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President's Message

by Claudette Cloutier.

Fall is one of my favourite times of the year. There's a sense of renewal and rejuvenation in the air as you go through your garden harvesting the fruits of your summer labour, children return to school and business picks up in a lot of industries.

I always have great plans as fall rolls around... This will be the year that I organize all my notes from every conference and workshop I have attended since I became a librarian (about 9 years worth)... Maybe I'll finally have a chance to read those texts that have been sitting on my floor (I think they have been there for at least 3 years). ... Well I always start with ambitious plans!

This year though there is cause to celebrate the sense of renewal and rejuvenation. As I'm sure you will read in a number of places, SLA's annual recruitment drive is underway, SLA Keyword...Recruit. There are two ways for our members to participate. Just take a few minutes to personalize and send a pre-worded email from SLA's recruitment site (www.sla.org/Keywordrecruitemail) or send your own email including an SLA application (http://www.sla.org/KeywordApply) to as many prospective members you want to recruit. Prizes will be awarded to those chapters and divisions that recruit the most new members. The stronger we are as an association, the louder the voice.

This is a great way to meet new and prospective members and to share with them a little something about the association. If you have any other suggestions for recruitment, please let us know.

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