<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><blockquote style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:30pt;margin-right:0in"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Hello fellow Oregon ARSL (Association for Rural & Small Libraries) members - Voting for the 2024 Board of Directors Election is now open! Candidate statements are available <b><a href="https://arsl.memberclicks.net/2024-candidates-statements">here</a></b>. Vote <b><a href="https://www.arsl.org/elections">here</a></b>. <b>Voting closes on Thursday, August 10th - </b></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><b>Please vote!</b> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Additionally, I would appreciate your support, I am running for the Western Regional Representative board position. I was appointed this past January to serve out the remaining term for this position, and I would love to continue supporting all ARSL members, especially the western region members, for the 2024-2026 term. </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">If you are not currently a member of ARSL and you work in a rural and or small(er) library, please consider joining this organization. It is a growing, responsive, professional group of library workers from across the country. ARSL is "The Voice of Small & Rural Libraries. You can read about our mission, vision and values <b><a href="https://arsl.memberclicks.net/about" target="_blank">here</a></b>. If you have any questions please let me know.</span><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Thank you for being a member (or becoming a member) and for your support.</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Krist</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></blockquote><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">___________________________</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Krist Obrist, Library Director</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Monmouth Public Library<br>168 Ecols St. S., Monmouth, OR 97361</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">503-751-0193 || Facebook: MonmouthPublicLibrary</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:kobrist@ci.monmouth.or.us" target="_blank">kobrist@ci.monmouth.or.us</a></span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="m_610807245332099001m_-5492494626906571560m_-509188425085853783m_-4443623588712717429u_body" style="width:1052px;background:rgb(241,241,241);border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;min-width:320px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in;word-break:break-word;border-collapse:collapse"><div><div><div><div><div><div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:1052px"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:7.5pt"><p align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:18.2px"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:19.6px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(236,240,241)"><a href="http://arsl.memberclicks.net/message2/link/f26a5463-f065-44a7-aea6-dcd90fe66c14/1" target="_blank">ARSL Home</a>   |    <a href="http://arsl.memberclicks.net/message2/link/f26a5463-f065-44a7-aea6-dcd90fe66c14/2" target="_blank">About</a>   |    <a href="http://arsl.memberclicks.net/message2/link/f26a5463-f065-44a7-aea6-dcd90fe66c14/3" target="_blank">Join</a>   |  <a href="http://arsl.memberclicks.net/message2/link/f26a5463-f065-44a7-aea6-dcd90fe66c14/4" target="_blank">2022 Conference</a>   |   <a href="http://arsl.memberclicks.net/message2/link/f26a5463-f065-44a7-aea6-dcd90fe66c14/5" target="_blank">ARSL Store</a></span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:19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