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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Oregon Library Community!<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I wanted to take a moment and say thank you for an amazing
Oregon Library Association annual conference! We had 635 registered attendees,
which was phenomenal. It was our first year with Saturday sessions; we had a
fabulous author event, a host of great programs, inspiring speakers, exhibits,
and posters. <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please join me in congratulating and thanking the conference
committee who put it all together: Michele Burke, Emily David, Julie Sowles,
Suzanne Sager, Esther Moberg, Torie Scott, Sonja Somerville, Janet Tapper,
Kevin Moore, Thea Hart, Teresa Lucas, Stephanie Thomas, Jenkins Lumpkin, Arlene
Weible, Emily Brock, Shirley Roberts, Lori Vik, Leah Griffith, Stephanie Lind, and Jane Corry,
along with all the volunteers who made the event happen!<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Most of all, I want to thank those of you who attended and
presented at the conference. These events are only worthwhile so long as we
join together to talk to each other, share our ideas and expertise. I was so inspired by the people I met, the
projects I learned about, and the sessions I went to. I came away reenergized
and I hope you did too. <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I write this with deep appreciation of our library
community—thank you for letting me be your OLA president this year. I intend to
keep doing all that I can to make our association work for you—continuing to
further the goals of our strategic plan, standing up for social justice in our
libraries, and helping our libraries do what they do best: serve our communities.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Conference materials are getting uploaded to <a href="http://b8f.645.myftpupload.com/">NW Central</a>, so please check there to
find slides, handouts, or other info from the sessions. If you were a presenter and have questions about that, please contact Emily David at: <a href="mailto:olaprograms@olaweb.org">olaprograms@olaweb.org</a>. <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also, we have 2 lost and found items: a black jacket and a
white water bottle (photos attached below). Please email <a href="mailto:olaconference@olaweb.org">olaconference@olaweb.org</a> to claim
them. <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please let us know what did/didn’t work for you at the
conference by filling out our conference <a href="http://olaweb.org/ola-conf-evaluation-2017">evaluation form</a>. Your
feedback is very valuable. You can do that by following this<a href="http://olaweb.org/ola-conf-evaluation-2017"> link</a>. And feel free to
contact me personally if you have suggestions for me beyond the conference.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Did you have fun at this year’s conference and want to get
involved for the coming one? It's a great way to meet people, have fun at the conference and support OLA! Please contact Emily David, next year’s conference
chair, at <a href="mailto:olaprograms@olaweb.org">olaprograms@olaweb.org</a>!
We need your help!<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you again for a wonderful conference, and I hope to see you in
Eugene for next year’s conference: Many Points of Light: One Bright Future,
April 18-21, 2018. <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for listening!</p><p class="MsoNormal">Elsa Loftis<span></span></p>
<div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Elsa Loftis<div>OLA President 2016-17</div><div><br></div><div>Lost and found items: </div><div><img src="cid:ii_15ba25165901cc01" alt="Inline image 4" width="296" height="395"><img src="cid:ii_15ba25174b44444d" alt="Inline image 5" width="296" height="395"><img src="cid:ii_15ba2517cc01d65e" alt="Inline image 6" width="296" height="395"><br><br><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height: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">I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.<br>-Jorge Luis Borges</font></i><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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