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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">This is excellent timing - having the same request come up in our grant applications! I am leaning towards no, though I am very invested in other opinions on this
as well. The points Maura brings up are great.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> lstac <lstac-bounces@omls.oregon.gov> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Kelyn Ralya via lstac<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 8, 2023 1:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Maura Walsh <mwalsh@njstatelib.org>; Reish, Karren (MDE) <ReishK@michigan.gov><br>
<b>Cc:</b> lstac@omls.oregon.gov<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [lstac] Allowability question<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Yep, this is a new one. My first thought is “nice try” (although it would be interesting to see their justification).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">lstac <<a href="mailto:lstac-bounces@omls.oregon.gov">lstac-bounces@omls.oregon.gov</a>> on behalf of Maura Walsh via lstac <<a href="mailto:lstac@omls.oregon.gov">lstac@omls.oregon.gov</a>><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>Maura Walsh <<a href="mailto:mwalsh@njstatelib.org">mwalsh@njstatelib.org</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, May 8, 2023 at 11:50 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"Reish, Karren (MDE)" <<a href="mailto:ReishK@michigan.gov">ReishK@michigan.gov</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"<a href="mailto:lstac@omls.oregon.gov">lstac@omls.oregon.gov</a>" <<a href="mailto:lstac@omls.oregon.gov">lstac@omls.oregon.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [lstac] Allowability question<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Oh, my, what
<i>will</i> they think of next?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Is it an enormous library? Are the scooters like those used in supermarkets for shopping? (baskets to collect their books?) Are the open stacks
really large enough to allow them to be maneuvered on a scooter? What about safety concerns? And liability? Why would scooters be better than whatever the user has used to get into the library in the first place?
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">At the very least, this should prove an interesting thread for a Monday.
</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">😊</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif;color:#1F3864"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F3864">E. </span></b><span style="color:#1F3864"><a href="mailto:mwalsh@njstatelib.org">mwalsh@njstatelib.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> lstac <<a href="mailto:lstac-bounces@omls.oregon.gov">lstac-bounces@omls.oregon.gov</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Reish, Karren (MDE) via lstac<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 8, 2023 12:37 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:lstac@omls.oregon.gov">lstac@omls.oregon.gov</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [lstac] Allowability question<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have an grant applicant who wants to include electric scooters as part of an information accessibility grant. These would be used in the library building. That sounds more like a building accessibility item/furnishing being shoehorned
into the grant guidelines. Has anyone had this type of purchase come up? Did you consider it a furnishings issue and unallowable or did you approve it?
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<p class="MsoNormal">It feels like too much to me.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Karren Reish<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Library Grants Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></p>
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