<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000; font-size:10pt;"><div>Hello,</div><div>I am collecting Information about how many libraries are continuing to pay staff during the Governor's mandatory closure. This has been an issue of conversation in my particular co-op and I am curious how it is handled state-wide. If you are willing then please reply off list to the following questions:</div><ol><li>Are you continuing to pay staff during the period they are not working within the library building?</li><li>Have you found it necessary to make a distinction between paying staff who would not ordinarily telecommute (for instance, clerks and pages) and staff who are able to telecommute?</li><li>If the mandatory closing is extended to the end of April or beyond, how will (or *will*) that information impact your library's decision to continue paying staff not present within the building? </li></ol><div><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Eric Hansen</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier;" mce_style="font-family: "courier new", courier;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" mce_style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier;" mce_style="font-family: "courier new", courier;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" mce_style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Director<br><a title="Vicksburg District Library " href="http://www.vicksburglibrary.org/" mce_href="http://www.vicksburglibrary.org/" target="_blank"><span mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="font-weight: bold;" class="Apple-style-span">Vicksburg District Library </span></a></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier;" mce_style="font-family: "courier new", courier;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" mce_style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier;" mce_style="font-family: "courier new", courier;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" mce_style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:EHansen@VicksburgLibrary.org">EHansen@VicksburgLibrary.org</a></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier;" mce_style="font-family: "courier new", courier;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" mce_style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier;" mce_style="font-family: "courier new", courier;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" mce_style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">269-649-1648</span></span></span></span></span></div></span></body></html>