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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Board members are eligible to receive a stipend to attend MLA. Below is information pulled from our Policies and Procedures Manual. If you have any questions about this stipend, please let me know.
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<span style="color:black">BACKGROUND</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">MLA meeting stipends provide up to $500 each for eligible Executive Committee members to attend MLA, to a maximum amount of $2,500 The number of stipends available is set at 5.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">ELIGIBILITY</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">All Executive Committee members may apply, however, preference will be given to: Chapter Council Representative, Chapter Council Representative Elect, UNYOC Chair, Vice-Chair, Membership Chair, and MLA Credentialing Liaison. If any
of these members does attend MLA, the stipend is offered to the remaining Executive Committee Officers. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">REVIEW PROCESS</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">Executive Committee members will receive notification from the Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect when the MLA Stipend is available. Executive Committee members can submit their request for the MLA Stipend to the Treasurer.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please send your request directly to our Treasurer, Ginger.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you so much!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stephanie<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7A003C;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Stephanie Sanger</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7A003C;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">MLIS</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7A003C;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">(She/Her/Hers)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7A003C;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Clinical Outreach Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Health Sciences Library<br>
Faculty of Health Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:4.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><img width="12" height="12" style="width:.125in;height:.125in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.gif@01D95435.1D1278D0" alt="Map icon"><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> location: <a href="https://www.mcmaster.ca/welcome/campusmap.cfm"><span style="color:#7A003C">HSC2B17</span></a><br>
<img border="0" width="12" height="12" style="width:.125in;height:.125in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.gif@01D95435.1D1278D0" alt="Phone icon"> phone: <a href="tel:+19055259140p28708"><span style="color:#7A003C">(905) 525-9140 x 28708</span></a><br>
<img border="0" width="12" height="12" style="width:.125in;height:.125in" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.gif@01D95435.1D1278D0" alt="Envelope icon"> email: <a href="mailto:sangers@mcmaster.ca"><span style="color:#7A003C">sangers@mcmaster.ca</span></a><br>
<img border="0" width="12" height="12" style="width:.125in;height:.125in" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.gif@01D95435.1D1278D0" alt="Globe icon"> <a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8456-5823"><span style="color:#7A003C">ORCID</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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that it is located on the traditional territories of the Mississauga and Haudenosaunee nations, and within the lands protected by the Dish With One Spoon wampum agreement.</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5E6A71;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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