<div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Michigan Association for Media in Education (MAME) invites you to join us at our annual conference from October 9-11th in Bay City this year! </font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Even though our conference is geared towards school librarians, it is an excellent opportunity for public librarians to learn about different collaborations they could do with schools, meet authors, and learn about our best book picks for the year! </span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Some highlights of this year’s conference include:</font></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:14px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">-Our first ever Author Speed Dating with 17 authors will be on Thursday with a signing to follow.</font></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:14px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">-Keynotes from Marc Tyler Nobleman and Patrick Sweeney</font></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:14px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">-Author breakfast with Sandra Markle sponsored by Scholastic </font></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:14px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">-As a bonus your registration includes most meals for the duration of the conference- such a great deal! </font></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:14px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Here is a link to the full schedule in Sched and the link to register for the conference!</font></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(220,161,13)"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://mame46annualconference2018.sched.com/" target="_blank"><font face="arial, sans-serif">https://mame46annualconference2018.sched.com/</font></a></span></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:14px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(220,161,13)"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Registration-is-OPEN-.html?soid=1101805232480&aid=zKZNPKR_Qhg" target="_blank"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Register here!</font></a></span></div></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Please let me know if you have any questions and we hope to see you in a couple of weeks!</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Alexa</font></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Alexa Hirsch Lalejini</div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">MAME Board Secretary </div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Local Authors Chair</div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Region 9 Representative</div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(220,161,13)"><a href="mailto:ahirsch@mimame.org" target="_blank">ahirsch@mimame.org</a></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:14px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><img alt="unknown.png" width="162" height="258" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=d5c95f892d&attid=0.1.1&permmsgid=msg-f%3A1645422884799742551&th=16d5b76559c98257&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ9XEesJsBEu8H4wSwznpwvMOCO0iT4l5wi_WMigRA2UkQMEGfheph6P8eDzshrMo_RyvbrTRVYDc7s-GSbd3AwZXTkBrt1CXB6knFpqyolemqj0DHsAyxKfQc0&disp=emb"></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Please join us at our Annual Conference, October 9-11,2019 in Bay City, Michigan at the DoubleTree:1 Wenonah Park Place, Bay City, MI 48708</div></div></div></div></div></div>