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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:black">Greetings Michigan Library Family!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:black">I hope you all are having a wonderful fall! Last year ALA President Jim Neal created a new committee call the Policy Corps to take a deep dive on congressional policy issues such
as federal funding, network neutrality, and broadband access. We are looking at adding new members to the original nation-wide cohort of 12 (which includes our very own Larry Neal and myself). It is certainly a worthwhile endeavor and
<u>we don’t have any applicants from Michigan</u>. I encourage you to apply if you have an interest in being more involved with policy making at the national level.
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:black">The application is open through Friday:
<a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ala.org%2fadvocacy%2fala-policy-corps-application&c=E,1,ubrc_lQ55RhZ5gaqTLk-q2zQdY4XW1ypokOxh3W9oxQga3g73mxN6FDsYhOsf4N_j1n57MrjPxXtizwL1VYT1fqSFGrv0yZ9cjXQ40iWHFwyBdcPtYp_PZ0p0A,,&typo=1">
<span style="color:black">http://www.ala.org/advocacy/ala-policy-corps-application</span></a>. Please be quick with your applications as the deadline is November 16<sup>th</sup>. It is certainly a worthwhile endeavor and Larry and I would love another colleague
from our incredible state.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:black">Thank you for your consideration!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:black">Lance Werner<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:black">Executive Director, Kent District Library<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:black">616-784-2007 //
<a href="mailto:lwerner@kdl.org"><span style="color:black">lwerner@kdl.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:black">Libraries help people to become the absolute best versions of themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:black"><a href="lancewerner.com"><span style="color:black">2019 ALA President Candidate
</span><span style="color:black;font-weight:normal">(LanceWerner.com)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="lancewerner.com"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="127" height="37" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D47B4D.6E454A40" alt="cid:image001.png@01D47B31.9EE5A0D0"></span></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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