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<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Keith Michael Fiels</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kfiels@ala.org">kfiels@ala.org</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 1:40 PM<br>
Subject: [alacoun] ALA Virtual "Town Hall" meeting<br>To: ALACOUN <<a href="mailto:alacoun@ala.org">alacoun@ala.org</a>><br><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black">Dear Councilors:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black">All members are invited to join us for ALA’s first ALA Virtual “Town Hall,” which will be held on Wednesday, June 1st from 3:00 - 4:30pm CDT on the ALA i-Linc webinar platform. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black">The Town Hall will feature discussions about e-books and the future of electronic access in libraries, a presentation by President Roberta Stevens on advocacy initiatives during the past year, and an update from me on the "State of the Association" and our new 2015 Strategic Plan. A special "Open Forum" time will also allow participants to ask questions about any Association topics. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black">This Town Hall is designed to solicit ideas, comments and questions about the Association from members. To foster this, an ALA Connect group is being set up and pre-loaded with reports from the President, Treasurer and myself so that anyone can comment and discuss them in advance of the Town Hall. Reports from the Task Force on Equitable Access to Electronic Content (EQUACC) co-chairs Michael Porter and Linda Crowe, and the OITP e-books Subcommittee Chair Bonnie Tijerina will also be posted in advance of their presentations for review and comment. Time will be reserved during each segment of the Town Hall for participants’ questions, comments and reactions to these reports and the live presentations. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black">Questions and comments will be taken in advance via the Connect group and during the Town Hall by either voice or chat. The i-Linc platform does support participation by voice, but specific system requirements need to be met by participants (Information about system requirements will be provided when registration opens on April 27<sup>th</sup>). Please note that all participants will have access to live chat for the Q&A sessions. I-Linc also supports a polling function that will allow participants to immediately respond to proposals and presentations. The Town Hall will be simultaneously captioned for participants on an open access website, and an archive of the event will be available for streaming via the ALA website and Connect group within two days after the event.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black">Advance registration is required to be a participant in the Town Hall, and we have anticipated an initial capacity of 1,000 participants. Look for an email invitation to all members from Roberta Stevens on Wednesday, April 27th with more information. The Connect group will go live that day as well. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black">Thanks to the ALA Committee on Membership Meetings for their leadership in developing this Virtual Town Hall. This opportunity for members to participate virtually, discussing issues that affect all types of libraries while helping to shape the future of the Association, anticipates a full virtual membership meeting in the future. The Committee will bring a report to Council at Annual Conference about the Town Hall, and invites you to participate in the in-person Membership Meeting in New Orleans on Saturday, June 25 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black">Keith</span><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Keith Michael Fiels</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Executive Director </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>American Library Association</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>50 East Huron Street</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span><a href="mailto:kfiels@ala.org" target="_blank">kfiels@ala.org</a></span></u></p>
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