<div dir="ltr">FYI,<div><br></div><div>Suzanne L. Sager</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Walter, Scott</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:SWALTE11@depaul.edu">SWALTE11@depaul.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 10:23 AM<br>Subject: [alacoun] SLA to Move its 2018 Conference<br>To: "<a href="mailto:alacoun@lists.ala.org">alacoun@lists.ala.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:alacoun@lists.ala.org">alacoun@lists.ala.org</a>><br><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Colleagues – some of you may recall the SLA discussion earlier this year about moving its 2018 conference from Charlotte, NC, in light of the passage of HB2:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.sla.org/about-sla/media-room/press-releases/sla-deliberating-moving-conference-out-of-north-carolina-in-response-to-anti-lgbt-law/" target="_blank">http://www.sla.org/about-sla/media-room/press-releases/sla-deliberating-moving-conference-out-of-north-carolina-in-response-to-anti-lgbt-law/</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Earlier today, I saw a message from SLA President Tom Rink confirming that “SLA has put steps in motion to move our 2018 conference to a location outside North Carolina.” The rationale for this decision was that:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">“After extensive review and reflection, the SLA Board of Directors and senior staff have concluded that HB2 specifically countermands our anti-harassment policy as noted above. Even more broadly,
our members are professionals dedicated to transparency and access, and the very tenets of this legislation strike deeply at the core of service inherent in serving as information professionals and special librarians.”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I applaud our SLA colleagues for the stand they are willing to take for their principles, and I wonder, again, at ALA’s enduring (and perplexing, to me; infuriating to others) commitment to
Orlando for its 2016 annual conference.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">See you all soon!
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">scott<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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Adjunct Faculty, San Jose State University School of Information<br>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Suzanne L. Sager</span><div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Oregon ALA Representative</span><div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Portland State University Library</span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">PO Box 1151</span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Portland, OR 97207-1151</span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Phone: </span><a value="+15037258169" style="color:rgb(0,0,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">503-725-8169</a><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Fax: </span><a value="+15037255799" style="color:rgb(0,0,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">503-725-5799</a><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">email: </span><a href="mailto:sagers@pdx.edu" style="color:rgb(0,0,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" target="_blank">sagers@pdx.edu</a></div></div></div></div>
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