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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks for sharing, Diedre. Looks like library-loving constituents in District 5 (Kurt Schrader) and District 2 (Greg Walden) need to be
<i>even more</i> persistent with their Reps, darn it all!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Still good news all around, though.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D">J</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Sue Ludington<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Assistant Law Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Washington County Law Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">111 NE Lincoln St., MS #45<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hillsboro, OR 97124<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">503.846.8880 |
<a href="mailto:sue_ludington@co.washington.or.us" title="mailto:sue.ludington@co.washington.or.us">
sue_ludington@co.washington.or.us</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Libs-Or [mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Diedre Conkling<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 05, 2017 12:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> libs-or<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Libs-Or] Fwd: [alacoun] Great News...our first successes!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I've been checking and I don't think this information has been shared here yet.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In a couple of days it will be time to contact our Senators.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>
From: Julie Todaro <<a href="mailto:jtodaro@austincc.edu">jtodaro@austincc.edu</a>><br>
Date: Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 7:37 AM.<br>
Subject: [alacoun] Great News...our first successes!!!<br>
To: ALA Executive Board (<a href="mailto:alaboard@lists.ala.org">alaboard@lists.ala.org</a>) <<a href="mailto:alaboard@lists.ala.org">alaboard@lists.ala.org</a>>, ALA Council List <<a href="mailto:alacoun@lists.ala.org">alacoun@lists.ala.org</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmailmsg"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Hello library advocate leaders and thank you for all of your efforts to dramatically increase the number of Members of the House of Representatives this
year signing our "Dear Appropriator" letters of support for IAL and LSTA. Last year, our signer totals stood at 124 and 88 for those programs, respectively. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="gmailmsg1"><span class="gmailmsg"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">I could not be more pleased to tell you that as of the close of business on Tuesday, all of us -- working as a team led by Emily and especially
Adam and the ALA Office of Government Relations -- had convinced </span></span><b><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">146 Members of the House to support IAL funding in FY 2018</span></i></b><span class="gmailmsg"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">
and (</span></span><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">drumroll, please</span></i><span class="gmailmsg"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">) </span></span><b><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">144
Members to back LSTA</span></i></b><span class="gmailmsg"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">. (See whether and how your Representative supported IAL and/or LSTA with our
</span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><a href="https://airtable.com/shruwZPRyL5f2CbQS/tbl3v3Ts6KMDMSyJ1" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">sortable online tracker</span></a></span><span class="gmailmsg"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">
tool....and let me state in advance that I am sorry the tracker is not easily accessible.) </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmailmsg1"><span class="gmailmsg"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Those totals, which are or the first time bipartisan on both letters, represent a 18% increase in support for IAL and a phenomenal 64%
increase for LSTA over last year! Put another way, effectively </span></span><b><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">one-third of the entire US House of Representatives has told the House Appropriations Committee in
writing that they support BOTH IAL funding at $27 million and LSTA appropriations of $186.6 million in FY 2018</span></i></b><span class="gmailmsg"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">! </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmailmsg1"><span class="gmailmsg"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">As I said during one of our many telephone briefing calls (Board, Council, Chapters, Affiliates, etc.) in which you likely participated,
this is just the beginning of a year-long fight to actually secure these vital funds at the end of the current appropriations cycle, but this was an important -- and large -- first hump to get over by mobilizing our community and others as never before. </span></span><b><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">CONGRATULATIONS!!!</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmailmsg1"><span class="gmailmsg"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">In a very little while, OGR and ALA leadership will be back to us with next steps...what we all can and must do during the coming Congressional
recess next week and the one following. They'll also be guiding us through the Dear Appropriator letter advocacy process again when the Senate kicks off its letter-signing season later this month. <a href="http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/federallegislation/fight-for-libraries" target="_blank">Fight
for Libraries!</a> and OGR will be there to help all through the process, as I know you will be. And we all know how easy it is to contact people so we expect even more support...</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmailmsg1"><span class="gmailmsg"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">But . . . for a day or two anyway, enjoy this collective victory and, please, share it with all of your members and communities in a way
that helps them understand that we are powerful when we unite . . . and have much, much more vital work to do together. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmailmsg1"><span class="gmailmsg"><b><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Thank you all again, very much! And thanks to Board, ALA staff, ALA media, and especially W.O. for our first big win....</span></i></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmailmsg1"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">I can't post to everyone's list so ALA staff will cover an email to Chapters and I am asking Melissa and Patty to post to affiliates.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmailmsg1"><span class="gmailmsg"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">You have - officially - 48 hours of rest - then we get back on....</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Diedre Conkling</span></em><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Lincoln County Library District</span></em><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">P.O. Box 2027</span></em><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Newport, OR 97365</span></em><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Phone & Fax: 541-265-3066</span></em><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Work email</span></em></span></i><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-style:normal">:
</span></em><a href="mailto:diedre@lincolncolibrarydist.org" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">diedre@lincolncolibrarydist.org</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Home email: </span></em></span></i><a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">diedre08@gmail.com</span></em></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h6>“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.”―Maya Angelou<o:p></o:p></h6>
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