CASL members, especially those of you who live in towns whose legislator is on the Planning and Development committee, please sign up to speak tomorrow at the eBook hearing. You can be a librarian, an educator or a resident of those towns, so if you know of folks that would be willing to speak, please send them this information. The amount of time for speaking is 3 minutes. 

Here are the legislator's on the Planning and Development committee: 

Eleni Kavros DeGraw (Co-Chair), MD Rahman (Co-Chair), Joseph H. Zullo (Ranking Member), Ryan Fazio (Ranking Member), Brandon Chafee (Vice Chair), Norman Needleman (Vice Chair), Jan Hochadel, Rick Lopes, Tony Hwang, Andre F. Baker, Aundre Bumgardner, Christine Conley, Michael D Agostino, Roland J. Lemar, Cristin McCarthy Vahey, David Michel, Tom Delnicki, Doug Dubitsky, Irene M. Haines, Carol Hall, Tami Zawistowski

If you aren't sure if you live in one of their towns, you can check here: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/cgafindleg.asp

If you have any questions, please let me know or email Kate Byroade: LibraryDirector@colchesterct.gov

Thank you!
Jenny

From Kate:

Hello,

We have heard from legislators that we need more people to testify in person or on zoom tomorrow at the ebook hearing.  We have confirmed that there will be a representative from the publishers there.  Rep. Kavros DeGraw is concerned that not many librarians have signed up to testify. 

 

She is going to hold the speaking link open a little longer.  Please sign up to testify in person or on zoom tomorrow.  The meeting is at 1:30pm.  Here is the agenda.    There is a link on the agenda to sign up to testify.

 

WHAT’S HAPPENING & WHEN

The Planning & Development (P&D) Committee will hold a hybrid public hearing Wednesday, February 21 starting at 1:30 PM.

Register TODAY by 3:00 p.m.

 

YOUR VOICE IS NEEDED

We need people to sign up to testify—especially librarians and residents of the districts of members* of the P&D Committee.

 

We also need people from all over the state to email letters in support of the bill!

 

~~~ HERE’S WHAT TO DO NOW ~~~

Sign Up to Testify by 3 PM, on Tuesday, February 20. The hearing is on Wednesday, February 21 at 1:30 PM. Here’s the link to register:

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_E-BUmtDHQtW4n6whN09gUQ#/registration 

 

Submit Written Testimony by 5 PM on Wednesday, February 21 (but the sooner the better). Here’s the link: 

https://www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGATestimonySub/CGAtestimonysubmission.aspx?comm_code=PD 

If you have already signed up or do sign up, please let me know!

 

Thanks!

Kate

 

Kate Byroade, MSLIS

Library Director

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