B.I.L. Bigger Innisfail Library

I am sooo excited, tonight a public meeting (called by yours truly and friend) was held in our local library. It sounds totally dorky to be excited about a meeting in a library… but wait. The meeting was to gauge community commitment to acquiring a new bigger library, still a little dorky. In March 2006 Cyclone Larry tore through our town (Innisfail, North Queensland, Australia) and surrounding areas and decimated the place. The rescued books were housed in a temporary (no longer than 3 years) leak proof incredibly small building while we as a community got back on our feet. The old library building was sold for demolition, that money and the insurance payout… well the council in their wisdom used it else where – the old building was never demolished and is currently being leased to the council. GO FIGURE.

Now 3.5 years later our council have announced there will be no new library for more than 10 years. NOT GOOD ENOUGH. I think we can in a positive way help the council see sense and put the library back on their agenda, we can also help by finding funding avenues.

I was getting quite nervous about the meeting, I thought I was about to make a dick of myself. Well… I was very pleased to find there was more than myself and friend attending the meeting. It was packed – overflowing the meeting room. There was even an official from State Parliament there taking notes and coming up with ideas for us to follow up on. The council had representitives there and they were very positive too, obviously they weren’t the councilors I upset with my recent letters to the Editor.

Hopefully my fertile imagination can come in handy when it comes to finding REAL library solutions.

I would like to say ‘Thanks’ to those members of the community who came to the meeting, gave support and offered to be part of the ongoing team.