[Lavalibrary] and my response some time ago...

[onion]

i'll be there for the buffet!!!

but aside i just wanted to throw a few thoughts out there. things i've
been discussing with some other librarians....

i felt a little weird about how once a few of us got sick and couldn't
make it to a meeting, nobody (as far as i can tell) showed up for 2
months. I checked in with a few people before the meetings and no-one had
even thought of being there. it seemed weird, especially after we had
spent months talking about developing more community connections and being
more of a proactive group.

in a way this set off some alarms, or at least some thoughts... where are
people at with the library? is the romance over? is everyone too busy?
would people rather just show up and staff and not worry about the other
stuff? does thursday not work for people?

i think we should maybe get together, as many of us as possible and see
where we're at personally in regards to the library. i really want to keep
this going somehow, but maybe we should just talk and make sure we have
enough collective energy to sustain this project (and figure out how to do
it)...

cheers, onion






Hello to all and sorry for being incommunicado! (Not sorry as > in guilt,
but sorry like society :)).

Anyway, Thursday May 31st is the last library meeting before > summer hits
(for those on academic time, and) for those world travelling > jet-setters
who take off to parts unknown during the fair months...many > people take
get-aways during hot-time, so we'd like to get together to > throw our
calendars in the ring and see who'll be around when...even if > you don't
know, come harrass the rest of us who do...

We'd also like to discuss possibilities for future library > undertakings
(the non-mortuary kind, of course)...some of which > are:
1.  Does it serve the best interests of the library to (elect, > appoint,
cajole) an annual coordinator?  (A whole year?  > Arghhh!) Its just an
idea but it solves a couple of problems for an > organization which is
pretty "month-to-month"...(looks good on a > resume!)...

2. In keeping with our vision for our work, does it make sense > to have a
library collective, such as: The LAVA > Autonomous Library Collective
(LALC!  or other) which might give a > different sense of belonging to
such a hard working group...(t-shirts with > the sleeves torn off, or some
such)...

3. How to keep tabs on ourselves and each other when > approaching
"burn-out", how important is it to admit it to > ourselves? How to take
time off without leaving or how to leave > without quitting, or how to
quit for a while but maybe come back later?  > Or...whattdya' think?

4. These are just a few ideas, I'm sure everyone has > more...

Anyway, I'd like to bring a Southwest Buffet for the night, > flourless
corn tortillas and lots of vegan/vegetarian specialities ( > i.e. 
soy-cheese quesadillas)...  to commemorate the hard work throughout > this
year (bookshelving, e-catalogueing, zine-organization, staffing, wood >
work, fund-raisers, et.al.!!!) If anyone can help with > beverages/dessert
just lemme know...

If anyone you know might like to come for the meeting, please lemme > know
asap so I'll make sure there's enough food, etc...

Hope to see you there:

THURSDAY, MAY 31
6-9 pm the LAVA autonomous library!!!

Lou.

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