ALTA schedule of events for upcoming Midwinter Meeting.
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The ALTA Schedule of Events for Midwinter 2008 in Philadelphia, PA is below. ALTA meetings will take place Friday, Jan. 11 - Monday, Jan. 14, 2008 . Please check the Conference Services Midwinter 2008 site for general info, special events, and registration information. 

Hotels and Travel Accomodations:
A list of Seattle hotels, with rates, and a map of hotel locations, will be available at this website at the beginning of October, and in the October issue of American Libraries magazine. http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/midwinter/2008/travel.htm

  

ALTA EVENTS - MIDWINTER 2008, Philadelphia, PA

Friday, January 11, 2008

 Time  Meeting  Hotel  Room
9:00 am - 3:30 pm 
Advocacy Institute
The Advocacy Institute is a full day program geared to help foster ongoing collaboration between Friends, Trustees, Librarians, and other Advocates at the local level.  Attendees will receive specific training to assist them in making the case for libraries.  For more information, link to:
http://www.ala.org/ala/issues/advocacyinstitute.htm
    
4:00 - 5:30 pm
Executive Committee Meeting
LOWES
Tubman 
5:30 - 7:30 pm
 ALA Exhibits All Conference Reception           
7:30 - 10:00 pm 

President's Reception  --  $ 55.00 Philadelphia, PA

A Triumph of Tradition
When John Adams arrived in Philadelphia in August of 1774, to attend the First Continental Congress, he was greeted by leading citizens and immediately taken to the tavern he would call "the most genteel tavern in America." The tavern Adams referred to, City Tavern, was not yet a year old and was already caught in momentous events. A few months earlier, Paul Revere had ridden up to the Tavern with the news of the closing of the port of Boston by the British Government. Click here to continue...

 http://www.citytavern.com
     
  

Saturday, January 12, 2008

8:00 - 10:00 am 
 Board Orientation
MAR
Rm. 407 
10:30 am -12:30 pm
Board of Directors Meeting
PCC
Rm. 104B 
1:30 - 3:30 pm
 
ALL COMMITTEE MEETING:
PLA National Conference, President's Events, Membership, Leadership Development, Legislative, Intellectual Freedom and Development Committee
PCC
Rm. 103B 
4:00 - 5:30 pm
Awards Committee  (Closed)
PCC
Rm. 203B 

Sunday, January 13, 2008   

10:30 am - 12:00 pm
 
ALL COMMITTEE MEETING:
Regional Programminge, Newletter, Websit, Publication Development and Advocacy
MAR
Liberty BR 
12:00 - 1:30 pm
ALTA Town Hall Meeting
MAR
Salon C/D
 
1:30 - 3:30 pm 
 ALA Low Conflict Time          
4:00 - 6:00 pm
Nominating Committee (Closed) 
LOWES
Adams 
4:00 - 6:00 pm 
Annual Conference Program  Committee 
LOWES
Washington B
 

Monday, January 14, 2008 

8:00 - 10:00 am
Board of Directors Meeting 
PCC
Rm. 104B
 
10:00 - 10:30 am 
Executive Committee Meeting
PCC
Rm. 104B
 

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