[LIBRARYDIR] CLAWS Official Announcement

[Bem, Greg]

Hey all,

The WLA Newsletter featured CLAWS today. Here is the announcement text:

Meet CLAWS: CLAMS to Merge with WLA, Form New Section
WLA is excited to announce that CLAMS (College Librarians and Media Specialists of Washington)<http://clicks.memberclicks-mail.net/wf/click?upn=0iRaY92Dr0XSPg4wxgnxW-2BJ3SgcI0p2flO0QAdrpQd3MqGOsAbrxnv8X6jK7LL8c-2BMAk-2Fc5MVUhyFqjndclFBfW2Lyfr9NCOJ5wjApK7EfOsqPzPdQPVKaitiqXjntgc_z7Jy8ngFfOERDwyTnL8ZP0-2FJAgonbuUP-2BgzhWJbK5bKFJgC-2BFqasGdnYijgeZBjfgtZSL3c06kAkE70WUkgLkHGf5T8LMnbvtcyv2BuotE-2B0b5OpJOnpLjPQAyCTPrBl7I0tACUiW6bQSNAe2hmI64gQyL0GZv6VERtb0bSBCMftVVVPDq6ZrR8v9s1xQiZEgAH7mrxve2taAM2N0s4iw805H9l93evmUhLvFRLkdy8glxYfENDoqO6ctl9LHECdZS1ZtAjqi-2BYkNxbpJyrKWAT-2FuJ3XCcXjgnCXEo6c06GYWPmibW7OVha5FjHZ5hBV> has voted to dissolve and join WLA. They will form a new WLA Section with a catchy new name: College Libraries Across Washington State (CLAWS). CLAWS will continue to serve as a hub for library professionals in the Community and Technical Colleges system of Washington State. Let's give CLAWS a warm WLA welcome!

The conversation with CLAMS began in 2017, and since then leaders from WLA and CLAMS have worked closely to make sure both sides are fairly and clearly represented in a memorandum of understanding. During the April 17 board meeting at the OLA-WLA Conference in Vancouver, the WLA Board voted to approve both the CLAMS merger and the petition to form the new CLAWS Section.

Until the next WLA Elections, CLAWS will be led by a steering committee consisting of several members who petitioned to start the new Section: Heath Hayden, Greg Bem, Rowena McKernan, and Jessica Koshi-Lum.

If you're interested in becoming a WLA member, you can join both CLAWS and WLA here<http://clicks.memberclicks-mail.net/wf/click?upn=0iRaY92Dr0XSPg4wxgnxW-2BJ3SgcI0p2flO0QAdrpQd3MqGOsAbrxnv8X6jK7LL8c-2BMAk-2Fc5MVUhyFqjndclFBfW2Lyfr9NCOJ5wjApK7EfNO-2B6FQ87-2F1-2FOuG-2BcTS-2Bqfj_z7Jy8ngFfOERDwyTnL8ZP0-2FJAgonbuUP-2BgzhWJbK5bKFJgC-2BFqasGdnYijgeZBjfgtZSL3c06kAkE70WUkgLkHGf5T8LMnbvtcyv2BuotE-2B0b5OpJOnpLjPQAyCTPrBl7I0tACUiW6bQSNAe2hmI64gQyL0GZv6VERtb0bSBCMdLFj87I-2FMTGbjlqtZe52z9jPyPv4RwMVXP8VH8ohDvUmPqIcEx6QsZ-2Fl3uW2OAv2EwyoyjWLTEIS5-2BHF-2BoRrP64ADk5sdqNKpPsQSKLgMqynkl1vv-2BapwE-2FW6IJ7q8LRy3usYhRcmzffiGMSS7t6Lz>. If you're already a WLA member, you can join CLAWS for free<http://clicks.memberclicks-mail.net/wf/click?upn=0iRaY92Dr0XSPg4wxgnxW-2BJ3SgcI0p2flO0QAdrpQd3MqGOsAbrxnv8X6jK7LL8c-2BMAk-2Fc5MVUhyFqjndclFBfW2Lyfr9NCOJ5wjApK7EfN6ykSjJdsDJMJUliuewhJ6_z7Jy8ngFfOERDwyTnL8ZP0-2FJAgonbuUP-2BgzhWJbK5bKFJgC-2BFqasGdnYijgeZBjfgtZSL3c06kAkE70WUkgLkHGf5T8LMnbvtcyv2BuotE-2B0b5OpJOnpLjPQAyCTPrBl7I0tACUiW6bQSNAe2hmI64gQyL0GZv6VERtb0bSBCMcf7UNinvqFFQDAoUOwg9P-2FN-2FcMb4WOISIHYcs8fz5t-2BlTnyNEqSsFp8KOG6cCQc2q-2Fh2g0y0FjHOIsZZHyD7dmPDXQoiUrCLPIOzI-2B4dwqQSZm5zM6-2BJv8wqPeH4aZie9RxVyjtzhSydSNcLeDGKL0>!

Greg Bem, MLIS
Professor and Library Coordinator
Pronouns: he/him/his

Contact Info
greg.bem at lwtech.edu<mailto:greg.bem at lwtech.edu%0d>
425-739-8100 xt.8898
http://www.lwtech.edu/campus-life/library

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