Greetings Colleagues, I trust you're well. Today I'm celebrating the 1940 birth of Civil Rights leader Julian Bond. As a student at Morehouse College in the 1960's, Bond helped establish the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Strategic Planning Forums The second of three forums was held yesterday. Thanks to Paul Blackmon, H. Councill Trenholm State College (AL), Richard Bradberry, Morgan State University (MD), Elizabeth Brumfield and Phyllis Earles, Prairie View A&M University (TX), Teresa Ojezua, Philander Smith College (AR), Roland Welmaker, Morehouse School of Medicine (GA) and Patricia Wilkins, Huston-Tillotson University (TX) for their attendance and participation. Thanks also to Board Chair Cynthia Henderson, Howard University Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library (DC) and Board member Tasha Lucas-Youmans, Bethune Cookman University (FL) for their support. The recordings are available as listed below: Thursday, January 8th - http://lyrasis.adobeconnect.com/p13r4y1s7j9/ Tuesday, January 13th - http://lyrasis.adobeconnect.com/p7zj16fz9mo/ The third forum is scheduled for Tuesday, January 20th. If you'd like to attend, reply to this e-mail and I'll add you to the roster. The draft plan is attached to this e-mail. Forward any comments and concerns to Vice-Chair Mantra Henderson, mlhenderson@mvsu.edu<mailto:mlhenderson@mvsu.edu>. Your support of strategic planning is appreciated. Respectfully, Sandra SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-702-5854 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.