who's in charge

Just a note to let you all know that I am on vacation and will return to the office on January 2nd, 2008. The list of District Managers in-charge has been distributed to the NL Managers list, but I'm going to post it here as well.
If you need assistance and cannot locate one of the District Managers, please call Bea in my office at x31684

Here's the in-charge list:
December 20 - 21 R. Hubert
December 22 - 23 M. Jarvis
December 24 - January 1 A. Tensae

Thanks, and have a great holiday season!
Regina

new HPD non-emergency number

From Suzy Benton via Becky Hubert...

Suzy spoke with an HPD Officer their problems with unattended/disruptive kids and he mentioned that the non-emergency number actually changed a few years ago. It is now 713-884-3131. He said that the other number (713-222-3131) is currently still working, but probably not for long.

Please begin using the 713-884-3131 number for non-emergency calls to HPD.

Got a branch blog???

If you have a blog for your branch, let me know and I'll link to it on my blog, and see that it gets on the HPL wiki. I know there are some out there that I don't know about, and I'd love to see them!

Regina

PLA Requests

Greetings,

It is that time. If you want to go to the PLA conference in Minneapolis, please submit paperwork before the end of this week (by Friday 12/14). PLA is, in my opinion, the best conference for public librarians. So, if you are interested in attending, please submit your paperwork. It is important that you use the new (city) travel request form and not the HPL one currently on the Intranet. If you need this form, e-mail Bea Duran and she

will send it to you. Here are the figures to be used if you intend to attend the entire conference.

Registration:	$	260.00	Advanced Registration ends February 2008.
Airfare:	$	437.00	Per Advantage Travel Inc, http://viaadvantage.com
Hotel:	$	325.00	Based on half of double occupancy rate for 4 nights
Meals:	$	160.00	$40 per day for 4 days (includes tips for meals).
Ground Trans.:	$	50.00
Other:	$	50.00	Tips (cab fare, bell service, etc. – max of 15% each)
Total:	$	1282.00

Note: These estimates are based upon a March 25 arrival and May 29 departure date and do not include pre-conference sessions, ticketed events or dinners. Airfare is subject to change.

Make sure to indicate the day you will leave and day you will return and whether you want to pay for registration or want HPL to pay. If you are not staying the dates listed, or if you are planning on attending a pre-conference, please adjust the figures accordingly. If you need assistance with the form, Bea and I will be glad to assist.

This is an exciting conference and I am really looking forward to as many of us as possible going and sharing what we learn with our colleagues.