<div dir="ltr">Hi Rebecca,<div><br></div><div>If Susan isn't planning on running for Secretary, I wouldn't mind throwing my hat in the ring for it! But if she emails you about it, I don't want to step on toes/do that to her/run against an incumbent, lol. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!<br>Melissa</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 8:33 PM Rebecca Goldstein via scla <<a href="mailto:scla@lists.suffolknet.org">scla@lists.suffolknet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-8110423990123734006">
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Reasons to nominate yourself:</div>
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<div role="presentation">Connect and build relationships with library professionals from across Suffolk County</div>
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<div role="presentation">Develop hard and soft skills that you can use in your current or future career endeavors</div>
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Available positions are as follows:</div>
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Terms run from January 2027 through December 2027, though training may begin in late 2026.</div>
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Interested parties should email SCLA Vice President Rebecca Goldstein at <a href="mailto:rebecca.goldstein@sachemlibrary.org" target="_blank">rebecca.goldstein@sachemlibrary.org</a> with a brief bio, professional headshot, and the position for which they would like to nominate themselves by
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Sachem Public Library</div>
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</div></blockquote></div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="garamond, serif" color="#666666"><b>Melissa Sutter</b></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="garamond, serif" color="#666666"><b>Outreach & Reference Librarian </b></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="garamond, serif" color="#666666"><b>Rogers Memorial Library</b></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="garamond, serif" color="#666666"><b>(631)283-0774 ext. 504</b></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" color="#3333ff"><b><br></b></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>