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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Just a reminder that NIFL Board meetings are open to public, and we often have -- and welcome -- guests to these meetings. For instance, the state directors usually send someone, and the Board asks for and listens to her opinion on various matters. Since it may be some time before our new Board is in place, this is an option that VALUE or any other group could consider if they want to have more input in the meantime. And NIFL staff is always just a phone call away!</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Alice Johnson </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Associate Director for State Policy</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>National Institute for Literacy</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>1775 I Street, NW, Suite 730</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Washington, DC 20006</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>202-233-2034 (tel)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>202-233-2050 (fax)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>www.nifl.gov </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Gail Spangenberg [<A HREF="mailto:gspangenberg@caalusa.org">mailto:gspangenberg@caalusa.org</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 7:20 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: nla@lists.literacytent.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: [NLA] to make NIFL board nominations</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Friends,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>This may be old news by now, but I've been advised by one </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>knowledgable source in Washington that the best way to make NIFL </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>board nominations is to send letters of nomination to The Honorable </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Rod Paige, Secretary of Education, U.S. Department of Education. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Letters can also go to HHS and Labor Secretaries Chao and Thompson, </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>though Paige is probably the pivotal person. Since the President's </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>nominations will be made next month, I'd urge that your nominations </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>go out as quickly as possible. If I get any additional advice on this </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>over the next week or so I will post it here. GS</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Gail Spangenberg</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>President</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>New York, NY 10020</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>212-512-2362, fax 212-512-2610</FONT>
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