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<span style="color: rgb(0, 144, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">Call for Proposals Open for Association of Rural and Small Libraries Conference in Springfield, IL in September 2018.</span></div>
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<li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.2;"><span style="font-style: italic; text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(64, 63, 66); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Submit proposals here: </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001IAwOj9HXzjqHarsKD-G9vLfyVm3ZyBg329Tv1IooVYWTSO4Vz9l5AXRPeoIyDn5_jTCVB1SIXBUMbYYxiRzT3BYt8GOezXi37HRS-4QSyGdsbE_SatNRxBTcdZHsjgRvu4oh-MGSgvqHvbHX5Qxya8h9FqU9CojOU4a4gKYzTjI=&c=WmQ8jEExadyb4CKbksaKVRnBSzJ0-lluVotBtT6b-62WD5hdy177Qg==&ch=OmW2XYFCBAUnd9U4cguJdoGg7_CjDv9_xe8l0PA3xq3NZGh_OBlsMA==" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(9, 163, 186);">Proposal
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</span></li><li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.2;">We will be accepting a maximum of TWO proposals per presenter, including individual and group presentations.</li></ul>
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<li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.2;">PRESENTER DISCOUNTS:We will be supplementing registration for those selected to present at conference at a $100 discount per session selected. If presenters are selected to repeat a session, there will
be a $150 conference registration discount. For multiple presenters, any conference discount will apply to the lead speaker only. No additional funding will be available for this conference (scholarship are a separate award).</li></ul>
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<li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.2;">DEADLINE: Proposals are due by 5 p.m. CST, Wednesday, January 24, 2018. Please be sure to keep a copy of your proposal!</li></ul>
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<li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.2;">SELECTION TIMELINE: We hope to have selected presenters notified by March 11, 2018. Please understand that session selection takes time and there is a team of volunteers working outside their day jobs
to make this happen but we ask for patience. If the date for presentation selection changes, we will announce that.</li></ul>
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<li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.2;">CONTACT: When you successfully submit a proposal, you should receive a confirmation email with a summary of your submission. If you do not receive confirmation or if you have other questions, please direct
them to Jennie Garner, 2018 Program Chair, via email at <a href="mailto:jgarner@northlibertyiowa.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 163, 186);">jgarner@northlibertyiowa.org</a></li></ul>
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Submit proposals here: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001IAwOj9HXzjqHarsKD-G9vLfyVm3ZyBg329Tv1IooVYWTSO4Vz9l5AXRPeoIyDn5_jTCVB1SIXBUMbYYxiRzT3BYt8GOezXi37HRS-4QSyGdsbE_SatNRxBTcdZHsjgRvu4oh-MGSgvqHvbHX5Qxya8h9FqU9CojOU4a4gKYzTjI=&c=WmQ8jEExadyb4CKbksaKVRnBSzJ0-lluVotBtT6b-62WD5hdy177Qg==&ch=OmW2XYFCBAUnd9U4cguJdoGg7_CjDv9_xe8l0PA3xq3NZGh_OBlsMA==" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 163, 186);">Proposal
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