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Colleagues:</div>
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Advocacy day is around the corner; please consider making the trip to Albany this year in support of library funding. There is a 1 and 2-day bus option that SCLA and PLDA supplement. Please see below about signing up!<br>
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SCLA Legislative Committee</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">ADVOCACY DAY is Wednesday, February 5, 2025</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Join us on the SCLA One Day Bus to Albany! </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">February 5, 2025</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><b><u><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdwhw06t6rkSqYLHrZwSv7vc0zCSJicfMwy78y6gV5zaWYPow/viewform?usp=dialog" id="OWAae9c8835-ea52-0ac9-de9c-c613cd097cd9" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdwhw06t6rkSqYLHrZwSv7vc0zCSJicfMwy78y6gV5zaWYPow/viewform?usp=dialog" data-linkindex="0" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px;">Registration</a></u></b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdwhw06t6rkSqYLHrZwSv7vc0zCSJicfMwy78y6gV5zaWYPow/viewform?usp=dialog" id="OWAff968051-32b3-52ab-7e4b-7ad184f9c2eb" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdwhw06t6rkSqYLHrZwSv7vc0zCSJicfMwy78y6gV5zaWYPow/viewform?usp=dialog" data-linkindex="1" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px;"> </a>for
a seat on the SCLA-sponsored Advocacy bus is now open. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">There is no charge for the one-day round-trip ride. Handouts will be provided on the ride to Albany. BYO beverages and food to share with your bus mate! SCLA will supply
light refreshments for the ride.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;">Or join us on the PLDA Two Day Bus to Albany! </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;">February 4 - 5 2025.<br>
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a seat on the PLDA-sponsored Advocacy bus is now open. Please send a check for $75 made out to Suffolk PLDA by January 24, 2025 to:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;">Mattituck, NY 11952</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: black;">Advocates on the two-day bus are responsible for their hotel arrangements. The
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NYLA website</a> provides registration for NYLA pre-advocacy programs and information about hotel accommodations.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">New Yorkers for Better Libraries PAC fundraiser info:</span></p>
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NY4BL Pre-Advocacy Day Fundraising Cocktail Party</div>
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Tuesday, February 4th, 2025</div>
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The Hollow Bar & Kitchen</div>
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79 N Pearl St, Albany, NY</div>
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