<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>FYI </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Max<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Madeline Pena <<a href="mailto:madelineivette@gmail.com">madelineivette@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Date:</b> January 27, 2017 at 2:47:24 PM PST<br><b>To:</b> "<a href="mailto:REFORMANet@googlegroups.com">REFORMANet@googlegroups.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:REFORMANet@googlegroups.com">REFORMANet@googlegroups.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[REFORMANET] REFORMA endorses Loida Garcia-Febo for ALA President 2018-2019</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> <a href="mailto:REFORMANet@googlegroups.com">REFORMANet@googlegroups.com</a><br><br></div></blockquote><div><span></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>It's now official! REFORMA members voted to endorse our very own <a href="http://loidaforalapresident.com/home/">Loida Garcia-Febo for ALA President 2018-2019</a>, during the General Membership Meeting on Monday, January 23, 2017.</div><div><br></div><div>Loida served as REFORMA President 2009-2010 and received the REFORMA Elizabeth Martinez Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015.</div><div><font color="#666666"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#666666">"<i>As ALA President, I will focus on pillars reflecting ALA’s Strategic Plan including Diversity and Inclusion. I will work together with REFORMA, all ALA’s ethnic affiliates, JCLC, ODLOS and the ALA Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Implementation Working Group. They bring expertise needed to implement recommendations in the areas of recruitment and retention, promotion of librarianship, advocacy, continuing education, better salaries and work conditions and more opportunities to thrive in our careers and as leaders. This is key to increase representation of ethnically diverse individuals in the ranks of librarians. Together, we can bring change!</i>"</font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">—Loida Garcia-Febo</font><br></div><div><br></div><div>The 2017 ALA elections will open on March 13, 2017 and will close on April 5, 2017. </div><div><br></div><div>Check out Loida's <a href="http://loidaforalapresident.com/home/">campaign website</a>.<br></div><div><br></div><img src="cid:ii_iygcb71u0_159e1e735508e668" width="544" height="306"><br><br><div>Thanks,</div><div>Madeline Peña</div><div>REFORMA Chapter Representative</div></div>
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