<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thank you, Laurie!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">-Stefanie</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 2, 2026 at 4:49 PM Blandino, Laurie <<a href="mailto:laurieb@uillinois.edu">laurieb@uillinois.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-3230950572221094017">





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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you Stefanie. Here are some notes on the CARLI Announcements:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal">The Board of Directors election will open the week of March 9. The committee volunteer period, during which CARLI collects applications for open committee positions, will also open the week of March 9.<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">CARLI is hosting the first session of a joint webinar series with Orbis Cascade Alliance and PALCI on April 16 at 1:00 p.m. Central Time:
<i><a href="https://www.carli.illinois.edu/free-speech-needs-free-libraries-censorship-libraries-and-academic-spaces" target="_blank">Free Speech Needs Free Libraries: Censorship in Libraries and Academic Spaces</a>.</i> Presenters are Theresa Chmara, attorney and General
 Counsel of the Freedom to Read Foundation, and Dr. Emily Knox, Interim Dean and Professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. They will discuss the legal history of censorship, the current legal landscape,
 why people censor, and how to respond.<u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Laurie<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Laurie Blandino (she/her)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:laurieb@uillinois.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(70,120,134)">laurieb@uillinois.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">1704 Interstate Drive<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Champaign, Illinois 61822<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">217-300-4527<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/dbd1be5307044fa9916d580af381fe0e@uillinois.edu?anonymous&ismsaljsauthenabled&ep=pcard__;!!DZ3fjg!4qQkU3XN992jO7nlVYN1H31HV8pNIn-1Xp_mDt_ED7vxsvA-hcFShZdm4sLFLxf7ZertPmbBDjfmCCxwWpB7I488XQbVJt21Ti_yPzdL2A$" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">Book time with Blandino, Laurie
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> AdvocacyTF <<a href="mailto:advocacytf-bounces@carli.illinois.edu" target="_blank">advocacytf-bounces@carli.illinois.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Bluemle, Stefanie via AdvocacyTF<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 2, 2026 2:13 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:advocacytf@carli.illinois.edu" target="_blank">advocacytf@carli.illinois.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [AdvocacyTF] Draft minutes of 2/27/26 task force meeting<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Attached here are draft minutes for Friday's task force meeting. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I would be grateful if folks from CARLI could remind me what CARLI's announcements were. We discussed announcements before I started taking minutes, so I don't have those in my notes.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Aside from that, I'll welcome any corrections or changes.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-Stefanie<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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