November 1, 2009 (Vol. 15, No. 24) – President’s Message

***President’s Message
The frost is on the pumpkin and Shirley tells me that it is snowing in La Grande!  Seasons are changing and so is OLA.  After many years of debate and discussion, the OLA Executive Board unanimously voted to end our institutional membership in the Pacific Northwest Library Association (PNLA) at the end of our membership year.    If you are interested in learning about all the factors that entered into the Board’s decision please go to our web site at http://www.olaweb.org/page/communications. 

Dana Campbell from the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library is our current PNLA representative.  Dana will attend her final PNLA meeting in November and our membership will expire in June 2010.  Thank you, Dana for your service to the organization in this capacity.  I also offer my thanks to all OLA members who served as PNLA Representative in past years.  This was not an easy decision or one that the board arrived at quickly.  Feel free to email me if you have comments or concerns about the board’s decision.  I can be reached at anderson@sou.edu.