[Libs-Or] PNLA 2004

[Carol Reich]

PNLA 2004: A New Season

Join your colleagues from around the Pacific Northwest for the annual
PNLA Conference, August 11-14, 2004.  This year's conference will be
held jointly with the Washington Library Association in Wenatchee,
Washington.  In the time-honored tradition of PNLA conferences, this one
promises to deliver a full-range of thought provoking, professionally
inspiring programs, workshops, and social gatherings - and all in a
stunning western setting.

To kick off the conference, Steve Hanamura, a noted management
consultant from Beaverton, Oregon, has been invited to serve as keynote
speaker. Hanamura is president of Hanamura Consulting, Inc., a firm that
focuses on coaching and training in the areas of leadership, diversity,
team building, change, and trust.  Hanamura's book In Search of Vision:
Finding Significance (Global Insights 2000) has been called life
changing.  Among his professional honors is the Meritorious Service
Award for the President's Committee on Employment of People with
Disabilities.  He was named Multi-Cultural Network Trainer of the Year
by the American Society for Training and Development.  Hanamura, a blind
athlete himself, also served as one of the Torchbearers for the 1996
Olympics. 

Additional attractions will include a visit to the Ohme Gardens, a
multi-layered landscape set high above the Wenatchee Valley overlooking
the confluence of the mighty Columbia and Wenatchee Rivers with the
majestic Cascade Mountains as a backdrop.  A dinner cruise on beautiful
Lake Chelan is in the works for Thursday evening. Lake Chelan offers a
journey into an unspoiled frontier in the deepest gorge in North
America, extending 55 miles into the heart of the Cascade Mountain
Range, with surrounding peaks in excess of 9000 feet.  Attendees will
not want to miss an excursion that is world renowned, and has been
featured in publications from National Geographic to the New York Times.


For more information about the conference as the program details are
confirmed and housing information is made available, visit the PNLA Web
site at www.pnla.org/events <http://www.pnla.org/events>.  See you in
Wenatchee!

Jan Zauha, PNLA Vice President
Associate Professor & Reference Team Leader
The Libraries; Montana State University - Bozeman
Bozeman, MT 59717-3320
jzauha at montana.edu  
406-994-6554
406-994-2851 (fax)
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Forwarded by Carol Reich, OLA Rep to PNLA