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Boston Public Library Trustees Strategic Planning Committee Meeting

There will be a meeting of the Trustees Strategic Planning Committee on May 10 at 8:30 a.m.

Location:

Central Library, Commonwealth Salon, 700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116 (must enter via Dartmouth Street entrance)

The public can offer testimony.

Discussion Topics

  1. Agenda

    I.    Committee Chair Report                                

          Christian Westra, Committee Chair

    A.    Reading of EDI statement

    B.    Roll Call 

    C.    Approval of Meeting Minutes from March 28, 2024

                

    II.    Landscape Review and Discussion  

            David Leonard, President

    A.    BPL’s current state and point of view

    B.    City of Boston’s current goals 

    C.    Public Library case stories / peer review

            Gensler: Erin Corcoran, Patricia Nobre, and Margaret Sullivan (MSS) 

    III.    Strategic Plan Updates

             Gensler: Erin Corcoran, Patricia Nobre, and Margaret Sullivan (MSS) 

    A.    Overall methodology and process overview  

    B.    Where we are       

    1.    Review of Updated Roadmap and Timeline

    C.    Emerging Directions Discussion

    1.    What we’ve heard from previous workshops

    2.    Emerging priorities and opportunities

    3.    Framework for the Mission, Vision, Value and Strategic Priorities

    4.    The road ahead and what’s next

    IV.    New Business                                                                                                                                                                    

            Jose C. Masso III, Committee Vice Chair 

    A.    Confirm July meeting date 

    V.    Public Comment                                                                                                                                                                 

    *Please sign up within the first 30 minutes of the meeting to support effective time management.  On occasion, additional public comments on matters formally on the agenda may be allowed at the discretion of the Chair, and time permitting.  Members of the public are also reminded that comments may be submitted in writing to the Clerk of the Board up to 24 hours in advance. 

    VI.    Adjournment

             Christian Westra, Committee Chair 

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