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7 . Being a team player, but not being undercut. Looking at other department' s budgets; that the library's budget is in proprtion to other town departments . You are not taking a cut that is way out of line with other departments. 8. Being political : Getting to know town officials . Showing what the library is doing. I 9 . Automation; Do a comparison of what you are look- ing for vs what the town has spent on automation. What we are looking for is just a small portion of that. 10 . You might want to offer a prize to the elected official who has done the most for the library with- in the year. Mr. Newell spoke on the budget aspect: preparing a line-item budget and suggested that your first budget is not going to be your final budget. That you list the budget that you prepared and you do a narrative of why you changed something. He sug- gested, if possible, you do it on a computer spread sheet, because it is much easier to make changes. Presentation is very important. If it looks good, it might not help you, but it won't hurt you. A fact sheet should be included, telling something about the items that you are asking for. Prepare a lot of facts in advance , circulation and percentage of increase. Compare to other departments. Compare with other towns of similar size and make-up. Compare what your library is getting compared to what those libraries are getting. You cannot imagine a community where the library is not valued as a community asset - and it is up to the librarians and trustees to make the public aware of the investment that they have here, both for adult education and children' s education, for pre-school enrichment, and to make them aware that it needs to be preserved. It was a very worthwhile experience and very relevant. B. November Informational Breakfast: Thursday, November 15th, 10 a. m. Invite town officials, Fin--Com, anyone who is interested to talk about automation; let them know what it is all about. CLAMS will be present at this meeting who can answer any technical questions. They may be transported, or transport themselves to a demonstration at the Cotuit Library of what this computer sys- tem is all about and what it can do for them. O. Robertson will check into cost of rental of a mini school bus to transport the people to the Cotuit Library for the demonstration. G. Selander suggested that perhaps the cost of the bus could be taken care of by the Friends. H. DeFoe suggested we have formal invitations printed. The mem- bers were in agreement. G. Selander and M. Fordham volunteered to help with the preparation of a mailing list for invitations. It was suggested that the invitations be followed up with a phone call. I