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invited the board members to come if available. There will be program vendors to <br />talk about trendy gift ideas for Christmas. Jennifer Cullum noted that she would <br />love to come, but is unable to leave work for the meeting. <br />f, Astronaut: Kjell Lindgren is an astronaut who will be visiting soon. He has been <br />to the International Space Station twice. <br />g. Newsletter: Jeannie said that the newsletter for Friends will come out in the next <br />week or two, via email, which will recap the information provided to the Board <br />today. <br />h. Website: The friends are working on securing a domain for their own website. <br />VI. Director's Remarks <br />Connie stated that there were 143 new patrons added during Library Card Signup <br />Month in September. <br />VII. Statistics and Financials Report <br />a. Statistics <br />Physical books in circulation numbers are slightly down, comparative to <br />September 2022, but the ebooks numbers for September 2023 have almost <br />doubled in comparison to the same time in 2022. The overall comparison to this <br />time last year however, remains higher, with 9,345 items in circulation for 2023 <br />and only 9,164 items in circulation for 2022. <br />b. financials <br />Current financials show $23,092.88 spent, which is .03% of the $842,999.00 FY <br />2024 budget. <br />With no further comments from the board, the meeting was adjourned at 5:39 p.m., with DeEtte <br />Cobb making the motion and Myers Hurt providing the 2°d. <br />The next meeting of the Paris Public Library Advisory Board will be held on Wednesday <br />November 15"', 2023, beginning at 5:00 pm. <br />Submitted by: <br />Jennifer Cullum <br />Secretary <br />