15:02:38 From Janet McKenney : I have a new assistant! 15:03:03 From davismemoriallibrary : He’s adorable!! 15:05:31 From Janet McKenney : Noisy little guy. Once you touch him he has a whole routine... 15:06:45 From davismemoriallibrary : I am going to have to find one to hear what he says. I LOVE Yoda so gotta love Baby Yoda! 15:07:36 From Brenda Lynn Gould : I love your Baby Yoda Janet! :-) 15:11:32 From Karen Eger : We all need companionship these days! 15:11:36 From Lesley Unger : Perfomance anxiety 15:12:05 From Lesley Unger : That's awesome! 15:12:15 From davismemoriallibrary : I want one! He’s too cute!! 15:12:21 From Ruth Eveland : We can be easily amused these days.... 15:13:02 From director@cumston.lib.me.us : Congrats on the new baby! 15:14:17 From Leslie Mortimer : I love Baby Yoda. Too cute. 15:14:22 From Erika : Hi Janet I know we have not started yet but I have a quick question on masks 15:14:59 From Sharon Nichols Palermo Library : Janet, Is there any money left for small rural library’s who file a N-990 may make application? 15:27:51 From Leslie Mortimer : We are going back to curbside only as of Saturday. 15:28:26 From Michelle conroy : Bethel is going to curbside after thanksgiving—Nov 30th 15:28:38 From Mary Lou : If anyone has received word that they will be getting Maine Economic Recovery Grant funding, just curious if you have received your $$$ yet? 15:29:08 From Leslie Rounds : We were in the first wave of grants and got our check a day ago. 15:29:24 From Debra Lay : Will the library status report be available to all of us? 15:29:30 From Mary Lou : Thanks Leslie! Good work! 15:29:51 From Leslie Rounds : The money was very welcome!!!! 15:30:40 From David Weare : Yes, We received Maine Economic Recovery Grant money. Deposited the check today. 15:30:57 From Ruth Eveland : What time will that be? 15:31:09 From Susan Topsham, ME : Dec. 1 is Giving Tuesday--good opportunity to ask for support. 15:34:17 From Debra Lay : For those going to curbside are you planning a date to re-open or going to play it by ear given COVID statistics? 15:34:59 From Michelle conroy : Bethel is playing by ear. 15:35:32 From Ruth Eveland : We don't want to be bouncing back and forth re opening/pulling back. Not sure how to approach this question... 15:35:48 From Karen Eger : Playing it by ear and saying that likely curbside through both holidays. Town Manager supportive of this and just wants us to be able to give access to the materials. 15:36:00 From BPL Director : In Berwick we will play it by ear after Jan 1st and see what the infection rate looks like. 15:36:36 From Leslie Mortimer : PFL will play it by ear re: re-opening. 15:36:49 From Leslie Rounds : Dyer in Saco will try to remain open as long as possible. Trustees would prefer we remain open and so do staff, but I'm watching warily. 15:36:51 From BPL Director : For us, it was the best thing to do to make sure we are not part of the spread. 15:37:14 From David Weare : Ogunquit has gone back to curbside. The stats and curve scared me. 15:37:15 From cappleby : We are starting a 2 team model next Monday so if one person is exposed, we can keep the library open with the other team as one team quarantines. This mirrors what town hall is doing and will go through Jan. 8. Going back to curbside will depend on what happens after Thanksgiving and number of cases. 15:37:56 From Leslie Rounds : If the City of Saco or the governor gives some guidance or recommendations, we will follow them--but so far it seems like a vacuum for that sort of thing. 15:39:05 From Mamie Anthoine Ney, Auburn PL : Not final yet, but we expect to go back to curbside on Monday. Today's #'s were the defining point for me. 15:39:57 From jamesrathbun : Baxter is a town department so if the town manager decides to close us down or have us go back to curbside, that’s what we’ll do. I’m not advocating for it, though. So far, things have been going really well here with the level of service we’ve been providing. We do continue to offer curbside as well as in house services so that everyone has an option. 15:40:42 From JClark : 0110684799201106 15:41:31 From Susan Topsham, ME : Agreed 15:41:55 From BPL Director : Our patrons are very understanding and are very grateful that we are trying to keep them safe through all of this.... 15:44:11 From Carver Library : I'd love really specific guidance about benchmarks for when to reduce services and when to add. E.g. cases in town/county, state positivity rate, etc. 15:44:46 From Leslie Rounds : Dyer Library: ME TOO. There has to be some wisdom out there on that--but where??? 15:44:53 From Deborah Clark : Be on the look out for a vaccine info sheet here: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/current-vis.html . Of course, there's no COVID vaccine sheets yet. 15:45:57 From Carver Library : YES! Leslie, I'm looking at the school color codes, but between green (restrictions but open) and red (curbside), there is some flexibility for yellow options... 15:46:00 From Leslie Rounds : It doesn't help that it's so hard to discover how many cases there currently are in a certain zip code. 15:46:23 From Leslie Rounds : It's ever so irrelevant how many total cases there have been here. 15:46:51 From Karen Eger : Part of my decision was looking at how much more transmission there is now compared to March/April and May last spring when we were closed or doing curbside. 15:47:31 From Carver Library : Especially ACTIVE cases. I'm keeping a close eye on the cumulative town stats released every week, but besides having my own spreadsheet, not sure what to do about that... 15:48:19 From Karen Eger : Active cases are key. 2800+!!! 15:48:39 From BPL Director : Exactly Karen. 15:48:53 From Leslie Rounds : I'm not sure if they even are actively updated the cases per zip code. Is it just once a week that they change it. The situation changes so much more quickly than that. 15:49:03 From Mamie Anthoine Ney, Auburn PL : For me it is my gut feeling. So are it's been giving me good guidance. 15:49:34 From Leslie Rounds : Yes, but 2800 out of 1.3 million people... 15:49:49 From Jeanne : All the deaths are very sad but they weren't all in one day - I know who one of them was and he actually died several days ago. 15:50:02 From Leslie Rounds : Of the ones from today? 15:50:10 From Jeanne : yes 15:50:11 From Christina Dorman : That have symptoms.... and are tested..... 15:51:05 From Mamie Anthoine Ney, Auburn PL : I have no hesitation with going back and forth. I think people are expecting it. 15:51:10 From C. Perkins : Yes, we can assume people with Covid number is actually considerably higher than that 2800+ figure. 15:51:32 From Leslie Rounds : For sure. 15:51:33 From Leslie Mortimer : Agreed, Mamie. It's a local decision. 15:51:55 From Susan Topsham, ME : We also need to be cognizant of where the spread is coming from. That's why bars and restaurant restrictions first and not all schools 15:52:08 From Leslie Mortimer : People are used to the situation changing frequently and often at the last minute. 15:52:22 From Andrea DeBiase : When do we consider all Maine libraries just doing curbside as a group until 14 days after Christmas? It would send a message that we want people to stay home as the Governor suggests...If we are to consider it is EVERYWHERE as Dr. Shah said then we are taking a risk opening up to the public. We are still open here, but considering going back to curbside. 15:52:36 From Deborah Clark : CDC COVID vaccine webpage https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/index.html 15:53:06 From Leslie Rounds : Trouble is... it seems likely to get MUCH worse before it gets better. So if we go to curbside, it may be a good long time before we can reopen. 15:53:13 From Mamie Anthoine Ney, Auburn PL : Have to run. Happy Thanksgiving to all! 15:53:23 From Leslie Rounds : But if we all did something as a group it would make some kind of sense. 15:53:57 From Sharon Nichols Palermo Library : Palermo Library is trying to stay open rather than open and close. However, we are watching closely how many cases are in Palermo. If it goes over 5, I think the board would decide to go to curbside only. 15:54:59 From Sharon Nichols Palermo Library : Zip code is checked daily by Palermo Library. 15:55:59 From Leslie Rounds : Dyer: Does the state understand that we are eager for guidance? 15:56:03 From Andrea DeBiase : Positivity rate in our town will be everchanging due to out of town guests visiting. 15:56:36 From Ann Thomas : Thank you, looking forward to seeing the updated checklist. Also looking forward to more information about the vaccine. 15:56:40 From Barb Rehmeyer : I haven’t checked the zip code data recently as it wasn’t very helpful because we are so small. Can someone provide the link for me? i could look it up again but I am feeling lazy ;-) 15:57:03 From Deborah Clark : Maine dcd zip code data 15:57:05 From Ann Thomas : Have to leave this call now, Happy Thanksgiving to all. So grateful to be a library director in Maine. 15:57:19 From Carver Library : https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/infectious-disease/epi/airborne/coronavirus/data.shtml 15:57:41 From cappleby : Happy Thanksgiving all. I'll catch the end on the recording. 15:57:53 From Barb Rehmeyer : Deborah Clark, yes. 15:58:20 From Leslie Rounds : Got to go...I would find it awesome for somebody to issue guidance on what metrics should help us decide if we are part of the problem and when to decide to go to curbside. Happy Thanks giving (as if) to all! 15:58:36 From Karen Eger : I have been watching patron behavior also and that informs my decision. They are staying longer and longer and requiring prompts to leave and they are clumping in one small area even though we have a very spacious facility. 16:00:43 From Lesley Unger : Have a happy holiday, everyone! GTG 16:01:34 From BPL Director : We are in for an even bigger surge in infection rates after Thanksgiving - all of the scientists, doctors are warning us of that. I wanted to be proactive and not reactive at this point in the crisis. 16:02:02 From Leslie Mortimer : Yes we sure are. 16:02:20 From Carver Library : We've had people locally wearing those chin shields, but those shouldn't count as "masks" either... 16:02:38 From Caroilne @ Thomaston Public Library : Tightly woven cotton is what's recommended! 16:03:01 From mperry : USM has a whole set of mask types you can't wear: neck gators, bandannas, etc. and some cute messaging on what is and isn't acceptable. 16:03:26 From Barb Rehmeyer : The masks that are always slipping off the nose are what concerns me. 16:03:37 From Christina Dorman : those chin masks don't count. they much be over nose and mouth or face shield that goes AROUND the face to the ear. 16:03:47 From Erika : Thank you 16:04:59 From Jenna - Falmouth : I have a poster of the dogs "mis-wearing" masks at the circ desk - it's getting laughs and making a good point. Not sure it helps, but I can point to it when I police noses. 16:08:11 From Michelle conroy : Thank you Janet and everyone. Bye 16:09:35 From mperry : mask messaging from USM 16:10:13 From Jenna - Falmouth : Papi wouldn't put up with that nonsense 16:10:47 From Jenna - Falmouth : google "dog mask poster" and you'll see some nice ones 16:10:48 From James Ritter : Happy Thanksgiving all! 16:10:53 From Susan Topsham, ME : Thanks everyone --Happy thanksgiving 16:10:54 From Debra Lay : Thanks Janet - Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Take some time for yourself and enjoy the weekend! 16:11:03 From davismemoriallibrary : Happy Thanksgiving to all!!! 16:11:06 From mperry : Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!!! 16:11:11 From Brenda Lynn Gould : Happy Thanksgiving and Thank you! 16:11:12 From E Quint : Be safe everyone! 16:11:15 From Nancy-Lubec : Thanks all! 16:11:22 From Korina Lee : Thank you! 16:11:22 From Jenna - Falmouth to Janet McKenney(Privately) : I went with MK Kitchen! 16:11:23 From Karen Eger : Happy Thanksgiving! 16:11:24 From Caroilne @ Thomaston Public Library : Happy Thanksgiving! 16:11:25 From Andrea DeBiase : Happy Thanksgiving! 16:11:25 From C. Perkins/WPL : Happy Thanksgiving all. 16:11:32 From Alana DePerte : Happy Thanksgiving!