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Attention All ALA Members<br>
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Please cast your vote for Molly Raphael for President of ALA. The last
day to vote is April 23 and Molly Raphael believes that voter turnout
will be the key to victory in this election. Let's try to have 100% of
Oregon ALA members turn out for Molly. It's time we had an Oregonian
lead our national Association.<br>
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Remember that the Oregon Library Association (OLA) Executive Board has
unanimously
voted to endorse Molly Raphael for ALA President. According to Connie
Anderson-Cahoon, OLA's President "it is wonderful to have a local
candidate of Molly's caliber and I hope that you will join with me in
supporting her candidacy". Molly is recently retired after six years
as the Director of Libraries at Multnomah County Library in Portland,
Oregon.<br>
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Some of the reasons you should vote for Molly Raphael are her broad and
deep knowledge of ALA and her experience in its governance at all
levels; her long record of demonstrated leadership ability and
experience; her extensive experience in working with government
officials at the local, state and federal levels; her extensive
experience with working with the media, both on and off the record; her
long record of promoting ALA's core values (open access, intellectual
freedom, and privacy) on the frontlines and through ALA; her championed
diversity (in hiring, programming and outreach to underserved) and she
received the Arthur Fleming Civil Rights Award; and she has built
collaboratives across all types of libraries and community
organizations.<br>
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Molly Raphael has truly walked the walk and will make an ideal ALA
President. Please take the time to visit her website at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mollyraphael.org">http://mollyraphael.org</a>
as you seek to make an informed choice. There
you will find complete details about her platform as well as her career
experience and ALA service. You can also read endorsements of Molly's
candidacy from many professional colleagues, including several recent
ALA Past Presidents from all types of libraries.<br>
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Thank you,<br>
<br>
Suzanne<br>
<br>
Don't delay, vote for Molly today!<br>
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style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Suzanne
L. Sager<br>
Library East, Cataloging<br>
Portland State University<br>
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503-725-8169<br>
503-725-5799<br>
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