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Hypatia Started conversation Aug 27, 2005
I hate August. I always have a ton of work this month. But I'm done! WooHoo.
Final grant reports written and mailed to state library.
Library budget for FY 06 finished and mailed to board members.
Proposed contract between library and city finished and mailed for review.
Staff evaluations finished and filed.
Summer reading evaluations finished and mailed.
Meeting with architect to discuss building concerns finished and report written and mailed to trustees.
September calendar finished and posted.
New borrower's cards designed, ordered and delivered.
Instructor for sign language classes found and engaged.
Instructor for cake decorating classes found and engaged.
Instructor for silver clay jewelry workshop found and engaged.
September/October preschool programs planned and scheduled.
October/November teen programs planned and scheduled.
October cooking series scheduled.
October-February wellness programs scheduled.
Senior Coffee Club organized.
Take that, August!
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Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Aug 27, 2005
well done
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David B - Singing Librarian Owl Posted Aug 27, 2005
Heavens, that's a lot of stuff! I'm so glad I'm only a minion! Well done for getting all that done. 
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Phred Firecloud Posted Aug 27, 2005
August:
1. Inspiring awe or admiration; majestic: the august presence of the monarch. See Synonyms at grand.
2. Venerable for reasons of age or high rank.
Good work, maybe September will be more relaxed....
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Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence Posted Aug 27, 2005
No, it won't. She had to free up her time in order to plan her trip to New Mexico. 
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Hypatia Posted Aug 27, 2005
Every August is a pain. And the last two weeks of October - which is when I have to close the books on our fiscal year. 
I am really looking forward to November and December, which are our slowest months of the year. And this year I don't have a building under construction or an automation project or a major move or....... I won't know what to do with myself. Maybe I can be a librarian again. 
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Hypatia Posted Aug 27, 2005
Lil, I have a long list already of things gto do for the trip. For example, on Sept 24 I have to drive 235 miles to my sister's to pick up the cranbery wine. And I have to get the marshmallow blow guns made. 
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Teuchter Posted Aug 28, 2005
Now you've dealt with August - you'll have time for the more important stuff 
Marshmallow guns 
Can you keep some for July 2006?
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David B - Singing Librarian Owl Posted Aug 28, 2005
What on Earth are marshmallow guns?
If they're nice, then I second Teuchter's motion!
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J Posted Aug 28, 2005
Didn't you delegate any of that? I would've delegated it all. Except for the Staff Evaluations. You need those to hold your power over your drones.
G'job.
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Hypatia Posted Aug 28, 2005
There isn't anyone to delegate it to. Our budget is so trashed that I am working with a skeleton crew. They all have plenty of work of their own. And the entire staff is paid hourly. I can't afford to pay them overtime. And can't afford to pay part-timers full time benefits. It's lonely at the top.
I had to decide whether to give everyone raises next FY or hire some more people. I put it to the people I have and they naturally said they'd rather have less help and more money for themselves. So that's what I did. So for the entire 06 FY we will be at least one person short per shift and two people short on some shifts.
With luck the economy will get a lot worse and interest rates will go sky high again and we will be able to get a decent return on our investments. We are only able to make conservative investments since we are a public entity. Our endowment isn't bringing in nearly enough income for us to run the library properly. 
David, marshmallow blow guns are great fun. They are made out of pvc pipe and you shoot miniature marshmallows at each other with them. There will definitely be marshmallow blow guns at the Great Hillbilly Meet of 06.
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David B - Singing Librarian Owl Posted Aug 28, 2005
How very entertaining! Like a bizarre variation of water pistols, but so much more fun.
Why do libraries everywhere have such poor budgets? Our budget for acquisitions goes down every year, despite wailing and gnashing of teeth from library staff, academics and students.
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Hypatia Posted Oct 4, 2005
Except for the 5th and 11th.
Folks, meet my sister, LadyChattingly.
Sis, welcome to h2g2. You've joined up in time to vote for me for President.
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Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am... Posted Oct 4, 2005
Hello Hypatia's sister!
Have a rock cake.
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Witty Moniker Posted Oct 4, 2005
Hi, Lady Chattingly and welcome to h2g2!
Hyp, I am shocked. 
You told your sister about your internet weirdo friends? You must be preparing her for next summer's hillybilly bash.
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- 1: Hypatia (Aug 27, 2005)
- 2: Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! (Aug 27, 2005)
- 3: David B - Singing Librarian Owl (Aug 27, 2005)
- 4: Phred Firecloud (Aug 27, 2005)
- 5: tartaronne (Aug 27, 2005)
- 6: Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence (Aug 27, 2005)
- 7: Hypatia (Aug 27, 2005)
- 8: Hypatia (Aug 27, 2005)
- 9: Hypatia (Aug 27, 2005)
- 10: Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence (Aug 28, 2005)
- 11: Teuchter (Aug 28, 2005)
- 12: David B - Singing Librarian Owl (Aug 28, 2005)
- 13: J (Aug 28, 2005)
- 14: Hypatia (Aug 28, 2005)
- 15: David B - Singing Librarian Owl (Aug 28, 2005)
- 16: Lady Chattingly (Oct 4, 2005)
- 17: Hypatia (Oct 4, 2005)
- 18: Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am... (Oct 4, 2005)
- 19: Titania (gone for lunch) (Oct 4, 2005)
- 20: Witty Moniker (Oct 4, 2005)
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