<html><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><META name="Author" content="Novell GroupWise WebAccess"></head><body style='font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; '>Well, Ann, that's a really good question. I'm actually not aware of how any City-wide anti-discrimination policies would apply in that situation, and it's probably something I should look into. I expect that if an overt hate group tendered a request to use a meeting room, I would probably be talking to my City Attorney for advice. <br><br>Hate groups and the like are extreme cases and are not something I have any experience with, but I do have experience with community members acting with incredulity about church groups being "allowed" to make use of library facilities, or fielding concerns about kids playing Dungeons & Dragons engaging in "Satanic behavior," and I'm pretty glad that I'm able to point to the policy of non-discrimination and ask the complainant if the group is actually doing anything disruptive to their enjoyment of the library other than merely existing!<i> </i><br><br>I've worked in another library that had a policy of not allowing ANY politically partisan or religious groups to use the meeting room facilities, out of fear of being forced to host controversial guests. I was pretty surprised no one had legally challenged it, honestly. Overall having a more open policy has been a lot less of a headache for me, and I think it's more in keeping with the library as a public space.<br><br>Kirsten Brodbeck Kenney<br>Library Director<br>Driftwood Public Library<br><br>>>> MILLER Anne M <Anne.M.Miller@ci.eugene.or.us> 04/07/13 12:09 PM >>><br><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style><![endif]--><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} h5 {mso-style-priority:9; mso-style-link:"Heading 5 Char"; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; font-weight:bold;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} p {mso-style-priority:99; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} span.Heading5Char {mso-style-name:"Heading 5 Char"; mso-style-priority:9; mso-style-link:"Heading 5"; font-family:"Cambria","serif"; color:#243F60;} span.EmailStyle19 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:#215868; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-size:10.0pt;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext="edit"> <o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#215868">How does this fit with an organization’s or a city’s anti-discrimination and equity policy? Some cities have anti-racist policies and standards. A library that gives meeting space to a blatantly racist group would alienate and intimidate me and would certainly impair my equal access to that library. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#215868"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00B050">Anne Miller <br>Youth Services Librarian </span></i></b></p></div><br><p> </p></body></html>