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<p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Greetings,<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>

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color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>The Great Plains Professional and Organizational Developers
Network is beginning the planning process for their 2009 conference which will be
hosted by Northeastern State University on June 5th and 6th 2009. Please join
us during breakfast from 8:00am to 9:00am on Saturday October 25<sup>th</sup> at
the POD Network Conference to assist in this endeavor. More information
regarding the location of the meeting will be available at the conference.
Please email me directly if you are interested in attending the meeting, or
assisting with the conference and can not attend the meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>Great Plains POD is a group with members associated with faculty
development programs in institutions in the loosely defined Great Plains region.
Most participants are located from Texas on the south to Iowa on the north, and
from Arkansas and Missouri on the east to Colorado and Utah on the west. In the
last five years we've met at UMKC, KU (Lawrence), UMSL, and MSU (Springfield).&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>Warm Regards,<br>
Jym <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>James &#8220;Jym&#8221; Brittain, M.S.<br>
Director, Center for Teaching and Learning<br>
Faculty member, College of Education<br>
Northeastern State University<br>
600 North Grand Ave., NET 618<br>
Tahlequah, OK 74464<br>
voice: 918.444.5859<br>
fax: 918.458.2382<br>
cell: 918.207.8743<br>
</span><a href="http://ctl.nsuok.edu/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>http://ctl.nsuok.edu</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>This electronic mail transmission (&quot;EMT&quot;) and any
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