July President’s Message
Hello REFORMA-Tucson:
As the new Chapter President, I wanted to thank Elizabeth Soltero in addition to all the very active members for the great work you all did this year! I look forward to a great new year of bolstering our presence in Tucson and Arizona, highlighting the needs of Latinos and the Spanish-speaking in our libraries and creating positive information change in our communities.
I would also like to congratulate the other new Chapter Officers:
Vice President: Diana Olivares
Treasurer: Donie Gignac
Secretary: Adriana McCleer
Although we are not having an official Chapter Meeting this month, we will be having a Scholarship Committee Meeting to discuss the details of the REFORMA-Tucson Scholarship this Thursday, July 8 at 5:30 pm at the Santa Rosa Branch Library (1075 S. 10th Ave. Google map).
Our next Chapter Meeting will be Thursday, August 12 at the SIRLS Multipurpose Room at the UA. I am also proposing an All-Arizona REFORMA and Knowledge River Mixer and Membership Drive for Saturday, August 21 in Tucson to discuss how to collaborate with like-minded library professionals throughout Arizona, welcome the new KR cohort and increase our membership in Tucson and in Arizona.
I wanted to highlight some of the important proposals we have been discussing:
- Guest speaker, Maya Castillo spoke about a Voter Registration Effort through “Mi Familia Vota.” If you are interested in voter registration drives, please contact her at Maya.Castillo@seiu5az.org
- The LiSLaS Conference was a success and the money raised has allowed us to start our Scholarship. The Scholarship will begin meeting to develop criteria for awarding/receiving the funds.
- We will begin greater collaboration not only with the Central AZ REFORMA Chapter and Arizona National Members through opening our meetings via virtual attendance and All-Arizona REFORMA projects but we are also looking to collaborate with other ethnic library groups, such as AILA and the Black Caucus. We will be discussing this further in our August meeting.
- REFORMA-Tucson will be setting up online membership and payment forms.
Have a great summer and I look forward to seeing you all in July and August!
Cheers,
Jeff Cruz
REFORMA-Tucson Chapter President, 2010-2011
Posted on July 7th, 2010 by jcruz
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