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A Letter from the President
Dear CLA Members,
The "Navigating the New" theme for CLA continues as we embark on this new year and new decade. As you may have heard, our CLA Executive Director, Michael Reyna, was offered a position with the State of California one week and a half after joining the CLA Staff in December. The offer the State provided Mike was too good to turn down and his experience and expertise should prove invaluable to the State in this tough economic climate. The Board and I very much appreciate Mike's efforts towards CLA's transformation in his brief tenure, and we wish him all the best.
Over the holiday weeks I worked with Steve Hamilton, Director of CLA's new management firm, ARC, to identify additional candidates and with CLA Past President Barbara Roberts and Treasurer Jackie Griffin to review candidates. This past Friday we made our selection and have offered the position to an energetic, enthusiastic and skilled new Executive Director, Holly Macriss, who has accepted the position effective February 1. Please look for her introduction in early February!
Holly has the experience and skill set we were looking for to move CLA forward in these exciting and challenging times. She had worked with regional, state and multi-state medical, mortgage broker and small business associations. In the past year, alone, with her previous association, Holly strengthened the membership program, facilitated a long-range plan, website and e-communication redesign, managed all aspects of a regional conference, oversaw advocacy efforts, led a re-branding and marketing effort, provided board leadership and development training and supervised a staff of five.
I am very pleased that Holly will soon be working with the CLA Board, staff, volunteers and membership as we complete CLA infrastructure implementation, move our 2010 Conference planning into high gear, initiate strategic planning, reach out to all library-serving organizations in California, and focus on working with you - our members and supporters, new and long-term - to improve and strengthen CLA's value and services to California's library communities.
In the meantime, should you have any questions concerning CLA, please do not hesitate to contact me or the CLA office.
May the new year be filled with hope and health for all.
Kim Bui-Burton
Director, Monterey Public Library
2009-2010 CLA President
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