Space is limited! Please register soon.
Legislative Advocacy Training
Please join the Washington Affairs Office and the Government Relations
Committee on Saturday, July 14, 2007 in New Orleans to learn how to
become an effective advocate for libraries and librarianship. Advocacy
is one of the three pillars of the AALL Strategic Directions, and this
is the year to learn how to become an effective advocate. There are so
many great things about this training we can't list them all!
*Learn excellent communications skills
*Get energized by the Washington Affairs Office contagious
enthusiasm for information policy
*Meet smart and interesting colleagues
*Create a better world
*Use these skills on your stake holders, your boss and your
colleagues to ask for what you really want!
There is no cost for this important training session, but please
register by June 15 by contacting Elizabeth LeDoux,
ebl22@law.georgetown.edu or call 202-662-4058. Space is limited, so
register today!
All politics are local, and this is a great opportunity to learn more
about AALL's legislative agenda and how YOU can help us promote our
positions in crucial policy and legislative matters. It is also a great
opportunity to network with other librarians, learn effective advocacy
skills and make a real impact on the future of our profession.
Join us in July for a day that will change your life!
Keith Ann Stiverson, Chair Mary Alice Baish
Government Relations Committee Associate Washington
Affairs Representative
Preliminary Agenda
AALL Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA
Legislative Advocacy Leadership Training:
Advocacy Rocks in the Bayou
Location: TBA
Saturday, July 14, 2007 8:30 a.m. - Noon
8:30-8:45 a.m. Registration, Coffee and Networking
8:45-9:00 a.m. Welcome, Introductions, Goals-Ms. Keith Ann
Stiverson, Director, Chicago-Kent College of Law Library, and Chair of
the Government Relations Committee (GRC)
9:00-9:30 a.m. AALL's Legislative Agenda for the 110th
Congress-Mary Alice Baish, Associate Washington Representative
9:30-10:00 a.m. County Law Libraries: Building Pathways and
Bridges
Moderator Marcus L. Hochstetler, Law Librarian and Director, King County
Law Library
Halle MiKyska, Director, Kane County Law Library
Angela Baldree, Director, Lake County Law Library
10:00-10:30 a.m. Turning Challenges into Opportunities: The
View from the Bayou
Greg Riley, Senior Attorney, House Legislative Services, Legal Division,
Criminal Justice Committee
10:30-10:45 a.m. Coffee Break
10:45-11:25 a.m. Break-out Sessions
1. Funding & Outreach for County, Court and Government
Law Libraries
2. AALL Authentication Report - Next Steps?
3. FAIR USE Act of 2007 (HR 1201)
11:25-11:55 a.m. Group Reports
11:55-Noon Wrap-up-Keith Ann Stiverson
Elizabeth LeDoux
Advocacy/Communications Assistant
AALL Washington Affairs Office
Edward B. Williams Law Library
111 G Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20001-1417
*202.662.4058
Fax: 202.662.4059
E-mail: ebl22@law.georgetown.edu
Internet: http://www.aallnet.org/aallwash/
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