-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Fwd: Message re.Toronto Conference-pls distribute Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 15:38:56 -0500 From: Mary McInroy <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] ------------------ fyi. Please check the ALA home page (http://www.ala.org/) for updates. Mary McInroy --------------- Text of forwarded message --------------- >Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:39:23 -0500 >From: "Julie Reese" <[log in to unmask]> >To: ALCTS Annual Program Planners <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Fwd: Message re.Toronto Conference-pls distribute > >Here's a message from Keith Fiels, ALA Executive Director regarding the >Annual Conference in Toronto. > >Subject: Message re.Toronto Conference-pls distribute > > From Keith Michael Fiels, ALA executive director: >The Executive Board of the American Library Association (ALA) will meet in >executive session Tuesday afternoon to discuss the options available >relating to the joint Annual Conference with the Canadian Library >Association. The ALA is taking the occurrence of severe acute respiratory >syndrome (SARS) in Toronto very seriously, and the health of our members, >staff, exhibitors and wider library community is our primary concern. > >Among the options to be considered are proceeding as planned, moving the >conference to another location and canceling the conference. > >The Executive Board decision on the 2003 Annual Conference will be posted >on the ALA home page and disseminated widely as soon as it is reached. > >Mark Gould >Director >Public Information Office @ your library Mary McInroy Government Publications Department and Map Collection University of Iowa Libraries Iowa City, IA 52242-1420 (319)335-6247 or (319)335-5926 FAX: (319)335-5900 e-mail: [log in to unmask]