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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#222222">OLA needs you to advocate for libraries!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#222222">February 21st</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#222222"> is OLA’s and OASL’s
<b>Library Legislative Day</b>. We need OLA Members to visit their State Senators, Representatives, and their staff to discuss issues relevant to libraries, librarians, and our communities. The
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif""><a href="http://www.olaweb.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=199">OLA Library Development & Legislative Committee</a>
<span style="color:#222222">strongly encourages OLA Members to make in-person appointments to visit the State Capitol in Salem. Visits with legislators or their staff usually last
<b>10–15 minutes</b>, but have great impact.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#222222">In addition to office visits from OLA members, OLA invites legislators to choose a children’s book to give to her/his home library.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#222222">Don’t know what to talk about? Don’t worry, we'll have issue briefs and a briefing to support you before you make your visits.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#222222">Please call your Senator and Representative’s offices and make an appointment for anytime between 8–4pm on February 21st. Don’t know
who they are? No problem. <b>Look it up</b> with the </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/FindYourLegislator/leg-districts.html"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif"">Legislator Lookup tool</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#222222">.
Then, please document your appointment details on the 2017 </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l_NT0oiQXnLdlf-hJuFK3g1yJJby8CAaKPHNjE41nR0/edit#gid=534832026"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif"">OLA
Legislative Day Appointment Spreadsheet</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#222222">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">For more information,</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif""> contact OLA Development and Legislative Committee Chair Janet Webster at
<a href="mailto:janet.webster@charter.net">janet.webster@charter.net</a><span style="color:#4A4A4A">
</span>or Abigail Elder at <a href="mailto:abielder@gmail.com">abielder@gmail.com</a><span style="color:#4A4A4A">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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