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West Bend Timeline - March 2009

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  • 03-03-09 Library Board meeting at City Council Chambers, CANCELLED due to overflow crowd and Fire Department recommendations concerning fire code. Need to confirm with WB News article.  (See Agenda (Revised), original copy,)
  • 03-04-09 Milwaukee television stations 4, 6 and 58 did interviews with Maziarkas.
  • 03-04-09 Confirmed our requests via blog
    • “Yes, we are asking for these books, such as the ones listed above, to be placed in the adult section of our library to broaden the spectrum for those who wants this material.”
  • 03-04-09 Maryjane Burdge, Library Board Member and Asst Supt of Curriculum & Instruction for West Bend School District asks Maren Stahle, Library Media Specialist and K-12 Library Media Coordinator, West Bend East High School, and Jason Penterman, West Bend West High School Librarian and union member: West Bend Education Association - Professional Rights and Responsibilities Officer, to do a regional search of the school district libraries of only LGBT books on WBCFSL original complaint. This request came via school supt. Pat Herdrich. (cc: Barbara Deters) (via email/ORR)
  • 03-05-09 Maryjane Burdge, Library Board Member and Asst Supt of Curriculum & Instruction for West Bend School District sends lists of books owned by various school library media centers that also appear on the list of books on the WBCML YA Zone page titled “Out of the Closet.” (cc: Barbara Deters, Kim Christiansen, Stephanie Hicklin, Jason Penterman, Ruth Schloemer) (via email/ORR)
  • 03-06-09 Library Board meeting cancelled due to overflow crowd and fire hazard at City Council Chambers.
  • 03-11-09 Alliance Defense Fund sends out alert concerning West Bend Library issue quoting newspaper GM Today "American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) says that when the West Bend Community Memorial Library Board takes up the complaint....it should follow young adult policies that ensure materials are accessible..." 
  • 03-13-09 Sue Cantrell, Asst. Library Director, tells the Maziarkas that the Library Board meeting has been set for Thursday, March 26th at 6:30 in the Silverbrook Middle School Gym. (via email/ORR)
  • 03-16-09 Further confirmed our requests via blog.
    • “We are asking for the removal of “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” and “The Geography Club” for their explicit pornographic sexual nature. That is, removal from the YA Zone. We have additionally requested “Deal With It!” be withheld (appeared to be on order), as it appears that it is in the works for our YA zone.” Unfortunately, it was already on the shelf. We learned that shortly thereafter.
  • 03-16-09 Bob Bonenfant interviews Ginny Maziarka on the Morning Show, WBKV AM 1470.
  • 03-19-09 We again confirm our requests via blog.
    • We do not want books removed, we want them moved to the adult section and/or labeled with indications of sexual content. 
  • 03-19-09  LibraryDirector notifies the us that the original complaint made 2-12-09 “objected to all books in the "Out of the Closet" category listed in the Young Adult section of the Library website. It did not object to specific books, only to the genre of books.”  Mr. Tyree, himself, knows that this is only a partial truth. In our private discussion with him in step #2 of the complaint process, we very strongly opposed all books with sexually explicit content, and requested identification of such books and placement in another area of the library or reclassification to the adult area.
    • Mr. Tyree’s letter went on to state “Since the cancellation of the March 3, 2009 meeting, you have stated to the media, in blogs and to the City Attorney via email that you do not want to ban all of the books in the "Out of the Closet" category. The City Attorney interprets this to mean that your original complaint has been withdrawn. Ms. Schanning's analysis of what has been in the media, in blogs and what you have emailed to her is that you are now objecting to specific books within the genre.”
    • What Mr. Tyree fails to mention is that we sent him a letter stating if the meeting remained cancelled (they had not yet formally released the Silverbrook gym and we were unsure of the reasoning behind this), we would take this as verification that he had, indeed, denied our requests, though we refused to withdraw them. This exchange of information can be obtained via open records request. The library staff then requested the reservation to be cancelled via phone call to Deb Roensch at the school district office, who then notified us that it was available, thus confirming the formal nullification of our complaint without our permission.
    • We were told “Essentially, what is being requested is that you clarify your complaint and work through the existing process regarding any specific books which you object to.”
    • Our complaint was very, very clear. We worked with an attorney on the wording and we lent an addendum when it was appropriate.
  • 03-20-09 Maziarka's send email to Michael Tyree, Library Director challenging request to start complaint process over, and cancellation of 03/26/09 meeting.  (via email/ORR)
  • 03-20-09 Sue Cantrell, Asst. Library director, notifies City Attorney Mary Schanning that she has dropped off a CD of the WBKV radio interview with Ginny Maziarka, West Bend Citizens for Safe Libraries.  (via email/ORR)
  • 03-20-09 City Attorney, Mary Schanning, sends letter to Maziarkas, notifying them their ethics complaint against Alderman Dobberstein is invalid unless notarized. (via snail mail/ORR)
  • 03-21-09  Kristin Pekoll, Young Adult librarian, sends link to West Bend Parents for Free Speech to library staff after Maria Hanrahan emails petition information that opposes WBCFSL. (via email/ORR)
  • 03-21-09  Kristin Pekoll, Young Adult Librarian, sends out email (blind recipients) to inform them of Maria Hanrahan's appearance on WBKV's morning radio show.  (via email/ORR)
  • 03-23-09 Maziarka's once again challenge cancellation of their complaint process and insist on appeal rights to the Library Board. (via email/ORR
  • 03-23-09 Maziarka's ask Michael Tyree, Library Director, what the library's policy for requests to make changes to current policies is.  (via email/ORR)
  • 03-23-09 Michael Tyree, Library Director, explains procedure for filing request to library policy changes to Maziarkas. (via email/ORR)
  • 03/23/09 Bob Bonenfant interviews Maria Hanrahan of West Bend Parents for Free Speech on the Morning Show, WBKV AM 1470.
  • 03-24-09 Maziarkas advertised the Town Hall-style meeting at Silverbrook Middle School on our blog, seeking input from the West Bend citizens as to how they would like to be represented, looking for direction on pursuing (or not pursuing) further.
  • 03-24-09 Michael Tyree, Library Director, requests to speak to City Attorney, Mary Schanning, about "Mrs. M." (via email/ORR)
  • 03-24-09 Sue Cantrell, Asst. Library Director, sends email link to Michael Tyree, Library Director, and Kristin Pekoll, Young Adult librarian, of Topeka Library Board issue.  (via email/ORR)

 

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