Please excuse any duplication.<br><br><div><font style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" face="sans-serif" size="2">Don’t
 miss out on a lovely evening with your DC/SLA colleagues.   There will 
be a brief annual meeting, followed by lots of time for socializing and 
networking.  Dine on wild mushroom risotto, lemon chicken and 
Mediterranean salmon, along with a variety of micro-tapas to keep things
 interesting!  And hold room for the dessert sampler of fruity and 
chocolaty treats - yum!</font><span style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></div><br style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<font style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" face="sans-serif" size="2">We’ll
 be collecting non-perishable food items to benefit the Capital Area 
Food Bank, an organization that helps distribute food to those in need 
across the region.  A list of CAFB’s most wanted items is on the DC/SLA 
website at </font><a href="http://dc.sla.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Most-Wanted-Items-2.pdf" style="font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" target="_blank"><font face="sans-serif" size="2">http://dc.sla.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Most-Wanted-Items-2.pdf.</font></a><span style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><br style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<br style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" face="sans-serif" size="2">Register and pay at </font><a href="http://dc.sla.org/events/?ee=38" style="font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" target="_blank"><font face="sans-serif" size="2">http://dc.sla.org/events/?ee=38</font></a><span style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><br style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<font style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" face="sans-serif" size="2">Tickets:  $20 for students/unemployed/retired</font><span style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><br style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<font style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" face="sans-serif" size="2">        $25 for members</font><span style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><br style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<font style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" face="sans-serif" size="2">        $35 for non-members</font><span style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><br style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<br style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" face="sans-serif" size="2">Thursday, December 8, 2011</font><span style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><br style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<font style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" face="sans-serif" size="2">6:00 - 8:30 pm</font><span style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><br style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<font style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" face="sans-serif" size="2">Carnegie Endowment for International Peace</font><span style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><br style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<font style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" face="sans-serif" size="2">1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW<br>Washington, DC</font><span style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><br style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<font style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" face="sans-serif" size="2">Closest Metro: DuPont Circle</font><span style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><br style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<br style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" face="sans-serif" size="2">We thank our sponsors:  TRAK Records and Library, TheDeal.com and ProQuest!</font><span style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><br style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<br style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" face="sans-serif" size="2">I look forward to seeing you there!</font><span style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><br style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<font style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" face="sans-serif" size="2"><br></font><font style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" face="sans-serif" size="2"><span class="il">Lois</span> Ireland</font><span style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><br style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); font-family: Myriad,Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,clean,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<font style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" face="sans-serif" size="2">DC/SLA 2011 President-Elect</font><font style="color: rgb(26, 42, 55); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" face="sans-serif" size="2"><br>
</font><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Christopher M. Vestal<br>DC/SLA 2011 Communications Secretary<br>Phone: (540) 227-0718<br>&quot;Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.&quot; --Ernestine Ulmer<br>