[Answerland-summit] Presenters, registration & scholarships

Thu Mar 19 15:05:55 PDT 2020

Looks good to me, Joanna.
*Lori Moore*
*Regional Librarian*
Multnomah County Library -
Belmont, Albina, Woodstock branches
My schedule: Sunday-Thursday
971-271-1722
multcolib.org <http://www.multcolib.org>
My pronouns are she/her/hers

On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 3:05 PM LUDINGTON Sue R <
sue.ludington at lanecountyor.gov> wrote:

> This sounds good, Joanna.
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> The only thing I’d add is something to the 2nd sentence:
>
> “After much consideration, the OrRS planning committee regrettably has
> decided to cancel the conference on May 20 to protect the health and
> well-being of our community. We know you share our disappointment.”
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> Or maybe just “Regrettably, the OrRS planning committee has decided…We
> know you share our disappointment.”
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> I guess every conference is making the same choice, so some might argue
> adding any additional sentiment to the statement is unnecessary…but I think
> many of us are still very bummed and would appreciate recipients knowing we
> didn’t make the choice without some pangs of frustration and sadness!
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> Thank you for doing this. (ps and you don’t need to include me as a
> respondent, if that makes things any easier J)
>
> -sue
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> *Sue Ludington*
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> *Law Librarian*
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> Lane County (OR) Law Library
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> sue.ludington at lanecountyor.gov | 541.682.4337
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> *(*please note this is a new email address*)*
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> *From:* Answerland-summit [mailto:
> answerland-summit-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] *On Behalf Of *Joanna
> Milner
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 19, 2020 2:53 PM
> *To:* Natalie Brant <Natalie.Brant at state.or.us>
> *Cc:* OR Ref Summit Planning Team <
> answerland-summit at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
> *Subject:* Re: [Answerland-summit] Presenters, registration & scholarships
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> [EXTERNAL ⚠]
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> I wanted to get feedback and approval on the email to presenters before I
> send it out this afternoon:
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> *Thank you for submitting a proposal for the 2020 Oregon Reference Summit.
> The OrRS planning committee has decided to cancel the conference on May 29
> to protect the health and well-being of our community. In the coming weeks,
> the committee will be exploring whether we have the resources to have an
> online conference later in the year. We will let you know if that happens.
> We appreciate all of your hard work and ideas to support and educate
> Oregon’s library workers. We loved your proposal, and encourage you to
> consider submitting to other library conferences. Information Today Inc.
> has links to many upcoming conferences.
> <http://www.infotoday.com/calendar.asp> We hope you are healthy and safe.
> If you have any questions, please let us know. Sincerely, Joanna Milner &
> Tamara Ottom, on behalf of the Oregon Reference Summit planning committee*
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> *Joanna Milner*
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> Library Assistant, Multnomah County Library
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> Chair, Oregon Library Association Reference Round Table
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> *Pronouns: she/her*
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> My schedule: Sunday-Thursday
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> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 12:23 PM Natalie Brant <Natalie.Brant at state.or.us>
> wrote:
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> Thank you, and absolutely we can wait til Friday.
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> *Natalie Brant*
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> *(she/her/hers)*
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> Reference Services Librarian
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> Government Information Division
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> Phone: (503) 378-5007
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> www.oregon.gov/library
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> *From:* Answerland-summit [mailto:
> answerland-summit-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] *On Behalf Of *Joanna
> Milner
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 19, 2020 11:59 AM
> *To:* Robin Shapiro <robin.shapiro at pcc.edu>
> *Cc:* OR Ref Summit Planning Team <
> answerland-summit at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
> *Subject:* Re: [Answerland-summit] Presenters, registration & scholarships
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> I'll contact the people who submitted proposals.
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> Can we hold off until Friday afternoon on making an official announcement?
> I'd like to make sure that the submitters hear first.
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> *Joanna Milner*
>
> Library Assistant, Multnomah County Library
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> Chair, Oregon Library Association Reference Round Table
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> *Pronouns: she/her*
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> My schedule: Sunday-Thursday
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> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 11:47 AM Robin Shapiro <robin.shapiro at pcc.edu>
> wrote:
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> Too late to matter but I agree.
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> Robin
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> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 11:35 AM LUDINGTON Sue R <
> sue.ludington at lanecountyor.gov> wrote:
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> Chiming in late but I too am reluctantly on board with cancelling.
> Reluctant, only because I’m so damn sad about the state of the world and
> this whole situation…
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> Thanks Natalie for taking the steps needed to take care of it all.
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> Hang in there, everyone…
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> *Sue Ludington*
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> *Law Librarian*
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> Lane County (OR) Law Library
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> sue.ludington at lanecountyor.gov | 541.682.4337
>
> *(*please note this is a new email address*)*
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> *From:* Answerland-summit [mailto:
> answerland-summit-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] *On Behalf Of *Natalie
> Brant via Answerland-summit
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 19, 2020 11:33 AM
> *To:* Oregon Reference Summit committee <
> answerland-summit at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
> *Subject:* Re: [Answerland-summit] Presenters, registration & scholarships
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> [EXTERNAL ⚠]
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> Ok, I agree with everyone that cancelling is the right thing to do. I will
> contact the coordinator at LCC, and Joanna I will cc you since the refund
> will need to come back to you.
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> Does anyone want to come up with a “cancellation graphic” and language
> that we can send out to everywhere we have previously communicated about
> the summit?
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> *Natalie Brant*
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> *(she/her/hers)*
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> Reference Services Librarian
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> Government Information Division
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> Phone: (503) 378-5007
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> www.oregon.gov/library
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> *From:* Answerland-summit [
> mailto:answerland-summit-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
> <answerland-summit-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>] *On Behalf Of *Tamara
> Ottum via Answerland-summit
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 19, 2020 11:25 AM
> *To:* Oregon Reference Summit committee <
> answerland-summit at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
> *Subject:* Re: [Answerland-summit] Presenters, registration & scholarships
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> I agree with cancelling, and like Joanna’s idea of keeping ourselves open
> to the idea of offering it virtually at a later point in time.
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> Also, I checked on the LSTA funds, and yes, we can have the funds rolled
> over to next year.
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> -Tamara
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> *From:* Answerland-summit [
> mailto:answerland-summit-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
> <answerland-summit-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>] *On Behalf Of *Mark
> Peterson
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 19, 2020 11:17 AM
> *To:* 'joannam at multcolib.org' <joannam at multcolib.org>; Lori MOORE <
> lorim at multcolib.org>
> *Cc:* Oregon Reference Summit committee <
> answerland-summit at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
> *Subject:* Re: [Answerland-summit] Presenters, registration & scholarships
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> I feel very strongly that we should cancel.
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> We have absolutely no reason to believe that things will be “back to
> normal” by the time the summit is scheduled for. In fact, with as fast as
> things are happening, we should assume that things won’t be.
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> But more frankly: we need to be responsible and not knowingly facilitate
> an event and environment that WILL put people’s health, and possibly lives,
> at risk. To do anything else in the face of a *global pandemic* is, in my
> opinion, morally indefensible.
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> I would rather look back at this moment in time and realize that we did
> more than we needed to in order to keep people safe than to look back and
> know that we could have done more but chose not to.
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> Have a great day!
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> Mark Peterson
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> Faculty Librarian, Collection Management Coordinator
>
> Mt. Hood Community College
>
> 26000 SE Stark Street, Gresham, Or 97030
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> mark.peterson at mhcc.edu
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> (503) 491-7693
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> *From:* Answerland-summit <
> answerland-summit-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us> *On Behalf Of *Joanna
> Milner
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 19, 2020 10:14 AM
> *To:* Lori MOORE <lorim at multcolib.org>
> *Cc:* Oregon Reference Summit committee <
> answerland-summit at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
> *Subject:* Re: [Answerland-summit] Presenters, registration & scholarships
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> *External Email*
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> I also lean towards cancelling.
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> Given that LCC is moving all of their classes online for Spring Term, it
> seems possible that we can get a full refund.
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> If we publicly announce a cancellation, we can mention that we are
> considering the feasibility of doing an online conference later in the
> year. That gives the committee the opportunity to take a breath before we
> even look into the possibility.
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> Best,
>
> Joanna
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> *Joanna Milner*
>
> Library Assistant, Multnomah County Library
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> Chair, Oregon Library Association Reference Round Table
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> *Pronouns: she/her*
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> My schedule: Sunday-Thursday
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> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 8:48 AM Lori Moore <lorim at multcolib.org> wrote:
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> Hi Natalie,
>
> I agree that it might be difficult to get folks to register at this time.
> Now that we’re starting to hear 8 weeks or more for schools etc, that could
> affect us even in May.
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> Will the money transfer over to next year? We could use cancelling as a
> good way to make next year better.
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> I’m also a little torn on this but I lean towards cancelling, just to be
> safe and avoid spending time and money if things are still dicey then.
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> Hope you all are safe and healthy!
>
> Lori
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>
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>  On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 8:22 AM Natalie Brant via Answerland-summit <
> answerland-summit at listsmart.osl.state.or.us> wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
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> As I’m sure you’ve now seen, OLA has been cancelled. L
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> I know the Reference Summit isn’t until a month later…I’m really
> struggling with what we should do.
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> So, my wonderful planning team, can everyone let me know what they think
> we should do?
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> I’m afraid that even if we tried not to cancel, that people will still be
> to skittish to come.
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> There is also the possibility of trying to make it a virtual
> conference…but that sounds somewhat overwhelming to me right now.
>
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> I hope everyone is holding up ok.
>
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> -Natalie
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>
>
> *Natalie Brant*
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> *(she/her/hers)*
>
> Reference Services Librarian
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> Government Information Division
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> Phone: (503) 378-5007
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> www.oregon.gov/library
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> *From:* Natalie Brant [mailto:Natalie.Brant at state.or.us]
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 12, 2020 12:49 PM
> *To:* joannam at multcolib.org; Lori MOORE <lorim at multcolib.org>
> *Cc:* Natalie Brant <Natalie.Brant at state.or.us>; LUDINGTON Sue R <
> sue.ludington at lanecountyor.gov>; Oregon Reference Summit committee <
> answerland-summit at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
> *Subject:* RE: [Answerland-summit] Presenters, registration & scholarships
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> That sounds reasonable to me.
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> *Natalie Brant*
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> *(she/her/hers)*
>
> Reference Services Librarian
>
> Government Information Division
>
> Phone: (503) 378-5007
>
> www.oregon.gov/library
>
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> *From:* Joanna Milner [mailto:joannam at multcolib.org
> <joannam at multcolib.org>]
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 12, 2020 12:42 PM
> *To:* Lori MOORE <lorim at multcolib.org>
> *Cc:* Natalie Brant <Natalie.Brant at state.or.us>; LUDINGTON Sue R <
> sue.ludington at lanecountyor.gov>; Oregon Reference Summit committee <
> answerland-summit at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
> *Subject:* Re: [Answerland-summit] Presenters, registration & scholarships
>
>
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> We have not notified any speakers. The goal was to do so on Monday.
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> I agree with Lori that we should wait for OLA's decision.
>
>
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> Thanks,
>
> Joanna
>
>
>
> *Joanna Milner*
>
> Library Assistant, Multnomah County Library
>
> Chair, Oregon Library Association Reference Round Table
>
>
>
> *Pronouns: she/her*
>
> My schedule: Sunday-Thursday
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> On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 12:21 PM Lori Moore <lorim at multcolib.org> wrote:
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> I vote we follow as OLA does.
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> Lori
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> *Lori Moore*
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> *Regional Librarian*
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> Multnomah County Library -
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> Belmont, Albina, Woodstock branches
>
> My schedule: Sunday-Thursday
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> 971-271-1722
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> On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 12:05 PM Natalie Brant via Answerland-summit <
> answerland-summit at listsmart.osl.state.or.us> wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
>
>
> So, it sounds like ILAGO is cancelling their summit. And it also sounds
> like OLA is very strongly considering cancelling at this point. Some of you
> may have more information on this than me.
>
>
>
> But, it’s sounding like it’s a very real possibility that we shouldn’t be
> asking people to travel and gather. Joanna and Tamara, have you notified
> any of the speakers yet?
>
>
>
> I’d love to hear all your thoughts.
>
>
>
> -Nat
>
>
>
> *Natalie Brant*
>
> *(she/her/hers)*
>
> Reference Services Librarian
>
> Government Information Division
>
> Phone: (503) 378-5007
>
> www.oregon.gov/library
>
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> *From:* Answerland-summit [mailto:
> answerland-summit-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] *On Behalf Of *Joanna
> Milner
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 12, 2020 9:42 AM
> *To:* LUDINGTON Sue R <sue.ludington at lanecountyor.gov>
> *Cc:* Oregon Reference Summit committee <
> answerland-summit at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
> *Subject:* Re: [Answerland-summit] Presenters, registration & scholarships
>
>
>
> An update, because I managed to misread Tamara's (very clear) draft email:
> We are NOT asking the presenters to register for the conference. The
> question is whether we mention that the scholarship might be available for
> travel costs.
>
>
>
> Very embarrassed,
>
> Joanna
>
>
>
> *Joanna Milner*
>
> Library Assistant, Multnomah County Library
>
> Chair, Oregon Library Association Reference Round Table
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> *Pronouns: she/her*
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> My schedule: Sunday-Thursday
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> On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 6:21 PM LUDINGTON Sue R <
> sue.ludington at lanecountyor.gov> wrote:
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> Would seem this is the right thing to do. Is there concern that presenters
> will unfairly have “first dibs” at limited scholarships (over other
> attendees)? Just wondering what (if any) the negatives are by mentioning it
> to them in the initial email…
>
>
>
> *Sue Ludington*
>
> *Law Librarian*
>
> Lane County (OR) Law Library
>
>
>
> sue.ludington at lanecountyor.gov | 541.682.4337
>
> *(*please note this is a new email address*)*
>
>
>
> *From:* Answerland-summit [mailto:
> answerland-summit-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] *On Behalf Of *Joanna
> Milner
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 11, 2020 6:17 PM
> *To:* Oregon Reference Summit committee <
> answerland-summit at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
> *Subject:* [Answerland-summit] Presenters, registration & scholarships
>
>
>
> [EXTERNAL ⚠]
>
> Hi team,
>
>
>
> Tamara and I wanted to run something by the group before we email the
> presenters. Since we are asking them to register for the conference (and
> probably travel), should we mention in the initial email that they can
> apply for a scholarship if payment is a hardship?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joanna
>
>
>
> *Joanna Milner*
>
> Library Assistant, Multnomah County Library
>
> Chair, Oregon Library Association Reference Round Table
>
>
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> My schedule: Sunday-Thursday
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> *Regional Librarian*
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> Multnomah County Library -
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