<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-d234ac2f-7fff-08e9-5ce8-f00ed3ef097b"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Bree Serif",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AISLE continues to work on positively impacting Illinois students and schools. Did you know that o</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Bree Serif",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ur very active listserv has almost 1100 members but only about 400 are current members of AISLE?  Right now, the listserv is a FREE public service offered by </span><a href="http://www.aisled.org" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Bree Serif",serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AISLE </span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Bree Serif",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to provide opportunities for librarians across the state to cultivate valuable networking connections and find opportunities to </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/a/islma.org/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOvXGGrLNX2tliQNA-OaZMVRJWdREe0J6QkD_zwrUnWeJicg/viewform?c=0&w=1" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Bree Serif",serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">volunteer</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Bree Serif",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> their talents but we need your support! </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Bree Serif",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you are using the listserv and are NOT an active member of AISLE, we are inviting you to become a member of AISLE.  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Bree Serif",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Bree Serif",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Our association is only as strong as our membership and we need you more than ever!  </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Bree Serif",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In addition to our advocacy work across the state for students to have quality school library services, our partnerships with EveryLibrary and other critical organizations, AISLE sponsors the Monarch, Bluestem and Lincoln readers' choice awards, offers academic grants and offers professional development to our membership and organizes a conference every year.  Please visit </span><a href="https://www.aisled.org/membership.htm" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Bree Serif",serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.aisled.org/membership.htm</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Bree Serif",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  for more information about membership benefits.  </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Bree Serif",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We hope you choose to become a member of our organization this year and join our efforts to positively impact Illinois students and schools.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact </span><a href="mailto:membership@aisled.org" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Bree Serif",serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">membership@aisled.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Bree Serif",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p></span><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/9-3al_EwZYZF3VP7qQ9dah87blMDrelwXg4yLaxhQoxokkWS7QLcbNZwD4W0jNGJQK9dt_oD8bvK05rGXOYx8YM2YZ6yLYzVcZIhPu0lOrf5nSIEfNoGxHN7UEGIXV_VvoPdQQJH" width="200" height="70" style="border:none"></span></div>Christine Pulgar<br><div>Membership Function rep</div><div><a href="mailto:membership@aisled.org" target="_blank">membership@aisled.org</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>