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<p class="MsoNormal">FYI – Update on Legislation Committee<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Joe Sabatini <jsabatini423@gmail.com> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 2, 2019 3:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Cynthia Shetter <shetterc@loslunasnm.gov>; David Giltrow <dgiltrow@cybermesa.com>; Dr. Elizabeth Titus <etitus@nmsu.edu>; Janice Kowemy <jkowemy@pol-nsn.gov>; Joe Sabatini <jsabatini423@gmail.com>; John Sandstrom <jsand713@nmsu.edu>; Larry Horan
<lhoran34@gmail.com>; Lynette Schurdevin <lynetters618@gmail.com>; Mary Chappell <chappell_m@aps.edu>; Omar Durant <omardurant@yahoo.com>; Rachel Altobelli <rkaltobelli@gmail.com>; Ruben Aragon <rubenaragon@nmhu.edu>; Cox, David <david.cox@nmt.edu>; Shel Neymark
<shelneymark@windstream.net><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Cynthia Aguilar <kewalib@yahoo.com>; Teresa Naranjo <sclib@santaclarapueblo.org>; Mildred R. Walters <mwalters@sandiapueblo.nsn.us>; Buchanan, Holly <hbuchanan@salud.unm.edu>; Johnson Renvall, Poppy <pjohnsonrenval@cnm.edu>; Savage, Dale, DCA <Dale.Savage@state.nm.us>;
Alana McGrattan <alanamcgrattan@gmail.com>; Hoover, Carol L <hoover@lanl.gov>; Dean P. Smith <dpsmith@cabq.gov>; Eli Guinnee <Eli.Guinnee@state.nm.us>; Anita Tafoya <atafoya@nmml.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> NMLA Legislation Committee Update and Schedule<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Members and Advisory Members of the Committee:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Since we had our meeting in Bernalillo on June 7th, there have been several developments.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I was tasked with setting up a meeting with the Governor for a delegation of librarians to present the needs we identified at our meeting. I reviewed these needs with our Legislative Advocate Larry Horan. Larry concluded that we should
only have one meeting with the <span class="gmail-m697080525975684370gmail-il">Governor</span> so that the library community comes in with one message. Larry got in touch with Senator Jerry Ortiz y Pino, sponsor of the Rural Library Initiative, to set up a
meeting to discuss the best strategy to get the rural endowment and our other priorities addressed. Larry, Shel Neymark and I met with Senator Ortiz y Pino on June 26th. We concluded that Senator Ortiz y Pino would ask for a $50 million endowment fund, rather
than an expendable trust. He will not seek a Constitutional Amendment. It was noted that the Rural Library Initiative endowment would not have been fundable in the past, and is achievable now only because of the state's extraordinary financial health.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On June 17, I sent a request to Daniel Schlegel, the Senior Administrative Coordinator who maintains the Governor's schedule, asking that our delegation meet with the Governor.
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<p class="MsoNormal">On June 20, Mr. Schlegel replied: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">"Hello Mr. Sabatini,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Thank you again for your request to meet on behalf of the NM Library Association. I’d like to introduce you to a few colleagues cc’d here:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Victor Reyes, Dir. of Legislative Affairs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Stephanie Kean, Senior Policy Advisor for Education<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Poqueen Rivera, Legislative Liaison
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">They are available to meet with you and the proposed attendees below. Please coordinate with them to find a mutually agreeable time.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Best, Dan"<o:p></o:p></p>
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After consulting with Larry Horan, I replied:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"We thank you for the opportunity to meet with the <span class="gmail-m697080525975684370gmail-il">
Governor</span>’s education and legislative team. I would envision that such a meeting could be organized for sometime between mid July and early August. I should note that our group will also include Mr. Shel Neymark, who has already spoken with Stephanie
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yesterday, I had a call from Ms. Poqueen Rivera. We discussed setting up a meeting with our delegation. I will query our potential attendees about available dates, so we can propose several possibilities to the Governor's legislative team.
These dates will be weekdays between July 15 and August 9. I will also ask each spokesperson to identify an alternate so each unit will be covered if someone cannot make it. Larry noted that the Governor will be involved in consideration of our agenda even
though we will not be meeting with her directly at this time. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As I noted on June 17th, our delegation is:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cynthia Shetter for Public Libraries<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ruben Aragon for Academic Libraries<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mary Chappell for School Libraries<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Millie Walters for Tribal Libraries<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Shel Neymark for the Rural Library Initiative<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Joe Sabatini for the NMLA Legislation Committee<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am also asking Larry Horan to attend. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am reaching out to NALSIG and hoping to communicate with Regis Pecos about a more realistic capital outlay request package for tribal library construction funding.
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<p class="MsoNormal">A letter to Legislative Finance Committee Chairman Patty Lundstrom requesting LFC agenda time to present our proposals is in the works.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Joe Sabatini, Co-Chair<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"Tell me not, in mournful numbers...." H.W. Longfellow<o:p></o:p></p>
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