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1. Fw: Webinar - Invitation to Pilot a Technology-Enabled<br>
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Subject: [Reforma_or] Fw: Webinar - Invitation to Pilot a Technology-Enabled Practice that Supports Adults with Limited Literacy, Technology and/or English Skills<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Children's Services Librarian Specialist<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:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
<a href="mailto:reformanet@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">reformanet@googlegroups.com</a> <<a href="mailto:reformanet@googlegroups.com" target="_blank">reformanet@googlegroups.com</a>> on behalf of Adkins, Denice <<a href="mailto:adkinsde@missouri.edu" target="_blank">adkinsde@missouri.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 9, 2020 10:37 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:MLA-MEMBERSHIP@MOLIBLIST.ORG" target="_blank">MLA-MEMBERSHIP@MOLIBLIST.ORG</a> <<a href="mailto:MLA-MEMBERSHIP@MOLIBLIST.ORG" target="_blank">MLA-MEMBERSHIP@MOLIBLIST.ORG</a>>;
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<b>Subject:</b> [REFORMANET] FW: Webinar - Invitation to Pilot a Technology-Enabled Practice that Supports Adults with Limited Literacy, Technology and/or English Skills</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">>From the link, here’s the important part of this webinar announcement:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:yellow">Funded Opportunity to Expand Services to Adults with Limited Education/English</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:yellow">In this phase of the project, we will select and support six additional public libraries nationwide to pilot one of these practices to meet their communities’
needs. We will review the details of the project, the application process, timeline, training and supports available. Applications are due on May 15, 2020.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><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">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<a href="mailto:olosadv-request@lists.ala.org" target="_blank">olosadv-request@lists.ala.org</a> <<a href="mailto:olosadv-request@lists.ala.org" target="_blank">olosadv-request@lists.ala.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Gwendolyn Prellwitz<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 9, 2020 9:18 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:olosadv@lists.ala.org" target="_blank">olosadv@lists.ala.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [olosadv] FW: Webinar - Invitation to Pilot a Technology-Enabled Practice that Supports Adults with Limited Literacy, Technology and/or English Skills<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">You are cordially invited to participate in a webinar on April 3, 1-2:15 EST to learn about how Providence Public Library, Chicago Public Library, and Los Angeles Public Library
have partnered on a project, “Propagating Promising Practices”, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to implement technology-enabled practices to support adults with limited literacy, technology and/or English skills. Learn how the
three practices – learning circles, Learning Lounges, and mobile learning are helping public libraries to be effective and welcoming hubs for lifelong learning, digital inclusion, and economic empowerment.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In this phase of the project, we will select and support six additional public libraries nationwide to pilot one of these practices to meet their communities’ needs. We will
review the details of the project, the application process, timeline, training and supports available. Applications are due on May 15, 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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From: "Gitlitz, Deborah" <<a href="mailto:gitlitz@wilsonvillelibrary.org" target="_blank">gitlitz@wilsonvillelibrary.org</a>><br>
To: "<a href="mailto:reforma_or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">reforma_or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>" <<a href="mailto:reforma_or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">reforma_or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>><br>
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Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2020 21:52:08 +0000<br>
Subject: [Reforma_or] Gitlitz (Libros for Oregon) is Caldecott Committee candidate<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">Hola Oregon Reformista friends and colleagues!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">I am excited to share that I am a candidate for the 2021 Caldecott Committee. As a longtime bilingual outreach librarian, active member of REFORMA Oregon and the founder of
<a href="https://librosfororegon.wixsite.com/home/outreach" target="_blank">
Libros for Oregon</a> (among other experiences and credentials; I’ve included my official candidate summary below), I hope to serve our profession by bringing a useful perspective to this Award committee.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">If you are a member in good standing of ALSC* (ALA’s Association for Library Service to Children), I would be honored if you would consider voting for me to be a member of the 2021 Caldecott Award Selection
Committee.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">Voting is open from now until April 1 at 11:59 pm, Central Time.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">Please feel free to ask me questions or to share this information.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">Exciting times!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Saludos cordiales,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">Deborah</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">If you aren’t sure if you’re a member of ALSC, you can sign in to your ALA profile to check. Also, here’s ALSC membership information:
<a href="http://ala.org/alsc/member-center/alsc-membership" target="_blank">
ala.org/alsc/member-center/alsc-membership/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Candidate Name: Deborah Gitlitz</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Current Position:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Community Outreach Librarian (Bilingual)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Institution/Organization:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Wilsonville Public Library, Wilsonville, OR</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Previous Position(s):</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bilingual Youth Librarian, Multnomah County Library, 2000-2014</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Founder and Co-Chair, Libros for Oregon, 2015-present</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Youth Services Librarian, Timberland Regional Library, 1996-1999</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Indiana University, MLS youth services, 1995</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Brown University, BA with honors, Comparative Literature (Spanish & French), 1992</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Libros for Oregon (LfO), Founder and Co-Chair, 2016-present.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">LfO is a statewide collaborative (now a REFORMA-Oregon subcommittee) that helps small and rural Oregon libraries take advantage of the resources of the Guadalajara Book Fair.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">REFORMA-Oregon, Secretary, 2016-17</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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LIOLA (Leadership Institute of the Oregon Library Association), 2019 cohort member</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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I have 25 years' experience as a bilingual community and youth librarian in multicultural, economically diverse environments.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I am the proud founder and Chair of Libros for Oregon (<a href="https://librosfororegon.wixsite.com/home" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy">https://librosfororegon.wixsite.com/home</span></b></a>),
a statewide collaborative that helps small and rural Oregon libraries access the resources of the Guadalajara Book Fair. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I’m a co-creator of Fostering Readers (<a href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/dzP1CkRK85IrrZpS4sbp_/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy">https://fosteringreaders.weebly.com/</span></b></a>):
bilingual, research-based resources to help educators/programmers provide engaging literacy activities for developing readers in grades K-3. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">While at Multnomah County Library, I ran a bilingual family literacy outreach program; chaired the Storytelling and Summer Reading committees (100,000+ children enrolled); and helped
with many Mock awards workshops.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I’m a library consultant with Ruth Metz Associates; a Certified Master Trainer in early literacy with the Oregon [Childcare] Registry; and a youth services trainer for the State Library.
I’m also the Storyteller for Portland Chamber Music, and lead a weekly ukulele sing-along at a retirement home. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I am fluent in Spanish, with significant Latinx cultural competence. I also bring cultural competence in contemporary queer culture, including comfort with inclusive and nonbinary gender
frameworks.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Publication(s):</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Deborah Gitlitz, Jen Burkart, Kari Kunst, & Kelli Scardina: Fostering Readers resources website. Washington County Cooperative Library Services, OregonASK, Institute of Museum and Library
Services, 2019, <a href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/dzP1CkRK85IrrZpS4sbp_/" target="_blank">
https://fosteringreaders.weebly.com/</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Deborah Gitlitz: "Libros for Oregon: Collections Connect Communities: A New LSTA Grant to Help More Oregon Libraries Take Advantage of the Guadalajara Book Fair," Oregon Library Association
Quarterly, Volume 22, Number 4, 2017.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Deborah Gitlitz, "Foncebadón," Following the Yellow Arrow: Younger Pilgrims on the Camino (WingSpan Press), 2011.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Links to further information:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Libros for Oregon, </span></b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Founder and Co-Chair. LfO is a statewide collaborative that helps small and rural Oregon libraries take advantage of the resources of the Guadalajara Book
Fair. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://librosfororegon.wixsite.com/home" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy">https://librosfororegon.wixsite.com/home</span></b></a></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/sT50CmZ6OwsAAGrh06_bH/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy">https://www.facebook.com/Libros4Oregon/</span></b></a></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/jYGhCo2KVYIBBJ0tjyIKY/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy">https://www.instagram.com/libros4oregon/</span></b></a></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://twitter.com/Libros4Oregon" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy">https://twitter.com/Libros4Oregon</span></b></a></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://reformaoregon.weebly.com/libros-for-oregon.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy">http://reformaoregon.weebly.com/libros-for-oregon.html</span></b></a></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://pamplinmedia.com/wsp/134-news/416675-318610-crossing-the-border-for-hard-to-find-books" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy">https://pamplinmedia.com/wsp/134-news/416675-318610-crossing-the-border-for-hard-to-find-books</span></b></a></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Fostering Readers</span></b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, Co-Creator. Fostering Readers is a bilingual, research-based set of resources
to help educators <i>outside of school environments</i> to provide engaging literacy activities for developing readers in grades K-3: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/dzP1CkRK85IrrZpS4sbp_/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy">https://fosteringreaders.weebly.com/</span></b></a></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://fosteringreaders.weebly.com/about.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy">https://fosteringreaders.weebly.com/about.html</span></b></a></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Portland Chamber Music</span></b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, Storyteller. Nonprofit PCM's mission is to connect musicians and audiences
from all walks of life, striving to make classical music accessible and enthralling to everyone. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.pdxchambermusic.org/musicians" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:navy">http://www.pdxchambermusic.org/musicians</span></b></a></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Number of Years as an ALA Member:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">24</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#008996"><a href="mailto:gitlitz@wilsonvillelibrary.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008996">Deborah
Gitlitz</span></a> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#008996"><br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Community Outreach Librarian</span></i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">
<span style="background:white">| </span></span><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bibliotecaria comunitaria</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/hPNZCDkr1RCnnQksDpDPj/" target="_blank">Wilsonville Public Library</a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">
<span style="background:white">| </span></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/nenPCERv8lIggKNcWa7Az/" target="_blank">Facebook</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Chair,
<a href="https://librosfororegon.wixsite.com/home" target="_blank">
Libros for Oregon</a></span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">503.570.1582</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 9, 2020 9:59 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Gitlitz, Deborah <<a href="mailto:gitlitz@wilsonvillelibrary.org" target="_blank">gitlitz@wilsonvillelibrary.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Cast Your Vote for the ALA 2020 Election</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Dear ALA Member,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-left:11.55pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">The ALA election is now open!
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Please cast your vote before the election close date April 1, 2020 at 11:59 PM Central Time. The election results will be announced Wednesday, April 8, 2020.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">To become an informed voter, please visit the ALA Election Website for resources:
<a href="http://www.ala.org/aboutala/governance/alaelection" target="_blank">
http://www.ala.org/aboutala/governance/alaelection</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">For technical support, please call 866-909-3549, or email
<a href="mailto:support@directvote.net" target="_blank">support@directvote.net</a>. For general membership inquiries, please contact ALA Customer Service at
<a href="mailto:membership@ala.org" target="_blank">membership@ala.org</a> or call 800-545-2433 press 5.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Thank you for participating in this important aspect of ALA membership!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Thank you,<br>
ALA Governance Office</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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