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2/24/2020 For Your Benefit https://ola.informz.ca/informzdataservice/onlineversion/pub/bWFpbGluZ0luc3RhbmNlSWQ9MTE3MDk0OQ== 1/8 Get the most out of your OLA membership Problem viewing this email? Click here. , your membership number is .     Ontario's 2020 Budget Consultations - Engage with Your MPP In January, OLA, with the Federation of Ontario Public Libraries (FOPL), submitted our joint 2020 Pre-Budget Submission. Now we need your help to make sure that every MPP is aware of these recommendations. All Members: You can help by writing to your MPP and sending them OLA and FOPL's Pre-Budget Submission 1. Use this Template Letter to introduce the budget submission 2. Attach OLA and FOPL's Pre-Budget Submission 3. Let us know that you've sent it by filling out this short Tracking Worksheet Public Library Leaders: We need you to request a meeting with your local MPP 1. Request a meeting using this Template Letter - Invitation to Meet 2. Use these Key Messages to guide your meeting 3. Leave your MPP with a printed copy of OLA and FOPL's Pre-Budget Submission 4. Let us know how it went by filling out this short Post-Meeting Worksheet 5. Send a quick thank you to your MPP using this Template Letter - Thank you Want some tips? Check out pages 12-17 of the OLA Advocacy Toolkit for tips on how to organize a meeting with your local MPP. Any questions? Email Sarah Roberts, Advocacy & Research Officer. Thank You to our Donors and Supporters! With your generosity for the I Read Canadian Fund, we raised $10,180.00 at the OLA Super Conference. We are halfway to reaching our goal, raising $14,852.00 to date. By September 2020, the I Read Canadian Fund hopes to raise $30,000. Every contribution connects a young person to a book that could change their lives. We cannot do it without you! Watch the I Read Canadian video to learn how your donations are making a difference. http://www.accessola.org/web/Documents/Advocacy/OLA%20and%20FOPL%202020%20Budget%20Submission%20-%20FINAL.pdf http://ola.informz.ca/z/cjUucD9taT0xMTY0MzIyJnA9MSZ1PTkxOTUwNjgzMCZsaT0xNzE2NzE2OA/index.html http://ola.informz.ca/OLA/data/images/2020%20Budget%20Submission%20-%20FINAL.pdf https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0EBCTtCHQtwsZjFFxRX-jlsmRDDu2Kyy9Y4_-mf4JiWDJDA/viewform http://ola.informz.ca/z/cjUucD9taT0xMTY0MzIyJnA9MSZ1PTkxOTUwNjgzMCZsaT0xNzE2NzE3MA/index.html http://ola.informz.ca/z/cjUucD9taT0xMTY0MzIyJnA9MSZ1PTkxOTUwNjgzMCZsaT0xNzE2NzE3MQ/index.html http://ola.informz.ca/OLA/data/images/2020%20Budget%20Submission%20-%20FINAL.pdf https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfAi46etmqjnGenC3KbZlHGXxE6HlzTe8NnIFTUH4tlHsZQ1Q/viewform http://ola.informz.ca/z/cjUucD9taT0xMTY0MzIyJnA9MSZ1PTkxOTUwNjgzMCZsaT0xNzE2NzE3Mw/index.html http://accessola.org/WEB/Documents/Advocacy/Advocacy%20Toolkit%202019%20-%20Links.pdf mailto:sroberts@accessola.com https://ireadcanadian.com/ https://ireadcanadian.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmZrh4VYQyY&feature=youtu.be