We had him booked for tonight and per our Director we cancelled citing building issues. Had it been something like urinating in public we probably would have let it go and kept him since he did such a good job with others but because it was more serious, we decided to cancel. So, now we are struggling with do we do a quick check on every performer/presenter prior to booking them? Very frustrating. Carolyn Smith Branch Librarian Dearborn Heights Libraries John F. Kennedy, Jr. Branch 313-791-6055 [cid:cee31943-4c28-42f4-acec-adce4d1a84ae] ________________________________ From: Kelly Ray via Michlib-l <michlib-l@liblists.org> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2026 12:30 PM To: James B Lenze <lenze@gardencitylib.org> Cc: michlib-l@liblists.org <michlib-l@liblists.org> Subject: [Michlib-l] Re: Great Program on Sustainable Living CAUTION: This is an external email. Please take care when clicking links or opening attachments. We were about to hire him and did some deep digging. It's him. ________________________________ From: "James B Lenze via Michlib-l" <michlib-l@liblists.org> To: "Rebekah Norgren" <norgren@gardencitylib.org> Cc: michlib-l@liblists.org Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2026 2:40:10 PM Subject: [Michlib-l] Re: Great Program on Sustainable Living Colleagues, It has come to our attention that the presenter in the recommendation below may be listed on the Michigan Sex Offender Registry. We were unaware of this when we booked him to speak at our library. The individual pictured in the Registry looks very like the presenter. We apologize for any inconvenience our recommendation may have caused. James B Lenze, Library Director Garden City Public Library On Aug 25, 2026, at 1:42 PM, Rebekah Norgren via Michlib-l <michlib-l@liblists.org> wrote: Hello, all! Last Wednesday we hosted a program on sustainable living led by Patrick J. Pinkowski. Patrick was very knowledgeable and passionate about better life quality through simple, sustainable practice ranging from how we eat to the environments we create in our homes. Our staff and patrons loved it. I can't recommend him enough. Hopefully you'll find it's a program worth being presented! His contact info is: Patrick J. Pinkowski, MPH Founder, Sustainable Living Services LLC Sustainable Living Advisor https://www.sustainablelivingservices.com<https://www.sustainablelivingservices.com/> SustainableLivingService@gmail.com<mailto:SustainableLivingService@gmail.com> (734) 626-3336 -- Rebekah Norgren ILL & MeLCat Specialist My Pronouns: She/Her - See www.mypronouns.org<http://www.mypronouns.org/> to learn more. Garden City Public Library 31735 Maplewood Garden City, MI 48135 (734) 793-1830 _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list -- michlib-l@liblists.org To unsubscribe send an email to michlib-l-leave@liblists.org _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list -- michlib-l@liblists.org To unsubscribe send an email to michlib-l-leave@liblists.org LEGAL CONFIDENTIAL: This E-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510-2521. The information and/or documents in this message are privileged and confidential, for use only by the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, distribution, use or copying of the contents of this message is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately and delete this message from your system.
