<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><br><br><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Don Wood <<a href="mailto:dwood@ala.org">dwood@ala.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> August 10, 2012 7:50:38 AM PDT<br><b>To:</b> "<a href="mailto:alacro-l@ala.org">alacro-l@ala.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:alacro-l@ala.org">alacro-l@ala.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[alacro-l] Volunteer to Serve on ALA or Council Committees for 2013-2014</b><br><br></div></blockquote><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Good morning!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/ala/volunteer-serve-ala-or-council-committees-2013-2014">Volunteer to serve on ALA or Council Committees for 2013-2014</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Barbara Stripling, American Library Association (<span class="caps">ALA</span>) president-elect, encourages members to volunteer to serve on <span class="caps">ALA</span> and Council committees for the 2013-2014 term (July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014). Committee appointments will be finalized at the 2013 <span class="caps">ALA</span> Midwinter Meeting, with notifications sent out in early spring, 2013. Stripling chairs both the Committee on Appointments (COAppt ) and the Committee on Committees (<span class="caps">COC</span>).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The <a href="http://www.ala.org/CFApps/Committee/volunteerform/volunteerform.cfm" target="_blank">online committee volunteer form</a> (log in required) opens on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, and closes on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. To volunteer, please complete and submit the form electronically (be sure to select "<span class="caps">ALA</span>" in the drop-down menu on the main form to volunteer for both <span class="caps">ALA</span> and Council committees).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Don<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Don Wood<br>Program Officer<br><a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/cro/index.cfm"><span style="color:blue">Chapter Relations Office</span></a><br>American Library Association<br>50 East Huron Street<br>Chicago, IL 60611<br><a href="mailto:dwood@ala.org"><span style="color:blue">dwood@ala.org</span></a><br>1-800-545-2433, ext. 2429<br>312-280-2429<br>312-280-4392 (fax)<br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/ILoveLibraries?ref=ts"><span style="color:blue">Become a Fan of I Love Libraries</span></a><br><a href="http://twitter.com/ALA_CRO"><span style="color:blue">Follow CRO on Twitter</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">“If you want to build a ship, don’t herd people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></body></html>