I would like to avoid the current strike issue so far
Because while I stand with my fellow union brothers and sisters (and am jealous that our union is not as strong as the TWU, and if we went on strike, who would care? Those old dudes who fight over Value Line?), but it's really cold out and I keep thinking about all the elderly people, and I guess really everyone walking everywhere, and emergencies. It doesn't effect me, because the libraries contigency plane was to go to the closest Queens, Brooklyn or NYPL branch, so I'm working a couple blocks away from my house. And I use the term "working" loosely. Very loosely. I miss the regulars at my branch, I miss my co-workers, I'm worried about the lady I told to come in on Friday for computer classes instead of Monday because I didn't speak Chinese and she didn't understand my English too much. And the Chinese teacher won't be there if there's still a strike on.
Speaking of libraries, I got a nice letter from the president of NYLA (New York Library Association). You should contact Pataki before he announces his budget in January and tell him to remember to set aside more money for libraries. Here's the email:
On January 4th, the Governor will be giving his State of the State message and by the end of January he will be releasing his 2006-07 Executive Budget.
If you have not already done so, please send a letter to the Governor urging him to include $2.6 million increase in library aid in his Executive Budget. A sample letter can be found on NYLA's website at www.nyla.org under the Contact Your Elected Officials Button.
Also on our Advocacy Page you will find NYLA's Legislative Priorities for 2006, Library Lobby Day Schedule for March 14th and other helpful information.
http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=4
The state will be ending the 2005-06 fiscal year with an estimated $2 billion surplus, the Legislature will be up for election in 2006 and NYLA came very close to securing the $2.6 million increase on top of the $4.5 million restoration in cuts this past Legislative Session.
All of the above factors provide us with fertile ground to achieve our legislative objectives in 2006. However, New York's library community needs to keep up the pressure this coming year. So please send a letter to the Governor, make every effort to attend Library Lobby Day and join your colleagues at NYLA in their advocacy efforts on behalf of the library community.
Only by working together can we achieve success.
Visit http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=90 and become a member today!
Speaking of libraries, I got a nice letter from the president of NYLA (New York Library Association). You should contact Pataki before he announces his budget in January and tell him to remember to set aside more money for libraries. Here's the email:
On January 4th, the Governor will be giving his State of the State message and by the end of January he will be releasing his 2006-07 Executive Budget.
If you have not already done so, please send a letter to the Governor urging him to include $2.6 million increase in library aid in his Executive Budget. A sample letter can be found on NYLA's website at www.nyla.org under the Contact Your Elected Officials Button.
Also on our Advocacy Page you will find NYLA's Legislative Priorities for 2006, Library Lobby Day Schedule for March 14th and other helpful information.
http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=4
The state will be ending the 2005-06 fiscal year with an estimated $2 billion surplus, the Legislature will be up for election in 2006 and NYLA came very close to securing the $2.6 million increase on top of the $4.5 million restoration in cuts this past Legislative Session.
All of the above factors provide us with fertile ground to achieve our legislative objectives in 2006. However, New York's library community needs to keep up the pressure this coming year. So please send a letter to the Governor, make every effort to attend Library Lobby Day and join your colleagues at NYLA in their advocacy efforts on behalf of the library community.
Only by working together can we achieve success.
Visit http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=90 and become a member today!