<div dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-33aadf51-0629-d5d7-1fd6-43e2d452f4cc"><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;line-height:1.15"><font size="4"><b>Northwest Central is seeking to form an Oregon Library Association Round Table and we need your help!</b></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><img src="cid:ii_14b07cb795e3deb0" alt="Inline image 3" width="126" height="122" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">                                                                                                                    <a href="http://www.nwcentral.org/" style="line-height:1.15;font-family:Arial;text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap">www.nwcentral.org  </a><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Northwest Central is a continuing education clearinghouse created in 2005 by the PORTALS (Portland Area Library System), which for the last ten years has served as a one-stop-shop for continuing education events, webinars, and OLA conference materials. </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;line-height:1.15">We are currently building a new, streamlined website that will be easier to manage and use. In addition to the new site, we would like to form a round table to create meaningful and sustained support for the project. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="line-height:1.15;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><span style="line-height:1.15;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><span style="line-height:1.15;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We need 25 signatures from active or honorary OLA members in order to submit a petition for the creation of a round table. If you are interested in adding your name to the petition, please send an email to Gina Bacon at </span><a href="mailto:gina.bacon@pcc.edu" style="line-height:1.15;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">gina.bacon@pcc.edu</span></a><span style="line-height:1.15;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.  </span></b></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you are also interested in becoming a member of the round table, please indicate your interest in the email.</span></p><br><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font size="4"><i>Thank You!</i></font></span></div></span></div>