<div dir="ltr"><p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The time has come for your students and patrons in grades 6-8 to vote for their favorite book among the RI Middle School Book Award nominees for 2019!</span><br></p><p><font color="#000000"><u></u></font></p><p><font color="#000000">All voting information, including blank ballots, can be found at <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__sites.google.com_view_ri-2Dmiddle-2Dschool-2Dbook-2Daward_home&d=DwMFaQ&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=EJvg2ImHvBYuk6hTA3H1QNw0vEMfg_J4wersMgcqJvo&m=2RmUNd3ecw3jT05AKPum_M57ssISjcp9Z62jutPEimY&s=3Q3PqmnzDztNlixUIZGuNgMBjUjLF2Uzxsdg8TcpVfs&e=" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/view/ri-middle-school-book-award/home [sites.google.com]</a>.</font></p><p><font color="#000000">All voting will be done online. Beginning March 1st, you can download the ballot from the <span class="gmail-gr_ gmail-gr_35 gmail-gr-alert gmail-gr_spell gmail-gr_inline_cards gmail-gr_run_anim gmail-ContextualSpelling gmail-ins-del gmail-multiReplace" id="gmail-35" style="display:inline;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;background-repeat:no-repeat;color:inherit;font-size:inherit">RIMSBA</span> website and start collecting your school or library&#39;s voting results. Beginning March 18th, your school or library’s voting results can be entered online via the survey found on the <span class="gmail-gr_ gmail-gr_36 gmail-gr-alert gmail-gr_spell gmail-gr_inline_cards gmail-gr_run_anim gmail-ContextualSpelling gmail-ins-del gmail-multiReplace" id="gmail-36" style="display:inline;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;background-repeat:no-repeat;color:inherit;font-size:inherit">RIMSBA</span> website. All voting results must be submitted by Tuesday, April 2nd.<u></u></font></p><p><font color="#000000">Voting information:<u></u><u></u></font></p><ul type="disc"><span class="gmail-m_-3167285104785799496gmail-im"><font color="#000000"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px">Your school or library does not need to register to vote. Any school or library that would like to participate is encouraged to do so!<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px">This online survey is to collect your school or library’s voting results, not a way to collect individual children’s votes.<u></u><u></u></li></font></span><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000">Distribute ballots to students or patrons who have read 3 or more of the nominated books, collect all completed ballots, and tally your school or library’s results.<u></u></font></li><span class="gmail-m_-3167285104785799496gmail-im"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000">The total number of votes for each book should be entered into the online survey.<u></u><u></u></font></li></span><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000">If you have any difficulties or need edits done, please contact the <span class="gmail-m_-3167285104785799496gmail-m_-5388853559984088517gmail-gr_ gmail-m_-3167285104785799496gmail-m_-5388853559984088517gmail-gr_24 gmail-m_-3167285104785799496gmail-m_-5388853559984088517gmail-gr-alert gmail-m_-3167285104785799496gmail-m_-5388853559984088517gmail-gr_spell gmail-m_-3167285104785799496gmail-m_-5388853559984088517gmail-gr_inline_cards gmail-m_-3167285104785799496gmail-m_-5388853559984088517gmail-gr_run_anim gmail-m_-3167285104785799496gmail-m_-5388853559984088517gmail-ContextualSpelling gmail-m_-3167285104785799496gmail-m_-5388853559984088517gmail-ins-del gmail-m_-3167285104785799496gmail-m_-5388853559984088517gmail-multiReplace" id="gmail-m_-3167285104785799496gmail-m_-5388853559984088517gmail-24" style="display:inline;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;background-repeat:no-repeat"><span class="gmail-gr_ gmail-gr_34 gmail-gr-alert gmail-gr_spell gmail-gr_inline_cards gmail-gr_run_anim gmail-ContextualSpelling gmail-ins-del gmail-multiReplace" id="gmail-34" style="display:inline;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;background-repeat:no-repeat;color:inherit;font-size:inherit">RIMSBA</span></span> Committee at <a href="mailto:rimsbacommittee@gmail.com" target="_blank">rimsbacommittee@gmail.com</a>.<u></u><u></u></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000">All votes must be entered by Tuesday, April 2nd at <span class="gmail-gr_ gmail-gr_37 gmail-gr-alert gmail-gr_gramm gmail-gr_inline_cards gmail-gr_run_anim gmail-Style gmail-multiReplace" id="gmail-37" style="display:inline;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;background-repeat:no-repeat;color:inherit;font-size:inherit">11:59pm.</span></font></li></ul>Thank you for participating!  Don&#39;t forget, there is still time to read, as long as you vote on time!<br><p><font color="#000000">-The RI Middle School Book Award Committee</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000">*******************<u></u></font><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000">Rhode Island Middle School Book Award Committee<br><a href="mailto:rimsbacommittee@gmail.com" target="_blank">rimsbacommittee@gmail.com</a><br><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__sites.google.com_view_ri-2Dmiddle-2Dschool-2Dbook-2Daward_home&d=DwMFaQ&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=EJvg2ImHvBYuk6hTA3H1QNw0vEMfg_J4wersMgcqJvo&m=2RmUNd3ecw3jT05AKPum_M57ssISjcp9Z62jutPEimY&s=3Q3PqmnzDztNlixUIZGuNgMBjUjLF2Uzxsdg8TcpVfs&e=" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/view/ri-middle-school-book-award/home [sites.google.com]</a><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_rimsbacommittee_&d=DwMFaQ&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=EJvg2ImHvBYuk6hTA3H1QNw0vEMfg_J4wersMgcqJvo&m=2RmUNd3ecw3jT05AKPum_M57ssISjcp9Z62jutPEimY&s=o9JqaAK-S7xZ6iakEwVSs2eF707mnKNRPEqL3Bb5W44&e=" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">https://www.facebook.com/rimsbacommittee/</font> [facebook.com]</a></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br>~ Kimberly Usselman ~<div><br><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">&quot;Because that&#39;s what Hermione does,&#39; said Ron, shrugging, &#39;When in doubt, go to the library.&quot; </span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:arial">-</span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:arial"> J.K. Rowling, </span><i style="font-size:small;font-family:arial">Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets</i></div></div></div></div></div>