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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-">Hi, </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-">Apologies
for the flurry of questions on the listserv over the past 24 hours. I’ll take a long break after this one.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-">I
have a couple of questions related to millage campaigns and hope to learn from your experience:</span></p>
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Informational Campaigns and Personal Advocacy</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-">In an informational only campaign, without an
official “Vote Yes” committee:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-">Can Board Trustees or staff express personal support from their own social media accounts
(for example, posting “Vote Yes and here's why” in local Facebook groups)?</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-"><br>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-">As the library director, can I provide staff and Board members with a unified FAQ to
help them respond to common questions on their personal accounts? Or does that risk blurring the lines too much without an official advocacy group in place?</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-"><br>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-">I
understand the clearest path under campaign finance laws is to establish a “Vote Yes” committee. Still, I’ve heard of libraries running successful informational campaigns without one, since it can take significant time and energy to set up such a group. </span></p>
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Board Vote Requirements for Ballot Proposals</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-">Does a library board need a unanimous vote to
adopt the resolution to put the levy proposal on the ballot , or is a simple majority ( 6–1/5–2) sufficient?</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-">Thanks.
TGIF.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-">Jack</span></p>
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