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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi gang,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Will tightening budgets and the stress of the economy be the end of Oregon's Children's Services Division? I certainly hope not.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">CSD desperately needs a Chair-Elect to carry us into the future. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Have you benefitted from a Continuing Education experience at a CSD workshop or conference program? </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Have you appreciated having the interests of children and youth librarians represented within your library association? </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Has your summer reading program been made a little easier thanks to the help and sharing of your peer network? </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">If you answered 'yes' to any of these questions, please consider nominating yourself or a colleague for CSD Chair-Elect.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">CSD Chair-Elect will serve on the Program's Planning Committee for the 2011 OLA Conference. I might mention that our division is sitting well, financially. This could be a great opportunity to help bring some awesome programs to the Conference.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">CSD Chair-Elect will become CSD Chair during the 2011-2012 OLA year. This position requires attendance at 6-8 OLA Board meetings throughout the year. Please note, it is possible to participate in these meetings via teleconference.. or, if cost is the huge issue, you may have a portion of your travel expenses paid by the organization. Please don't let the difficulty of travel be the reason you hold back. We will find a way to make your participation as stress-free as possible.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">If you want one reason why you should consider nominating yourself as CSD Chair-Elect, here it is:</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">You will be the hero of scores of Oregon children who love libraries!</FONT></B>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thank you for your kind consideration. Please contact me with questions, or to throw your hat in the ring.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Best wishes,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Rick Samuelson, Youth Services Librarian</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Chair - Children's Services Division of OLA</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Washington County Cooperative Library Services</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">111 NE Lincoln, MS 58A</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hillsboro, OR 97124</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(503) 648-9809 5#</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ricks@wccls.org </FONT>
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<P><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">"The clever men at Oxford</FONT></I>
<BR><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Know all that there is to be knowed.</FONT></I>
<BR><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">But they none of them know one half as much</FONT></I>
<BR><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">As intelligent Mr Toad!"</FONT></I>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-Kenneth Grahame,</FONT><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The Wind in the Willows</FONT></I>
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