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February 2008
Welcome to the first edition of the 2008 Annual Meeting Update. Designed to keep you informed about AALL events taking place in Portland, Oregon, during the AALL Annual Meeting and Conference, July 12-15, each monthly e-mail will contain information and links to sites that will assist you in making your Portland experience a successful one. We look forward to an exciting meeting that offers a variety of educational, networking and social events designed to support this year’s theme, Energize • Explore • Evolve.
In This Issue
Registration Opens February 25
Registration opens online on February 25. Keep an eye out for an e-mail announcing the official opening. The e-mail will provide you with a link to registration as well as your member ID number, needed to start the registration process. After registering, you will be provided with a link that will take you directly to the housing page to book your hotel reservation.
Preliminary Program Mails with March Issue of Spectrum
The Preliminary Program for the Annual Meeting and Conference will mail out to AALL members on February 25 with the March issue of AALL Spectrum. The mail can take up to 10 business days to arrive. The program will also be available in PDF format on the AALLNET Annual Meeting Web site on February 25.
Housing Update
The AALL housing desk is open and has been available online since the 2007 conference in New Orleans. You can view the description and location of all AALL hotels when making a housing reservation. This year's Headquarters hotel is the Hilton Portland & Executive Tower in downtown Portland. Free MAX light rail service is available to the convention center from downtown hotels and the Doubletree Lloyd Center. Courtyard by Marriott, Holiday Inn, and the Red Lion are within walking distance of the convention center.
Please remember you must make your housing reservation through AALL's housing desk at Ambassadors to ensure you receive the negotiated AALL rate at our conference hotels and receive other conference notifications. You will also help increase AALL's value in negotiating future Annual Meeting and Conference business.
Scheduled Meetings and Programs Available for Viewing Online
Up-to-the-minute information on scheduled meetings, events, and programming can now be viewed on AALLNET. Room assignments will not be finalized or available until mid-June.
Explore Portland
Visit the Portland Local Advisory Committee Web site to take advantage of opportunities for social networking and connecting to the sights and sounds of Portland. Be sure to visit the "Explore" section of the Web site for a series of insider guides to Portland and the surrounding area. Use the convenient RSS feed to check for updates to the blog and discover all the different ways to network virtually with colleagues through the "Connect" page.
Reminder: Grant Application Deadlines in Early April
AALL and its special interest sections (SISs) and affiliated chapters award deserving law librarians with grants to attend the Annual Meeting. Grant awards from AALL or SISs are made directly from AALL Headquarters. Chapter grants are awarded through individual chapters.
Please note that most deadlines are during the month of April.
Coming in Future Issues...
- SIS-sponsored community service project(s)
- Going "green" in Portland... and beyond
  
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