'If you feed them, they will come."<br>Truthfully, back when I worked in a public library, I had a new director ask me if I had any suggestions for getting off on the right foot with her new staff. I told her (only partially in jest) that feeding us was a good start, and that she only had to cover four of the five food groups - sugar, caffeine, salt and grease. (For those who are wondering, the fifth is Alcohol, which is a bad idea at work. Not that a number of us couldn't have used it after she'd been there for a while.)
<br>Feeding your librarians is a lovely way to celebrate Nat'l Library Week, too. My cousin, out in Madison, WI brings a double-layer Velvet Midnight chocolate cake to his local library for the staff every year.<br><br>
You might also bring a couple of medievally-themed books to the meeting to recommend or share, so Jadwiga can add them to the incipient site booklist. (BTW, whatever happened to the pictures that were taken of us and our books last year or the year before?)
<br><br>It looks like, barring serious developments on the job front (ie. somebody offers me one), I will see you folks at the War.<br><br>Ki-lin, scruffy-looking bookpusher<br>Camping with McGuire's Marauders on N06, next to Ansteorra
<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/12/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">mhermance4</b> <<a href="mailto:mhermance4@myway.com">mhermance4@myway.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><br>I look forward to seeing you there. There's usuuaally a bit of something to nibble, but in truth, you can never have too many snacks at a gathering of like-minded folk, eh? Tuiren<br><br></blockquote></div><br>