Legislative Committee

Chair	Ruben F. Aragon	New Mexico Highlands University, Thomas C. Donnelly Library
Secretary	Holly Buchanan	Univ. of New Mexico Health Science Library and Informatics Center
Members:	Martha A. Bedard	University of New Mexico, University Libraries
	Carol Frick	University of New Mexico Gallup, Zollinger Library
	Poppy Johnson-Renvall	Mesalands Community College, Library
	Isabel Rodarte	Northern New Mexico College, Learning Resource Center
	Elizabeth Titus	New Mexico State University, Library

2008-09 Charges:

1. Advocate (NM Legislature, Council of Presidents, Higher Education Department, etc.) for the New Mexico libraries GO Bond initiative for the 2010 legislative session.
2. Advocate with the Higher Education Department for an increase in the inflationary percentage of the funding formula.
3. Discuss, review, and begin to push for a legislative line item supplemental funding for New Mexico academic libraries.