[Fla-facrlboard] FW: [Lib-seniorleadership] FW: Governor Has Vetoed Complete Florida Plus Program / FLVC / FALSC

Tue Jun 30 09:24:09 EDT 2020

Hi Mike,

I was not aware of this, thank you for bringing it to our attention.

Deborah, as our legislative liaison could you draft a message that we can
send on behalf of FACRL?

Thanks,
Alyssa

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*Alyssa Koclanes, M.A.* (she/her/hers)
Associate Professor
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On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 9:02 AM Michael Meth <mmeth at fsu.edu> wrote:

> Hi FACRL board,
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> Concerned message from a recent board member and former legislative
> liaison here.  While I am no longer on the FACRL board, I wanted to bring
> to your attention the email (copied below) from Elijah at FALSC yesterday.
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> TL;DR if funding is not approved for the Complete Florida Plus Program,
> there may not be a FALSC tomorrow.
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> I don’t need to tell you what that would mean for all of our academic
> libraries, and more importantly for all the folks working at FALSC. This
> story is evolving as we speak and you may want to follow along.
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> I am sharing this note to encourage FACRL to reach out to the governor’s
> office. Perhaps we can even get ACRL to lobby on behalf of FALSC.  Maybe
> place your own calls. Get your university’s admin engaged.
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> Best regards,
>
> Mike
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>
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> *From:* Elijah Scott <EScott at FLVC.ORG>
> *Sent:* Monday, June 29, 2020 3:05 PM
> *To:* FLVC-LS-MEMBERS-COUNCIL at LISTSERV.FLVC.ORG
> *Subject:* [FLVC-LS-MC] Governor Has Vetoed Complete Florida Plus Program
> / FLVC / FALSC
> *Importance:* High
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> Hello Friends,
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> I have just learned that today the Governor vetoed the entire Complete
> Florida Plus Program funding, which includes all funding for the Florida
> Academic Library Services Cooperative (FALSC).  The Governor’s
> transmittal letter can be found at
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> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://floridapolitics.com/archives/344583-gov-desantis-signs-corona-impacted-state-budget-vetoes-more-than-1-billion__;!!PhOWcWs!lc7gQBUJ53N-6c2paLqARRbMYtzMbvn3SKvU_MeS-a80q9VQtyyzZRaz2plTQ8znKAMQNrZm6w$ 
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> Within the embedded PDF document, page 16 shows the veto for “Specific
> Appropriation 161A, Aid to Local Governments – Grants and Aids – Complete
> Florida Plus Program, From General Revenue Fund: $29,390,671.”
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> We will update you all as we know more about this situation.
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> In the meantime, we believe it would be helpful if each of you could
> contact your administration to make them aware of this veto and of the
> importance of restoring the Complete Florida Plus Program funding back to
> the budget in order to preserve FLVC, FALSC, and DLSS.
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> Thank you,
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> Elijah
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> ***PLEASE NOTE THAT FALSC AND FLVC STAFF WILL BE WORKING REMOTELY UNTIL
> FURTHER NOTICE.  All FALSC and FLVC operations will continue as usual.  For
> fastest response time, please contact me via this email or contact the FLVC
> Help Desk at Help at flvc.org.  Thank you***
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> *Elijah Scott*
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> *Executive Director*
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