On (17 Jan 03) John Donohue wrote to Frank Vest...

Hello John,

 FV> Since you are a Librarian... or at least an employee. Can you tell me
 JD> according to my esteemed colleagues, I'm not a librarian.......
 JD> but that's another story...

 Uh... Ok. :-)

 FV> In thinking that the "for sale" area was the problem, I
took that out
 FV> of the flier. I went back and the librarian refused to see me. The
 FV> clerk, or whatever the helpers are called, took the filer back to the
 FV> librarian and it was refused again.
 JD> short answer: ignorance, fear, and bureaucratic mindset. when faced
 JD> with something they don't understand, they'll always say no because
 JD> it's easier and, in their job situation, safer. once they've said
 JD> 'no', they aren't going to change  their decision, as you found out.
 JD> you'll have to find a different venue, or a way to make it look like
 JD> something else and use a 'straw man' to present it. or hit new
 JD> libraries where they don't know you. :-(

Hmmm.. Well, in defense of and looking on the other side of the coin,
I'm not good at presenting ideas... .  It's been a year or more
since I tried. Maybe they have forgotten me and I should try again.


 JD> I've been thinking in terms of internet cafes, the computer section of
 JD> the sunday classifieds, and other such stuff lately. haven't come up
 JD> with any really brilliant ones lately.

 I've thought of the same thing several times. The vision
I've had is a place that offers vending machines as well as "fast
food" (burgers, fries, hot dogs...) with a terminal at each booth or
some such. The customer comes in, gets their food, sits down, drops a
dollar in the terminal and has "x" amount of time on the system. It
would be a literal "cafe".

Now, where can we get "coin-op" computers at?? :-))


Frank

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