<div dir="ltr">Hi everyone.<div><div><br></div><div>One of our scholarship recipients declined her scholarship as her work had agreed to pay for her to go. So we still have 1 remaining scholarship to fill. I am planning to send out a call for applicants from under-represented backgrounds.
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> I am thinking a deadline of Monday May 7, and I will notify people by that Friday.</span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">I'd appreciate any feedback about language.</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></div><div>After looking at ALA's Spectrum Scholarship, this is my proposed language. I will probably send this out tomorrow evening (my new employer blocks Google Drive, so I will have to do it after work).</div></div><div><br></div><div><i><font size="4">Oregon Reference Summit has the opportunity to extend a scholarship to a library staff member from an underrepresented background. To further our commitment <span style="background-color:rgb(254,254,254);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">to diversity and inclusion we seek the participation of diverse library staff to attend the Oregon Reference Summit. We encourage applicants from racial, ethnic, or other underrepresented backgrounds to apply for this scholarship. This scholarship covers the full cost of registration.</span></font></i></div><div><i><font size="4"><span style="background-color:rgb(254,254,254);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></font></i></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(254,254,254)">I will change the "Tell us anything else" open ended question to this, modeled after a scholarship app at Portland State:</span></font></div><div><i><font size="4">How has your experience as a library staff member from an underrepresented background contributed to your library and/or reference work?</font></i></div><div><i><font size="4"><br></font></i></div><br>Daina</div>