Most recent Minutes. Public Meeting. Board. Cambridge Public Library.

To the Librarians and the Board of Cambridge Public Library:

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c.66, §10
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcrmu/rmuidx.htm

and Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, §§18-25
http://www.mass.gov/ago/government-resources/open-meeting-law/

At this point in time I hereby request only to read; Emphasize only to read the following records:

At this point in time only to read, Emphasize only to read the a) Most recent Minutes from Wednesday 9 April 2014 Public Meeting of our City's Board of our Cambridge Public Library not necessarily limited to and including b) Administrative Assistant's Notes for the Minutes and c) Secretary of the Board's Notes for the Minutes. Please note Andre Mayer Official Secretary of our City's Board of our Cambridge Public Library may contribute to the Minutes and M. A. Gagalis or another Administrative Assistant actually takes the Minutes. Cambridge Public Library materials, archives, etc. are available for public library users in the Reading Room or Archives Reading Room. Likewise Minutes from the most recent Public Meeting of our Public Library Board of our Cambridge Public Library could be made available for reading for interested public library users and for interested public library staff in the Reading Room or Archives Reading Room of our Cambridge Public Library. No longer are we satisfied with meeting public records requirements, including Freedom of Information obligations, in a reactive way, responding to citizen-generated requests slowly on paper. Instead, Open Data and Open Government call for proactive information sharing, inviting transparency, scrutiny, and accountability. Cambridge Public Librarians are asked to put into practice Intellectual Freedom and Freedom to Read principles of the library professions.

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as we believe this request is in the public interest, as suggested but not stipulated by the recommendations of the Massachusetts Supervisor of Public Records and Massachusetts Attorney General. Hand transcribed, the requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.

Keep in mind cost-benefit analyses for open records, open data and open meetings. Keep in mind the budget to figure out the cost than to retrieve the Minutes, and Cambridge Public Library earning the greater worth of media coverage -- not all bad because Cambridge Public Library produced the documents and earned positive coverage.

I expect the request to be made available only for reading, for transcription by hand or filled in an accessible format, including for screen readers, which provide text-to-speech for persons unable to read print. Files that are not accessible to screen readers include, for example, .pdf image files as well as physical documents.

In the event that fees cannot be waived, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Don Warner Saklad

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