<div><strong>Please call your Legislators to try to change the date for your appointments.</strong></div><p><strong></strong> </p><div>We are changing OLA Legislative Day to <strong>Monday, April 8</strong> because there will be a huge rally and more on pro and anti gun legislation. We think it would be a very bad idea for us to try to compete with this.</div>
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Date: Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 3:46 PM<br>Subject: OLA Legislative Day is almost here - Please make your appointments NOW<br>To: libs-or <<a href="mailto:libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>><br>
<br><br><div>April 4th is closer than you think. <strong>NOW</strong> is the time to make appointments with your State Legislators for the Oregon Library Association's Legislative Day, April 4, 2013. You will have a better chance of getting an appointment if you do it right away instead of waiting until just before Legislative Day.</div>
<div> </div><div>You do need to make your own appointments with the Legislators. They prefer to make appointments with their own constituents so they need to hear directly from you. I have found that calling them is the best way to make an appointment. Usually they have very friendly staff who are very happy to set up the appointments. I usually follow up with an email to the Legislator thanking them for agreeing to meet with us and include a short sentence about some of our concerns, including the State Library budget, Ready-to-Read, county law libraries, and intellectual freedom. I don't go into any detail in the email since we will do that during the appointment. </div>
<div> </div><div>Go to <a href="http://olanetwork.wikispaces.com/OLA+Legislative+Day+Appointments" target="_blank">http://olanetwork.wikispaces.com/OLA+Legislative+Day+Appointments</a> and you will find a link to your Legislators contact information. After you make the appointment please fill in the information on the form.</div>
<div> </div><div>More information about the day may be found at <a href="http://olanetwork.wikispaces.com/OLA+Legislative+Day" target="_blank">http://olanetwork.wikispaces.com/OLA+Legislative+Day</a> </div><div> </div><div>
Legislative Day can be lots of fun and we will help you have some topics to discuss with your legislators. Nan Heim will be preparing a short issues brief that you may use. You will find that just talking about Ready-to-Read and/or other things about the library services you provide will fill the time well. You will seldom have more than 15 minutes with you Legislators and they are great at talking themselves so the time goes fast.</div>
<div> </div><div>See you there.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><br>-- <br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt">Diedre Conkling</span></em><i><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt"><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Lincoln County Library District</span></em><br><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">P.O. Box 2027</span></em><br><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Newport, OR 97365</span></em><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Phone & Fax: <a href="tel:541-265-3066" target="_blank" value="+15412653066">541-265-3066</a></span></em><br><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Work email</span></em></span></i><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt;font-style:normal">: </span></em><a href="mailto:diedre@lincolncolibrarydist.org" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt"><font color="#0000ff">diedre@lincolncolibrarydist.org</font></span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt"><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Home email: </span></em></span></i><a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com" target="_blank"><em><span style="color:blue;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt">diedre08@gmail.com</span></em></a></div>
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<span>“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.”―Maya Angelou</span><span></span></h6><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt"></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Lincoln County Library District</span></em><br><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">P.O. Box 2027</span></em><br><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Newport, OR 97365</span></em><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Phone & Fax: 541-265-3066</span></em><br><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Work email</span></em></span></i><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt;font-style:normal">: </span></em><a href="mailto:diedre@lincolncolibrarydist.org" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt"><font color="#0000ff">diedre@lincolncolibrarydist.org</font></span></i></a><i><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt"><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Home email: </span></em></span></i><a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com" target="_blank"><em><span style="color:blue;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt">diedre08@gmail.com</span></em></a></div>
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<span>“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.”―Maya Angelou</span><span></span></h6><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt"></span></div>