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[Sandra]

[CHAT] June 22 - Log of remarks during Council meeting

[Jenna]

As Dio just said in chat, here's my speech (and no, I wont go out with you :p )

[Pixiestix]

My name is Taryn {name edited for search sanity}. I started the petition, with not only locals but others whom I knew would care. As of 4pm today, we had 72 signatures. The people are not just speaking, they are screaming - the shouts can be heard "SAVE THE LIBRARY".

As an educator in Burlington county, I was a little more than upset when I discovered a library was in danger. I never thought that the library was a building that would be in danger of extinction � yet, here we are discussing if it should be digitized.

You cannot cuddle up with a good computer on a stormy night. You cannot watch as your 3 year old absentmindedly turns the pages to see a new picture, or have your 5 year old run up to you and read the first page of his new book if that book doesn't exist. I for one came from a poor family. I grew up with very little toys, very little books. My library was a wonderland. My mother would take me there and let me pick out my own books � and there I would be lying under a table looking at picture books of faerie tales. Of course, there were times when a book I loved was not there, another child who also loved it had taken it home for a while� But I was never once told, the library is too full today, come back later. How often are you willing to tell a family "I'm sorry, the computers are all in use, you will have to come read another time?

And what about our elderly, some of whom yes are becoming very computer savvy, but the majority of whom are not willing to even touch a computer! This council meeting was postponed because of a power surge that affected ALL of Aglaura. How can we advocate putting entire works of the many people who came before us onto a system that is that unreliable?

With only a small amount of time, and many points to make, I urge each of you to READ the comments left by the signers of the petition and take into consideration our pleas. I leave you with the body of our petition:

We are outraged at the proposed demolition of the library. This building, of historical value, is not just a building but a land of dreams. A book is like a good friend, something to cozy up to on a rainy night, a ticket to the imagination. A computer in a park cannot match the love of turning that last page that you worked so long to reach.

Forgetting for a moment the wonders in a child's eyes when they turn the pages to reveal a new picture, let us remember that not everyone can or will use a computer. And forget taking anything from the library, no books to take.

We implore you to rethink the issue, and vote to SAVE the library. Our children's imaginations are at stake.

Thank you very much for your time.

[Dionysus]

Great job on the phone calls everyone!

We had awesoem represntation, and I'd invite everyone who calle din tho post the speeeches they made!

[pagrashtak]

Here's my speech:

[RedHatty]

oh wow, you all actaully worked out what you were going to say - I feel so unprepared LOL

Okay, well, I cannot remember exactly what I said but I mentioned that tearing down the library while our military forces are building them in countries that want democracy was a bad message, I also mentioned that it is not easy to tamper with a bound page, but it is easy to tampre with & change a digital copy of those pages.

hopefully anyone who is really interested in my statement will get to hear it on the recording that is supposed to be posted to the website.

Now, How long does it take to take & post the results of a vote?

[pagrashtak]

If I didn't write it before hand, I'd just stammer. My speech was mostly based off of emails I wrote for Sarah's "call to arms" email.

[Dionysus]

Cross posting with General section, I want to let you know that if you want to HEAR us talking, the file is up on Aglaura's webpage

[Jenna]

[MageSteff]

And the sound file of the event (in case it disappears from the web or changes)

http://www.angelfire.com/realm2/happenstance/CTW2.html

The sound file starts playing immediately and I don't know how to just make it a link you can download or turn on or off.
If someone can PM me the HTML for that I will make the chages to the page.

[Pixiestix]

there was a request for a transcription of the song... this was the best i could do. if the author of said song would step up and take a bow {and correct me} it would be great!

[Shelina]

Thank you for the transcriptions, I'll try to listen to the audio, but I always failed my english listening tests

[kimer]

Moutain Girl is the one who came up with the phrase 'bound pages not web pages' in her email to aglaura citizens 'library call to arms' response..... I'd quote it or link to it but not savy on the cross thread referencing but it's my guess she was our singer too! It was great! Nice job putting Dobbs off balance

[Pixiestix]

we really weren't sure if it was MG or someone quoting her. To an extent, it felt plant like - dobbs kept trying to talk through her, and then the rude remark after her doesn't seem like something they would do to a player... not to mention it sounded to everyone int he chat room at all last night like the first thing she said was she was a citizen of Aglaura. There was a lot of doubt on the issue, so basically, if it was MG, rock on, but please tell us soon, because as of right now we have been specing to death about who in the game it could have been...

[Citizen Kane]

And if it was in game, perhaps there might be something important in it?
A clue perhaps? I don't know, haven't read the song yet.