<div dir="ltr"><div>I wonder if the email many public libraries received has any connection to the request for documents made a while back by some supposedly non-profit organization.<br><br></div>Mary<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 4:18 PM, Mary Ellen Mulcrone <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:maryellen@saline.lib.mi.us" target="_blank">maryellen@saline.lib.mi.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div id="m_-6154518890643791572zimbraEditorContainer" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000" class="m_-6154518890643791572224"><div></div><div>I received a similar message: library donor; libraries vital; spending too <em>high.</em><span id="m_-6154518890643791572_mce_caret"> Name was off by one letter, and the initials were CP.</span></div><div><br></div><hr id="m_-6154518890643791572zwchr"><div><b>From: </b>"Eric Magness-Eubank" <<a href="mailto:emeacl@alpenalibrary.org" target="_blank">emeacl@alpenalibrary.org</a>><br><b>To: </b>"Jacalynn Harvey (Roseville Public Library)" <<a href="mailto:jharvey@roseville-mi.gov" target="_blank">jharvey@roseville-mi.gov</a>>, "Melissa Malcolm" <<a href="mailto:melissa@lib.lapeer.org" target="_blank">melissa@lib.lapeer.org</a>>, "MICHLIB-L" <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mail.mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mail.mcls.org</a>><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, May 19, 2017 2:10:32 PM<span class=""><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Michlib-l] taxpayer and voter e-mail<br></span></div><div><br></div><div>
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<div>Well, I just received this a few minutes ago. Does your sender have
the initials CP? Curious.</div><span class="">
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<div style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri';COLOR:#000000">Eric
Magness-Eubank<br>Library Director <br>Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public
Library<br><a href="mailto:emeacl@alpenalibrary.org" target="_blank">emeacl@alpenalibrary.org</a><br><a href="tel:(989)%20356-6188" value="+19893566188" target="_blank">989.356.6188</a> ex 11</div>
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</span><div dir="ltr"><span face="Times New Roman" style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Dear Library Director, </span>
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<div><span face="Times New Roman" style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">I am a donor to the library. I believe that
libraries are vital to our community and that spending for our library is just
too low. Is there an upcoming public meeting that I could attend to elaborate my
views?</span><br></div>
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<div><span face="Times New Roman" style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Thanks,</span></div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="jharvey@roseville-mi.gov" href="mailto:jharvey@roseville-mi.gov" target="_blank">Jacalynn Harvey (Roseville Public
Library)</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 19, 2017 1:37 PM</div><span class="">
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="melissa@lib.lapeer.org" href="mailto:melissa@lib.lapeer.org" target="_blank">Melissa Malcolm</a> ; <a title="michlib-l@mail.mcls.org" href="mailto:michlib-l@mail.mcls.org" target="_blank">MICHLIB-L</a> </div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Michlib-l] taxpayer and voter e-mail</div></span></div></div>
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<div>Melissa,<br><br>I received the message below today. The sender's name
in his/her email address and the same in the signature line were off by one
letter.<br><br>"<i>Dear Library Director, </i>
<div><i><br></i></div><i></i>
<div><i>I am a patron of the library. I believe that libraries are vital to our
community and that spending for our library is just too low. Is there an
upcoming public meeting that I could attend to elaborate my
views?<br></i></div><i></i>
<div><i><br></i></div><i></i>
<div><i>Thanks</i><b></b>,"</div></div><br>
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<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif">Jacalynn Harvey</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif">Director</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif">Roseville Public
Library</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><br></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif">29777 Gratiot
Avenue</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif">Roseville, MI
48066</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><a href="tel:(586)%20445-5407" value="+15864455407" target="_blank">586-445-5407</a></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><a href="tel:(586)%20445-5499" value="+15864455499" target="_blank">586-445-5499</a> FAX</span></span></span><br style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"></span></span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><br style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"></span></span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><a href="http://www.rosevillelibrary.org" target="_blank">www.rosevillelibrary.org</a><span style="FONT-SIZE:11pt"></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><a id="m_-6154518890643791572LPNoLP" href="http://www.facebook.com/RosevillePublicLibraryMI" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif">www.facebook.com/<wbr>RosevillePublicLibraryMI</span></span></span></span></a></p>
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<h4 style="VERTICAL-ALIGN:baseline;BACKGROUND:#fffde8;MARGIN:0in 0in 9.6pt;LINE-HEIGHT:16.8pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Comic Sans MS",fantasy,cursive;COLOR:rgb(114,50,173);LETTER-SPACING:-0.25pt">The
most important asset of any library goes home at night – the library
staff.</span></h4><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt"></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:"Lucida Handwriting","Comic Sans MS",fantasy,cursive"></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt"></span>
<p style="VERTICAL-ALIGN:baseline;BACKGROUND:#fffde8;WORD-SPACING:0px;MARGIN:0in 0in 9.6pt;LINE-HEIGHT:19.2pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt"></span><span style="FONT-SIZE:13pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Lucida Handwriting","Comic Sans MS",fantasy,cursive;COLOR:rgb(85,85,85);LETTER-SPACING:-0.25pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt">–</span><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Comic Sans MS",fantasy,cursive">Timothy
Healy</span></span></p></div><span style="FONT-FAMILY:"Lucida Handwriting","Comic Sans MS",fantasy,cursive"></span><br><a id="m_-6154518890643791572LPNoLP" title="Ctrl+Click or tap to follow the link" href="http://www.facebook.com/RosevillePublicLibraryMI" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"></span></span></span></span></a><span style="FONT-FAMILY:cambria,serif"></span>
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<div id="m_-6154518890643791572divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:#000000;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org</a>
<<a href="mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org</a>> on behalf of Melissa Malcolm
<<a href="mailto:melissa@lib.lapeer.org" target="_blank">melissa@lib.lapeer.org</a>><div><div class="h5"><br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 19, 2017 1:30
PM<br><b>To:</b> MICHLIB-L<br><b>Subject:</b> [Michlib-l] taxpayer and voter
e-mail</div></div></span>
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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE:12px">Hi all--</span></div>
<div><span style="FONT-SIZE:12px"><br></span></div>
<div><span style="FONT-SIZE:12px">I received this e-mail yesterday.
Has any of you gotten something similar? I can't find the writer as a
resident of the district or the county and am wondering about
motivation.</span></div>
<div><span style="FONT-SIZE:12px"><br></span></div>
<div><span style="FONT-SIZE:12px">Thank you.</span></div>
<div><span style="FONT-SIZE:12px"><br></span></div>
<div><span style="FONT-SIZE:12px">melissa</span></div>
<div><span style="FONT-SIZE:12px"><br></span></div><span style="FONT-SIZE:12px">
<div><span style="FONT-SIZE:12px"><br></span></div><i>Dear Library
Director,</i></span>
<div style="FONT-SIZE:12px"><i><br></i></div>
<div style="FONT-SIZE:12px"><i>I am a taxpayer and a voter. I believe that
libraries are vital to our community but that spending for our library is just
too high. Is there an upcoming public meeting that I could attend to elaborate
my views?<br></i></div>
<div style="FONT-SIZE:12px"><i><br></i></div>
<div style="FONT-SIZE:12px"><i>Thanks,</i></div>
<div> </div>-- <br>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE:13px;FONT-FAMILY:tahoma,"new york",times,serif;COLOR:rgb(0,0,0);BACKGROUND-COLOR:rgb(253,253,253)">Melissa
A. Malcolm <br>Library Director <br>Lapeer District Library <br>201 Village West
Dr S <br>Lapeer, MI 48446 <br><span style="COLOR:rgb(51,102,153)"><span><a style="COLOR:rgb(51,102,153)" href="mailto:melissa@lib.lapeer.org" target="_blank">melissa@lib.lapeer.org</a></span></span></div>
<div style="FONT-SIZE:13px;FONT-FAMILY:tahoma,"new york",times,serif;COLOR:rgb(0,0,0);BACKGROUND-COLOR:rgb(253,253,253)"><span style="COLOR:rgb(51,102,153)"><span><a style="COLOR:rgb(51,102,153)" href="http://www.library.lapeer.org/" target="_blank">www.library.lapeer.org</a></span></span><br><span style="COLOR:rgb(51,102,153)"><a style="COLOR:rgb(51,102,153)" href="callto:810.664.9521" target="_blank">810.664.9521</a></span> ext. 3113
<br>"If liberty and justice mean anything, then access means everything." --
Charles Ogletree</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="h5">
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