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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi OYAN folks, an FYI since I know several of you all try to attend the symposium every year. Best, Greta<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> yscon <yscon-bounces@lists.library.ohio.gov>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Lancaster, Cathy (MDE) via yscon<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 15, 2024 1:13 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> yscon@lists.library.ohio.gov<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [yscon] YALSA Statement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I think this might have come through in my daily digest from YALSA’s connect site, but this is the statement I referred to today on the YSCON chat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;line-height:15.75pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#515151">While YALSA leadership is exploring the future possibilities for an in-person Symposium, there will be no YALSA Symposium in fall 2024.</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#515151">
The YALSA board and staff will continue discussing details related to future YALSA in-person and virtual opportunities.
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<p style="margin:0in;line-height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#515151">We know that many of you look forward to attending an in-person event dedicated to sharing effective practices for teen services and networking
with other teen services professionals. If you had anticipated attending the YALSA Symposium this fall, we invite you to consider attending other virtual or in-person ALA youth division-hosted education opportunities that will be coming over the next several
months. We will share opportunities as they become available.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#515151">We appreciate the time and consideration that will come with delivering an improved opportunity for YALSA members and teen service library workers. We welcome your questions
at <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:yalsa@ala.org" title="mailto:yalsa@ala.org"><span class="email-hyperlink-color-preserver"><span style="color:#0E57A3;text-decoration:none">yalsa@ala.org</span></span></a></span></strong>
and if you're eager to get more involved with YALSA, check out our volunteer opportunities here:
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0xMTYyODU2MCZwPTEmdT0xMDA3NDEwNTY5JmxpPTExMDU0MTEzNg/index.html__;!!B24N9PvjPQId!dQwzu9zPhlmgin3jbbAUQFrYaxampaMVayHib4iipj_N8V9jc0ShMietUazes5qX0Dr6B7pKBR3m1w$" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0xMTYyODU2MCZwPTEmdT0xMDA3NDEwNTY5JmxpPTExMDU0MTEzNg/index.html__;!!B24N9PvjPQId!dQwzu9zPhlmgin3jbbAUQFrYaxampaMVayHib4iipj_N8V9jc0ShMietUazes5qX0Dr6B7pKBR3m1w$"><span class="email-hyperlink-color-preserver"><span style="color:#0E57A3;text-decoration:none">https://www.ala.org/yalsa/getinvolved/participate</span></span></a></span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#515151"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Cathy Lancaster</span></b><span style="color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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