<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
panose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Please share this with your library-related networks, and with colleagues who may not be members of either the Oregon Library Association or the Washington Library Association.</b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">There are only about 2 weeks left to submit program proposals for the
<a href="http://2013conference.wla.org/">2013 OLA-WLA Conference</a>, April 24-26, 2013. The theme for this joint conference is "The Future is NOW! (Network OR & WA), and it is being held at the beautiful, downtown
<a href="http://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/washington/hilton-vancouver-washington-PDXVAHH/index.html">
Vancouver Hilton</a>, just across the mighty Columbia River from Portland. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Proposals are due no later than Friday, September 28,<b>
</b>and the selection committee will notify applicants of the status of proposals by November 2.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">To submit a Preconference Workshop proposal (3-7hrs long, held on April 24),
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDkyREkzQlVlbHhMSEhxUS1DX0hCdFE6MA#gid=0" target="_blank">
please use this form</a>. To submit a Conference Session proposal (75 minutes long, held on April 25-26),
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGJ6WHJVakZJaF9KbnBhX2ZULXNpNXc6MA#gid=0" target="_blank">
please use this form</a>. If you have questions regarding the proposal process, please contact the program team below.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i>We look forward to hearing from YOU!</i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">--OLA and WLA Program Chairs, Janet Tapper and Cadi Russell-Sauvé
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">--WLA Program Coordinator, Kate Laughlin <o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>