<div dir="ltr">Good Monday Afternoon, <br><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">In my
experience, planning a lecture series is a lot of work with great reward. We
are offering an opportunity to join in the reward without much work. <i>We</i> are Robin Seymour and Thomas Trahey
of the Mason County District Library (MCDL) and Brooke Portman of the Abondia
Center. <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">The opportunity
is the Cairns & Beacons (C&B) lecture and discussion series. The series
will consist of eight presentations each followed, a week later, by a discussion.
The topics are on some of the pressing issues of the day, although not necessarily
the ones that grab all the headlines. I’m attaching a document with a more thorough
description (the dates may not be accurate). The discussions will kick off with a carefully selected, pertinent
work of art that will be a common starting point for the discussion. <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">We are asking
you to try this for several reasons. We would like C&B to have a wide and
diverse audience. We would like the discussions to involve varied communities
with different points of view. We would like to start building a network of
libraries willing to work together on providing quality programming. Perhaps in
the future, MCDL will be able to join your program in the same way, or perhaps some
of us will plan the next series together.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:red"><span> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:red"><span>              </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">We would like to
invite your library to be a part of this program, to brand it as your own and offer
it to your patrons for as long as you find it worthwhile. If you haven’t done
anything like this before, this is an excellent opportunity to be involved and experience
what it’s like to run a lecture series without the responsibility or workload
of creating and running it. <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span>              </span>In
addition to planning the series, procuring the presenters and writing grants to
fund the series, we can offer other assistance to libraries interested in
participating. We will be able to help with technology, promotion, related materials,
and funding.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span>              </span>We
are asking for as much of the following as you are willing to give, for as long
as you are willing to give it: C&B flyers on display in your library, a
small display space in your library for C&B related material (promotional
and reading material), some help advertising to your community, and to set up
and run a Zoom meeting for each presentation and discussion. Note that you can
choose your level of participation and that you don’t have to commit to the
full series. <span>              </span><span> </span><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><span>              </span>If
you are at all interested, we are hosting an informational Q&A this Wednesday,
May 24^th, at 9:30am. Here’s the link: </span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif"><a href="http://bit.ly">bit.ly</a><span class="gmail-bitlink--hash">/MCDLCairns</span></span><span class="gmail-bitlink--hash"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">. If you can’t make that or would
like to contact me directly, feel free. Here’s my contact info:<span></span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Thomas Trahey<span></span></span></p>

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<span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:left"><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Thomas Trahey</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Mason County District Library</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Head of Circulation</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">231-843-8465</span></div></div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"></span></font><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>