15:06:07 From Holly Williams : I can hear you 15:06:10 From Erika at Strong Public Library : I can hear you. 15:06:16 From Andrea DeBiase : yes! 15:06:17 From Cindy Appleby : I can hear you 15:06:23 From Lois Walton : I can hear you Janet. 15:07:36 From Janet McKenney : Thanks! First day back from vacation. Getting back on the horse syndrome! 15:09:38 From C. PERKINS : Future rock star! 15:09:59 From Erika : I love that 15:11:27 From Janet McKenney to Pat Curley(Privately) : No problem Pat. Welcome. 15:15:41 From Jenny @ Rice Public Library : I love Breath of the Wild!!! Nicely done. ;-) 15:18:18 From Pat Curley : great! 15:18:21 From Karen Eger : Good news. 15:23:33 From Andrea DeBiase : Love this Jamie! 15:23:58 From Lisa Shaw : VERY nice salary! 15:24:28 From Amy Levine : Can anyone fill me in? Sorry, I had to take that call-- 15:25:29 From Lisa Shaw : @Amy: Jamie was talking about this listing; https://nonprofitmaine.ps.membersuite.com/careercenter/ViewJobPosting.aspx?contextID=1d38e817-00d3-c991-d848-a2b32971d1a1 15:25:46 From Amy Levine : Thank you, Lisa 15:25:54 From Lisa Shaw : YVW! :) 15:28:57 From debralay : We would like to stay put for now please - 72 hours works well and everyone is on board. 15:29:04 From Erika : I think it is working well the 72 hr 15:29:37 From Madison Public : I would have no problem going to 24 hours but will abide by the majority decision. 15:29:43 From Karen Eger : I will survey our staff. I would be comfortable going with a shorter time period. 15:29:51 From Pat Curley : As you know we are very small at Stockton Springs, but the 72 works well for us, shorten would work fine also. We are still open full service on our regular hours. Our patrons are very happy that we are open. 15:30:52 From Thomas College : If the science supports it I would like to consider going to 24 hrs. 15:30:58 From james.ritter : https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/18/world/asia/covid-cleaning.html 15:31:01 From Jeff : I did the survey already and I may be controversial (what a surprise!) I'm not convinced we need to quarantine at all, honestly but I certainly hope we move to a shorter time period. 15:31:15 From Nancy : I would like to go to 24 hours if we can safely. 15:31:45 From Jon Knepp : 24 hours sounds good, 72 really made Tuesdays difficult because we could only check in books 1 day/week for two weeks over the holidays 15:32:00 From Janet Wilson : Jeff, I agree. Everything I have seen says that the virus does not readily pass on surfaces. 15:32:12 From davismemoriallibrary : I fully support 72 hours…Covid is real. Not looking for sympathy but I lost 2 aunts to Covid over Christmas week. 15:32:41 From Amy Levine : We've got the system down with 72 hours, but personally, I would love to go to 24 only if safe 15:32:47 From CAMDEN Library : I would be comfortable going to 24 hours. 15:32:48 From Nancy Crowell : That's Nancy Peterson supporting 24 hours. Nancy Crowell supports 72 hours. :-) 15:33:15 From C. PERKINS/WtvlPL : I think we need to stay cautious. The next 4 to 6 weeks will be pretty bad. Not the time to take away safeguards. 15:33:19 From davismemoriallibrary : The virus doesn’t readily pass on surfaces but it could happen… 15:33:34 From Nancy Petersons : Not Nancy Peterson. I am ok with the 72 hours. 15:33:37 From davismemoriallibrary : Agree with C. Perkings 15:33:49 From Leslie Rounds : study seemed to indicate that 72 hours was good and now is there some evidence that less is safe? 15:34:04 From Nancy Crowell : Sorry Nancy P. we have another Nancy on the call! 15:34:14 From Nancy : Nancy Briggs in Lubec says 24 hours. Sorry, lots of Nancies. 15:34:23 From Nancy Petersons : Understandable! 15:34:26 From Leslie Rounds : With cases so much higher and the new variant on the horizon, it seems to me that caution is the best choice. 15:34:39 From Lauren Rettig : I feel comfortable with 72 hours. 15:34:46 From Leslie Rounds : Which is to say that leslie at Dyer Library prefers 72 hours. 15:34:50 From Lesley Unger : Staff comfort levels are part of why I'm supporting the 72 hour v. 24 hour. I'm comfortable but I think how comfortable my staff is renders the quarantine levels a valuable part of the equation for me. 15:35:47 From Jeff : very true Lesley. And I have no doubt COVID is real, and I certainly understand that we will prob stick with the more cautious approach in the coming months. 15:36:02 From Ellen : From a psychological standpoint - we've established that 72 hours is the "safe period" - If we're thinking that we may be seeing more closures, maybe even a mandate, I would say stay at 72 hours so we don't create a conflict between what we're saying about books and what we're doing about seeing patrons - I know it's not scientifically solid, but from the appearance of consistent behavior, I say don't change it until we know that we're not going to be closing libraries. 15:36:03 From debralay : Janet can you please explain the acronyms for newbies such as myself? 15:38:24 From debralay : Thank you 15:38:57 From Ruth Eveland : I've worked in other states and believe that Maine's approach to support all of us is invaluable to the smaller libraries. We can offer top-drawer services, thanks to MSL. 15:38:58 From Karen Eger : I am very appreciative of our model as the statewide initiatives are usually super well thought out and EASY for us to benefit from. 15:40:56 From davismemoriallibrary : Does anyone know if there have been any cases that people feel they got the virus at the library or with a library item? 15:41:11 From Ellen : Yes... 15:41:20 From Lisa Shaw : CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD EVERY SIX MONTHS! 15:41:21 From Lauren Rettig : I agree, Ellen. Consistency is important and if things aren't improving it may not be the time to reduce the safe period. 15:42:51 From Ellen : Willing to publicly humiliate myself - feel free to go to Turner Public Library's FB page and watch our "live" Christmas program...ugh 15:43:01 From Danie she/her McArthur : @davismemoriallibrary, I've got library friends in other states that have gotten covid from coworkers 15:43:36 From davismemoriallibrary : Thank you Dani from McArthur. I had not heard. 15:44:36 From Barb Rehmeyer : Annual Appeal donations have been very generous this year! We had a pie-less sale - contribute the same amount of money that you would have spent on supporting summer sales. Worked better than I hoped! 15:45:10 From Alaina Goodnough : @davismemoriallibrary our library (Berwick) is closed now because of staff members getting Covid from each other (even with all the proper protocols in place). Thankfully we were already doing curbside only and no patrons were infected 15:45:31 From davismemoriallibrary : So sorry to hear that Alaina!! 15:45:49 From Karen Eger : Great idea Barb. Our AA is also going well $5 from the budget goal. 15:47:30 From emanning : Alaina, did the rest of the staff choose to get tested? What do they need to be able to return to work? (example: negative tests? ) 15:48:56 From Rumford Library : We got our first tax question today. Do we know about the forms yet? 15:49:03 From Nancy Crowell : Is there any money still available for pandemic retrofit costs? Grants, not loans. 15:49:16 From Alaina Goodnough : @emanning We all have to quarantine for 2 weeks per our town's guidelines. Staff members with symptoms got tested. Those who are positive have to have a doctor's note to come back, 15:49:34 From davismemoriallibrary : Thank you, Alaina. 15:49:38 From Cindy Appleby : Did the CARES act renew the paid time off for quarantining employees? 15:49:58 From Jerry Lund : These meetings are helpful and would continue to be so post-pandemic. Thanks. 15:50:52 From Ed Moore(he/him/his)Library : I second Jerry's comment. Bye for now. 15:50:54 From emanning : Thank you, Alaina - good luck to you and I hope all recover quickly and fully. 15:51:07 From Jeff : @ Cindy - I just looked at one article on a lawyer's website that the FFCRA did in fact end 12/31 15:51:21 From Jeff : that was an article that was published today - I'm not completely sure 15:51:41 From Cindy Appleby : Thanks, Jeff 15:52:03 From Jeff : It looks like the tax credit component (which doesn't apply to most (any?) of us was extended for the 1st Quarter of 2021 15:52:36 From Lisa Shaw : @Jeff - I think that was for for-profits. 15:52:38 From Karen Eger : We have a couple face shields that I am happy to pass on as none of us are using them. 15:52:50 From Jeff : yes Lisa 15:54:53 From Lisa Shaw : or print on demand 15:55:25 From Amy Levine : the TFOP ordering still exists; we ordered earlier in the year 15:55:25 From cathrina.skov : We order forms through TFOP- Tax Forms Order Program. 15:55:49 From Andrea DeBiase : Is anyone having AARP volunteers inside your community room to do free taxes? 15:55:50 From Melanie@McArthur : We offer free printing of tax forms as a community service. And we have had reference calls for forms 15:56:04 From Amy Levine : AARP isn't doing face to face 15:56:10 From Lesley Unger - Springvale PL : Happy Better New Year! 15:56:21 From Amy Levine : at least through March 15:57:03 From Andrea DeBiase : Oh, our volunteers are thinking they will apparently, they have protocols they shared with me. Is that a recent change? 15:57:27 From Michelle conroy : Thank you and happy 2021!! 15:57:49 From Marcela - Lewiston PL : Municipalities can also extend the leave time provision voluntarily (not just for-profits). Lewiston just did this, which covers our staff. 15:58:02 From Amy Levine : Andrea, let me find the email from the coordinator for our site 15:58:03 From Jeff : ah okay thanks Marcela, I wasn't sure if cities could 15:58:05 From Lisa Shaw : That's good to know, Marcela. 15:58:35 From Rose, Walker ML, she/her/hers : Westbrook is a municipal department and has not voluntarily extended per HR. 15:59:22 From davismemoriallibrary : Thank you all!! 15:59:25 From debralay : Thank you Janet - as always so happy to be a part of this group! 15:59:31 From Korina Lee : Thank you! 15:59:32 From Cindy Appleby : thanks 15:59:32 From Thomas College : Thanks 15:59:35 From Nancy : Thanks! 15:59:41 From Andrea DeBiase : Thank you!