charge.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2159.0,2172.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/236","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And decisions are made really in a way that says, okay, how do we set up our budgets and how do we spend within our budgets? It's why the great trauma that we're experiencing right now in libraries and other parts of civil society as the Trump administration keeps issuing these executive orders to shut down things like the Institute of Museum and Library Services is so traumatic because didn't we just have a decision to do this budget.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2172.0,2196.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/237","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Didn't we just have a decision to spend this money? Where budgets are authentic and legitimate.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2196.0,2204.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/238","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"In communities. And the way that we get at a budget that's authentic and legitimate is because we do planning properly.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2204.0,2213.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/239","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"We do planning that says, are we mapping our value systems? Are we mapping our organizational mission? Are we mapping our vision for our populations that we're trying to serve in a way that justifies the spending.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2213.0,2227.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/240","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Individual elected officials Prioritize spending based on the people they care about, the place they call home, and their own special interests but but municipal entities, city councils county governments state legislatures congress even does the work through these kinds of planning processes and the voters","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2227.0,2249.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/241","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And the taxpayers are oftentimes one step removed from it. I think we have a place in libraries and public libraries in particular to do budgeting a little bit differently that'll bring again taxpayers into that conversation as stakeholders.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2249.0,2264.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/242","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Traditional budgeting in these municipal contexts, and even with your library boards, it's often conflict avoidant.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2264.0,2273.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/243","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"It's often set up in a way that decreases participation as much as it can by simply continuing the status quo, and yet we're entering a period again Those of you who were in library leadership and management during the pandemic know what this is like. Those of you who are in library leadership","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2273.0,2293.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/244","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And management during the Great Recession might have some memories of this as well.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2293.0,2299.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/245","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"The status quo is being… severely disrupted as we move through 2025 into 2026 because of the actions on the part of the current administration and the federal government.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2299.0,2312.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/246","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"One way to help insulate your library from the accusation that you are like every other taxpaying or every other body that's taxed and spend.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2312.0,2321.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/247","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Is to do some version of participatory budgeting with your local community. Participatory budgeting that helps break through that innumeracy crisis, that disconnect.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2321.0,2333.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/248","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"That exists between your taxpayers and what you do all day. In fact, participatory budgeting can start with your staff.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2333.0,2340.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/249","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"In your board in your board Even your library board might have a budget and finance committee that most people don't want to sit on.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2340.0,2348.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/250","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"An authentic pathway to find what the community's budget priorities are and validates those those budget choices because of consensus conversations is what participatory budgeting is all about.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2348.0,2363.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/251","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Now, I'm not doing a seminar on it right now here because it takes quite a bit of attention to get into.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2363.0,2370.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/252","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And to do it right. But a process that is designed to be much more inclusive of the community that allows for ideation between the community and the library.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2370.0,2382.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/253","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And it allows for exposure of the library's budget and the expected and hoped for outcomes and the potential shortfalls, if you're not properly resourced, allows you to do funding allocations in a way that is much more transparent and consultative.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2382.0,2401.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/254","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And it locates power Inside the library.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2401.0,2406.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/255","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Because your taxpayers become stakeholders in the library's success.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2406.0,2412.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/256","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"They have made decisions with you, not just hearing about it because you ran a strategic plan.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2412.0,2420.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/257","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Participatory budgeting should not be done without a net. Participatorybudgeting.org is an organization here at every library that we really believe in and that we truly appreciate.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2420.0,2431.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/258","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And their frameworks are proven to work in both heterogeneous and homogenous kinds of communities as well.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2431.0,2439.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/259","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Real power over real tax money is so rare in our society that for the library to place itself in proximity to those taxpayers in a new and radical the way will not only allow you to do better conversations about where tax money goes and better services because it's more legitimately and authentically rooted in what community need is.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2439.0,2461.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/260","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"It'll insulate you. It'll insulate you from cuts because you cannot cut something in this kind of a climate, what gets cut during austerity is the thing that is ineffective.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2461.0,2473.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/261","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Participatory budgeting drives an effectiveness conversation like nothing else does. What gets cut in austerity budget times is the thing that's not important or prioritized to the deciders.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2473.0,2487.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/262","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"This participatory budgeting framework elevates you to something that is a first person plural set of priorities.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2487.0,2496.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/263","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"The other big idea right now is we're moving at this point in 2025 towards 2026, And the taxpayer conversation is not only the work that's being done by the library, but how do you as an institution bring value to the local community. We're seeing some","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2496.0,2518.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/264","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Just radically ridiculous things happening in Washington, D.C. Folks, I run a political action committee for libraries. I'm not editorializing. I think they're ridiculous.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2518.0,2527.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/265","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Should be following our statutory obligations with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and many other parts of government. If we want to change things, let's go through Congress. Let's change law.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2527.0,2539.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/266","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And sorry, forgive me. Public libraries buy a lot of stuff.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2539.0,2543.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/267","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Let me just get right to the point here. You buy a lot of stuff.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2543.0,2547.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/268","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"You buy a lot of stuff like books, which everybody understands it, but it's a fairly specialized supply chain.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2547.0,2553.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/269","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"The other stuff that's not a very specialized supply chain You are at the end of a long global supply chain for stuff.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2553.0,2563.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/270","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I'm talking about cleaning supplies, building supplies, arts and crafts materials, office supplies, stuff that is currently possibly being bought based on either the convenience of the staff, your staff, you personally, like, okay, it's easy to click a button on a website","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2563.0,2579.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/271","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Or because you have a policy that says cheapest is best and yet In a time right now when we are becoming a little bit more insular by design because we are seeing One third of our federal, state, and local government start to disappear.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2579.0,2597.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/272","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Everything about where you make your choices to buy copy paper, gardening equipment.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2597.0,2602.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/273","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Coffee pods for your Keurigs, HVAC filters for your HVAC system i mean the stuff that's needed to run the library, how can we do more about moving from a supply chain to a value chain?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2602.0,2617.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/274","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Where you're sourcing your materials closer to the library You're sourcing as close to the library as you can. Clicking that website button.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2617.0,2627.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/275","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"From some nameless and faceless group that'll drop it off in your loading dock rather than have it be from a store.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2627.0,2634.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/276","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Or a supplier who's nearby? The value chain that adds to the local economy right now will level you up in the eyes of your taxpayers, provided that you're telling them that this is where we're sourcing our stuff from.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2634.0,2649.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/277","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"The purchasing power of your town, your county, your neighborhood, sorry, the purchasing power of your town or your county Your city, if you are in a municipal library, the purchasing power of your nonprofit library or your library district should not be sent out","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2649.0,2668.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/278","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Beyond your zip code any farther than it needs to be right now.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2668.0,2672.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/279","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"If we are in a tariffed environment. If we are in a situation where we are in a situation The supply chain is going to be disrupted.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2672.0,2681.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/280","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"For you to provide some local economic stimulus to your taxpayers, sales tax, use tax.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2681.0,2688.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/281","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Local businesses, local artisans and craftspeople, local employers If we're looking to buy paper why are we going to get it from big box retailer when Dunder Mifflin.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2688.0,2704.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/282","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Is sitting right there ready to make you a deal. Jim and Pam and Dwight want to make you a deal.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2704.0,2712.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/283","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"All right, folks, I'm not being flip. These are all big conversations about taxes How do we spend our money? How do we spend our money? How do we raise our money?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2712.0,2721.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/284","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And we are in a good spot, I think, as a community to talk to our taxpayers firmly about the good things that we've done, the places we'd like to go.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2721.0,2730.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/285","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"But also to have these conversations that bring them in, not just as taxpayers, but as stakeholders and demonstrate to them that we have the ability to put that small amount of smart tax money to work, not only on patron services, but on building the local community up","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2730.0,2745.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/286","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Stronger and more resiliently during these odd and difficult times.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2745.0,2752.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/287","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"All right, Sam, that's where we're at with this one today. I hope it was interesting. If you've got anything on your mind, I'd love to hear it. If there's anybody in the chat that wants to chat some more.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2752.0,2760.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/288","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Let's go.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2760.0,2762.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/289","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Absolutely. And thank you so much for so much for those whys If you don't know if not sugarcoating it words, but there's no point in sugarcoating anything these days. Here's a question for you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2762.0,2776.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/290","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Nope. Yes, sir.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2776.0,2778.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/291","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"That's come in.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2778.0,2782.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/292","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Releasing a budget seems for want of a better word.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2782.0,2787.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/293","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Inherently unsexy. How do you get… the taxpayers to pay attention to the message you're communicating with your budget.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2787.0,2797.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/294","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Sure. So the The budget is a statement of values.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2797.0,2805.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/295","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"You're either connected to your values because your budget is correct or you're disconnected to your values because the budget is incorrect. You're either spending it the wrong way. We need to fix how we're spending it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2805.0,2815.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/296","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Or we don't have enough revenue to do it properly. Leading with value systems about the identity of a community.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2815.0,2822.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/297","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Who we want to be, leading with value systems about What we're trying to accomplish rather than releasing it as a 3.2% correction 2.4% increase, a series of hard choices about how we're going to allocate our funding this year in the face of so much weirdness. To be able to say to people.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2822.0,2846.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/298","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"That we're releasing the 2026 projections about how we want to treat each other, behave as a community anchor institution, and accomplish a shared set of goals. We want to be better neighbors to you. And we're starting off our conversation about how we fund ourselves with that neighborliness in mind.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2846.0,2867.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/299","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"It might actually make some people sit up straight. To hear it like that. The one thing about taxpayers is that some of them are just going along and they're just going along. They're just going along. The first year might not be a major earthquake","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2867.0,2882.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/300","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"But if we can start to have that conversation in a different frame As the years progress and the invitations progress towards more participatory budgeting, as well as demonstrating that you're making a commitment to local to the local purchasing frameworks.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2882.0,2898.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/301","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Give it two, three years. And I'm not going to suggest that they're going to give you a medal When you put it out, but you're going to have more than just a technical a little mention in the local paper.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2898.0,2914.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/302","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I like that. And this next question is kind of a follow-up from that. Do you have any suggestions for enlisting your board and or friends groups?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2914.0,2925.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/303","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"To convey your message to the taxpayers.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2925.0,2928.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/304","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So a board is an enactor. A friend's group is a validator.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2928.0,2933.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/305","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So the board needs to be in a position to understand what the money goes to, how much money it really is, what the sources of those monies are, because they have to enact either as an advisor to your municipality","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2933.0,2948.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/306","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Or directly offering it to the voters. They have to enact that tax idea the tax proposal. So they need to be both wonky about money.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2948.0,2962.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/307","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And that takes preparation, but also they have to be able to connect the dots for those suspicious voters. They have to connect the dots and say with X, we will be able to accomplish Y.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2962.0,2975.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/308","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Without A, we will never see B, C, and D done.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2975.0,2979.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/309","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And for them to be offering that means that they have to be both literate about finances and numerate about money.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2979.0,2987.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/310","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And they have to be comfortable, which means you have to do some rehearsal.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2987.0,2991.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/311","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"But they're not representing you. They are you. They are the legal entity that's enacting this tax or advising the municipality to enact that tax.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=2991.0,3004.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/312","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"The Friends organization or other groups of local stakeholders are validators.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=3004.0,3008.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/313","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"They exist in this particular context to say, I mean, if you've got a really successful friends group and they raise a bunch of money.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=3008.0,3017.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/314","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Through book sales and bake sales, they have a benefit event. They've got a great little store.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=3017.0,3022.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/315","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"They are either… Well, they validate by saying that the money that they bring in as a donor organization, donor facing organization, is intended to either supplement what's being done by the library Or add capacity to what's being done by the library.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=3022.0,3044.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/316","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Or to innovate and that that is only done on the backs of on the base of On the ladder of good tax money.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=3044.0,3056.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/317","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So without the smart tax money that's necessary, without a small amount of smart tax money that goes to good ends, they cannot do their charitable purposes on top of it.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=3056.0,3067.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/318","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And they must validate you to say that they will not supplant taxes that a good friends organization says, we're not icing on the cake necessarily we might be something that's pretty core to the library's mission, because that's the funding formula we have here but","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=3067.0,3084.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/319","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"It's all done on the backs of, on the ladder of actual proper taxes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=3084.0,3094.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/320","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I think that's a really interesting way to frame it. And I appreciate you clarifying that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=3094.0,3101.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/321","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"For our listeners. I don't see any other questions here in the chat.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=3101.0,3106.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/322","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Those are great questions, Sam. I appreciate it. The Lyricist community is always delivering high quality questions.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=3106.0,3112.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/323","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"They're real good about that. And if they have further questions, I see your emails there on the uh slide so","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=3112.0,3113.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/324","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Mm-hmm. That's right. That's right. And Sam, as you know, there's an open door here at every library. We do all of our supports for these taxpayer conversations.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=3113.0,3126.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/325","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Since 2012, we've been doing this all pro bono and for free. Somebody can come to us and say.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=3126.0,3131.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/326","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"John, I want to think this through with somebody who knows what they're talking about. You seem like you know what you're talking about, John. I'll be like, yeah, a little bit, you know.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=3131.0,3138.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/327","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Let's talk about your place. Your zip code for your library is going to be different in particular and peculiar from the zip code across the street down in the other valley. I mean, let's talk about your place in particular. The politicians and the elected officials, the board.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=3138.0,3156.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/328","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"The local tour and community. It's all going to be very bespoke. And I want to have those conversations if it helps you and your library leadership team advance a new conversation forward about taxes. So April 15th, Sam, did you put in an extension today or did you file on time?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=3156.0,3175.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/329","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Ah, forget you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=3175.0,3176.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/330","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I filed mine in like January. It helps to be It helps to be married to someone who keeps asking, so when are we going to get our tax refund? When are we going to get our tax refund?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=3176.0,3182.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/331","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"There you go. There you go. You know, I'm the worst kind. I put in an automatic extension.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=3182.0,3183.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/332","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"It motivates me highly to get it done early.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=3183.0,3190.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/333","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Well, on the other hand, you're the guy who uses the word terroir to describe what's going on in in terms of locality of libraries. So, you know, anybody who does that's a friend of mine. It is wonderful work.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=3190.0,3201.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/334","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"It's such a good word. That's such a good one.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=3201.0,3205.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/335","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So for those of you who have attended, thank you so much for coming. For those of you who have watched the recording, thank you so much. People who attended this live, you will receive that or who registered for it, you will receive that follow-up email with the recording the slides and the link to that evaluation survey and John's email if you're not taking it right now so uh","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=3205.0,3226.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/336","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"It is all about to be open to you as soon as we get that follow-up email out to you in the next couple of days.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=3226.0,3234.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/337","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Sam, thanks to you and the Lyricist community again. Good to be with you, everybody.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=3234.0,3236.0"},{"id":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186/transcript/78543/annotation/338","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Take care","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://lyrasis.aviaryplatform.com/collections/3589/collection_resources/146463/file/270186#t=3236.0,3241.0"}]}]}]}