Listening sessions
Listening sessions at Mead Library
The plan: listening sessions at Mead Library, citizens first. Mike to confirm #1
This is a plan to listen. The date and time are not set, so it is not an announcement yet.
Invitation, draft
The “Future of the World” meeting Mike to confirm #6
A small library event in the Mead Library room.
- Date
- TBD, Mike to confirm Mike to confirm #6
- Time
- TBD, Mike to confirm Mike to confirm #6
- Which room
- TBD, Mike to confirm Mike to confirm #6
This is a picture of an invitation. There is no RSVP and no sign-up, and nothing is collected.
Listening is the easy part.
What exists now. What’s an idea.
Exists today
- Unresolved Nothing has been sent or booked. No date, time, room or host is documented yet. Mike to confirm #2
- No sign-up, RSVP or form is on this page, and nothing is collected.
An idea
- Meetings at Mead Library, with residents first and ideas radiating out from there. Mike to confirm #1
When and where
None of this is decided. Mike confirms each line before anything is announced.
- Date
- TBD, Mike to confirm Mike to confirm #2
- Time
- TBD, Mike to confirm Mike to confirm #2
- Room
- TBD, Mike to confirm Mike to confirm #2
- Who hosts
- TBD, Mike to confirm Mike to confirm #2
- Format
- TBD, Mike to confirm Mike to confirm #2
What Mead Public Library has today
From the library’s own website, as noted on October 4, 2026. Check meadpl.org before relying on any line.
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Mead Public Library is at 710 N. 8th St.
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RESULT-civic-citizen-meetings-2026-10-04.md, line 5· In the document: Library website, room pages · primary document -
It has four rooms that can be reserved. They hold from 10 to 90 people, depending on the room and how it is set up.
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RESULT-civic-citizen-meetings-2026-10-04.md, line 5· In the document: Library website, room pages · primary document -
Hours listed on the room pages: Monday to Thursday 9 am to 8 pm, Friday and Saturday 9 am to 5 pm, Sunday closed.
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RESULT-civic-citizen-meetings-2026-10-04.md, line 6· In the document: Library website, room pages · primary document -
Rooms are booked online, by room or by time.
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RESULT-civic-citizen-meetings-2026-10-04.md, line 6· In the document: Library website, FAQ · primary document -
Unresolved The library’s current meeting-room policy, any fees and the advance-booking limit were not found. The policy page did not load when it was checked. Mike to confirm #3
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RESULT-civic-citizen-meetings-2026-10-04.md, lines 8, 11· In the document: Library website, policy page · primary document -
Unresolved Whether a session may be streamed or recorded is not known. The library’s Photography and Recordings Policy (October 15, 2025) counts live streaming as a recording. Its full text was not retrieved. Mike to confirm #3
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RESULT-civic-citizen-meetings-2026-10-04.md, line 10· In the document: Library website, policy page · primary document -
Unresolved On October 15, 2025 the Library Board approved a change to its meeting-room policy. A Code of Conduct draft in the July 15, 2026 packet (PDF p.21) says solicitation and canvassing are not permitted on library property, and that exceptions require approval from Library management. Whether either affects a small neighbor meeting in a booked room has not been confirmed. The library director is the person to ask. Mike to confirm #7
Source:
RESULT-civic-cityhall-promise-mead-policy-2026-10-04.md, lines 16, 25· In the document: Library Board minutes, October 15, 2025; Board packet of July 15, 2026, PDF p.21 · primary document
What a session could look like
Nothing here is decided. These are ideas from the research notes and questions for neighbors and for Mike. Mike to confirm #5
- Evenings, Monday to Thursday, when the library is open late.
- Open to everyone.
- One posted question for the night.
- Afterward, a posted summary and the next date, within a set time.
Questions to answer together
- What should we ask?
- Which night and what time would work for you?
- Who is not in the room yet, and how do we reach them?
- Should there be a sign-in sheet at all, or can anyone just walk in?
- How would you like to share an idea: out loud, on paper or both?
- How soon after a session should the summary be posted, and where?
- Would you like live captions or a written transcript?
- What would make the room easy to reach and easy to be in for you?
- If city staff or a city body joins, who do we ask about meeting-notice rules?
Can’t come? Ideas could also go in the idea box. It is a picture for now and does not work yet.
- Mike to confirm #1. The plan line: “listening sessions at Mead Library, citizens first.” The crew brief says “meetings at Mead Library”; the research brief says “listening sessions.” Which name do you want?
- Mike to confirm #2. Date, time, room, host and format are TBD. Nothing has been booked (the research notes say nothing was sent or booked). Who should contact the library, and when?
- Mike to confirm #3. Library meeting-room rules, any fees, the booking limit and the recording/streaming policy are Unresolved. The policy page did not load. Please read the current text before any announcement.
- Mike to confirm #4. Do you want the “other cities” examples of resident-led meetings from the research brief? They were left out of this page.
- Mike to confirm #5. Open to everyone and a posted question are design ideas from the research brief, not decisions.
- Mike to confirm #6. The small “Future of the World” meeting at Mead Library comes from your note relayed on October 4, 2026. It is not in any source file. Name, wording, date, time and which room are all yours to confirm. No room details were invented.
- Mike to confirm #7. The Unresolved line about the October 15, 2025 Board change and the July 15, 2026 Code of Conduct draft (PDF p.21) is neutral and documented, with no opinion. The library page now says it was updated September 30, 2026, and only the July draft was read. Keep it, cut it, or ask the library director first?