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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Hello!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Do you need to know:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">If the library has a duty to ensure that the outdoor March is Reading Month story hour of “The Runaway Bunny” isn’t concluded with an appearance of
the Library Cat with a baby bunny “gift?”<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">If the library has reason to discipline a patron attending the unfortunate bunny-ending story hour for stating “Well, it looks like the Bunny didn’t
“runaway” after all”?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">If a public meeting has been properly noticed under the Open Meetings Act (OMA) when the notice includes the text: “<i>This meeting is being held in
the Township Board room instead of the Library Meeting Room because of flooding caused by Spring rains, and by the refusal of the previous library board to pay to waterproof the basement</i>?”<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">If you have these questions or others, please join the Library Law Office Hours
<b>THIS</b> Thursday March 21, 2024 @ 3pm EST.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Registration is required. <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Register in advance for this meeting:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqdO6uqD8pEt31yRiFFRZkHDc96mWbdidT">https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqdO6uqD8pEt31yRiFFRZkHDc96mWbdidT</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Happy Spring!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Clare<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Clare D. Membiela, MLS, J.D.<span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Library Law Consultant<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:MembielaC@michigan.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">MembielaC@michigan.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">517-335-8132<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The research and resources above are for informational purposes only and not for the purpose of providing legal advice. You should contact your attorney to obtain advice with respect to any particular issue
or problem.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT",serif;color:black">“the State may not, consistently with the spirit of the First Amendment, contract the spectrum of available knowledge</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT",serif">.”</span>
<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT",serif">Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479, 482 (1965).</span></i><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="197" height="38" style="width:2.052in;height:.3958in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DA7922.032DC0B0" alt="Michigan.gov/Vote logo
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Get personalized voter information on early voting and other topics at
</span><a href="https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Michigan.gov/Vote</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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