<div dir="ltr"><h1 class="gmail-name gmail-post-title entry-title" style="padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 10px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;font-weight:normal;font-family:bebasneueregular,arial,georgia,serif;font-size:28px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/2017/03/house-library-champions-release-fy18-dear-appropriator-letters/">http://www.districtdispatch.org/2017/03/house-library-champions-release-fy18-dear-appropriator-letters/</a></font><br><span style="padding:0px;margin:0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor"></span></h1><h1 class="gmail-name gmail-post-title entry-title" style="padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 10px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;font-weight:normal;font-family:bebasneueregular,arial,georgia,serif;font-size:28px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></h1><h1 class="gmail-name gmail-post-title entry-title" style="padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 10px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;font-weight:normal;font-family:bebasneueregular,arial,georgia,serif;font-size:28px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="padding:0px;margin:0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor">House library champions release FY18 “Dear Appropriator” letters</span></h1><p class="gmail-post-meta" style="padding:0px 0px 5px;margin:7px 0px 10px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-style:none none solid;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(242,242,242);border-left-color:initial;color:rgb(170,170,170);font-size:11.05px;font-family:"droid sans",arial,verdana,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="padding:0px;margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;display:inline-block">Posted by:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/author/kmaher/" title="" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;color:rgb(170,170,170);text-decoration:none">Kevin Maher</a></span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="padding:0px;margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;display:inline-block">March 22, 2017</span>   <span style="padding:0px;margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;display:inline-block">in<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/category/funding/" rel="category tag" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;color:rgb(170,170,170);text-decoration:none">Funding</a>,<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/category/legislation/" rel="category tag" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;color:rgb(170,170,170);text-decoration:none">Legislation</a></span></p><div class="entry" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"droid sans",arial,verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><p style="padding:1em 0px;margin:0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor">Your limited-time-only chance to ask for your House Member’s backing for LSTA and IAL begins now.</p><p style="padding:1em 0px;margin:0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor">Where does your Representative stand on supporting FY 2018 library funding? Against the backdrop of the<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/2017/03/presidents-budget-proposal-eliminate-federal-library-funding/" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;color:rgb(77,132,179);text-decoration:underline">President’s proposal</a><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>last week to eliminate the Institute for Museum and Library Services and virtually all other library funding sources, their answer this year is more important than ever before.</p><p style="padding:1em 0px;margin:0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor">Every Spring, library champions in Congress ask every Member of the House to sign two, separate “Dear Appropriator” letters directed to the Appropriations Committee: one urging full funding for LSTA (which benefits every kind of library), and the second asking the same for the Innovative Approaches to Literacy program. This year, the LSTA support letter is being led by Rep.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/raul_grijalva/400162" target="_blank" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;color:rgb(77,132,179);text-decoration:underline">Raul Grijalva (D-AZ3)</a>. The IAL support letter is being jointly led by Reps.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/eddie_johnson/400204" target="_blank" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;color:rgb(77,132,179);text-decoration:underline">Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX30)</a>,<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/don_young/400440" target="_blank" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;color:rgb(77,132,179);text-decoration:underline">Don Young (R-AK)</a>, and<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/james_mcgovern/400263" target="_blank" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;color:rgb(77,132,179);text-decoration:underline">Jim McGovern (D-MA2)</a>.</p><p style="padding:1em 0px;margin:0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor">The first “Dear Appropriator” letter asks the Committee to fully fund LSTA in FY 2018 and the second does the same for IAL. When large numbers of Members of Congress sign these letters, it sends a strong signal to the House Appropriations Committee to reject requests to eliminate IMLS, and to continue funding for LSTA and IAL at least at current levels.</p><p style="padding:1em 0px;margin:0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor"><strong style="padding:0px;margin:0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor">Members of the House have only until April 3 to let our champions know that they will sign the separate LSTA and IAL “Dear Appropriator” letters now circulating, so there’s no time to lose.</strong><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>Use<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://cqrcengage.com/ala/" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;color:rgb(77,132,179);text-decoration:underline">ALA’s Legislative Action Center<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></a>today to ask your Member of Congress to sign both the LSTA and IAL letters. Many Members of Congress will only sign such a letter if their constituents ask them to. So it is up to you to help save LSTA and IAL from elimination or significant cuts that could dramatically affect hundreds of libraries and potentially millions of patrons.</p><p style="padding:1em 0px;margin:0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor">Five minutes of your time could help preserve over $210 million in library funding now at risk.</p><p style="padding:1em 0px;margin:0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor">Soon, we will also need you to ask both of your US Senators to sign similar letters not yet circulating in the Senate, but timing is key. In the meantime, today’s the day to ask your Representative in the House for their signature on both the LSTA and IAL “Dear Appropriator” letters that must be signed no later than April 3.</p><p style="padding:1em 0px;margin:0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor">Whether you call, email, tweet or all of the above (which would be great), the message to the friendly office staff of your Senators and Representative is all laid out at the<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://cqrcengage.com/ala/" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;color:rgb(77,132,179);text-decoration:underline">Legislative Action Center<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></a>and it’s simple:</p><p style="padding:1em 0px;margin:0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor"><em style="padding:0px;margin:0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor">“Hello, I’m a constituent. Please ask Representative  ________ to sign both the FY 2018 LSTA and IAL ‘Dear Appropriator’ letters circulating for signature before April 3.”</em></p><p style="padding:1em 0px;margin:0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor">Please, take five minutes to call, email, or Tweet at your Members of Congress  and watch this space throughout the year for more on how you can help preserve IMLS and federal library funding. We need your help this year like never before.</p><p style="padding:1em 0px;margin:0px;outline:medium none;list-style:outside none none;border-width:0px;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor"><br></p></div><a href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/2017/03/house-library-champions-release-fy18-dear-appropriator-letters/">http://www.districtdispatch.org/2017/03/house-library-champions-release-fy18-dear-appropriator-letters/</a><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms";font-size:10pt">Diedre Conkling</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms";font-size:10pt"><br><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms"">Lincoln County Library District</span></i><br><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms"">P.O. Box 2027</span></i><br><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms"">Newport, OR 97365</span></i><br><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms"">Phone & Fax: 541-265-3066</span></i><br><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms"">Work email</span></i></span></i><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms";font-size:10pt;font-style:normal">: </span></i><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><i><span style="font-family:"comic sans ms"">Home email: </span></i></span></i><a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:blue;font-family:"comic sans ms";font-size:10pt">diedre08@gmail.com</span></i></a></div>
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