<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi all and Happy Friday--</div><div><br></div><div>For states that requested all FFY25 LSTA funding up front, how has that process gone and what does it look like for you in your state? </div><div><br></div><div>Also, if any of y'all are slogging through SPR completion and want some guidance or sympathy, would you like me to schedule an LSTA Coordinators hangout for next week? Or sometime in the early New Year?</div><div><br></div><div>I hope you are all doing well and hanging in there this holiday season.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers to you from,</div><div><br></div><div>Mary</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br><div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="color:rgb(136,136,136);border:currentcolor;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td width="102" valign="top" style="border-width:medium 1pt medium medium;border-style:none solid none none;border-color:currentcolor windowtext currentcolor currentcolor;padding:0in 5.4pt;width:76.5pt"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> <img src="https://msla.maryland.gov/PublishingImages/Logo%20with%20words%20under.png" width="96" height="83"></span></p></td><td width="234" valign="top" style="padding:0in 5.4pt;border:currentcolor;width:175.5pt"><font color="#000000"><b>Mary Rayme (she/her)<br>Grants Coordinator<br>Maryland State Library Agency</b></font><br><font color="#000000">25 S. Charles Street, Suite 1310<br>Baltimore, MD 21201</font><br><a href="mailto:maryp.rayme1@maryland.gov" target="_blank">maryp.rayme1@maryland.gov</a><br><font color="#000000">443-515-1666 (cell)<br><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://msla.maryland.gov/Pages/home.aspx" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Click here</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"> to visit the Maryland State Library Agency website and sign up for weekly updates.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Follow us on Social Media!</font></span></p><ul style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li style="margin-left:15px"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mdstatelibrary" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><a href="https://twitter.com/MDStateLibrary" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">X</a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/marylandstatelibrary" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/maryland_state_library/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>