Had a busy weekend…
Went to meet my local councillor at his “Coffee with a Councillor” event and ended up bumping into enough of city council including the Mayor to have quorum for a meeting! (not pictured – Councillor Mark Burton) Had a great chat about taxes, mega projects, development, and yes, even though I was there as a private citizen and not as a representative of any library system, the role of libraries in the community.
Such a refreshing change after our last council which was filled with infighting and negativity to see a council that genuinely seems to like and support each other!
Went to RPL Social Club Costume Ball in evening and threw together a bit of an abstract costume, at least partly inspired by the conversations with the councilors earlier in the day….
Cooked 200 hot dogs on Sunday morning on behalf of the Regina & District Labour Council…
…then took them to Pepsi Park and spent a couple hours helping serve them to many who live in that area including a number of Regina’s less fortunate residents (including a number of people I knew as library regulars) as part of a “Family Fun Day” picnic.
Ended the weekend by spontaneously taking Sasha to a “Learn to Skate” event hosted by a local roller derby club in a community centre that also houses a branch of Regina Public Library.
I didn’t think of it before I started typing this post but it made me realise that a common thread running through everything I did was that even though not one of these conversations/events/activities took place *in* a library, they all had a connection to the library in some way. Amazing to work for an organization that is a thread running through all aspects of the community!
“Working For The Weekend” – Loverboy
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