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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">NC-SARA Updates for February 6, 2020</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<a name="_Hlk31808454"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2B2B2B">New Blog Post: Media Inquiries Contact Info, SARA Manual version 20.1, and NC-SARA Fall 2019 Board Meeting Minutes
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31808454"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2B2B2B">The NC-SARA Board met October 30, 2019 at the Capital Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC. All but two of the Board members, who could not travel, attended
the meeting. Draft minutes to be considered for approval at the May, 2020 Board meeting can be found
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31808454"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2B2B2B">Revised NC-SARA Bylaws to differentiate the NC-SARA “Board” from the organization or “Council” are available
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31808454"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2B2B2B">The current version of the <i>SARA Manual</i> is Version 19.2. A new Version 20.1, incorporating changes made by the Board at the October meeting,
is now available </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31808454"></span><a href="https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnc-sara.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Ffiles%2F2020-02%2FNC-SARA_Manual_20.1_Final_2.6.20.pdf&data=01%7C01%7Celisa.jaden%40sreb.org%7C78bb58a1baa24994877d08d7ab3bd003%7Ceb20950b168c497a98452b099844f3ef%7C0&sdata=n4QF7gxLiEUBYlCsrEduNyT4mFs%2BbD37VNt%2F%2FJUD9YE%3D&reserved=0"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31808454"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">HERE</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31808454"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31808454"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2B2B2B">.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31808454"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31808454"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31808454"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2B2B2B">The DRAFT of modifications to the <i>SARA Manual</i> considered and approved by the Board is available </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31808454"></span><a href="https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnc-sara.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Ffiles%2F2020-02%2FNC-SARA_Manual_20.1_Blueline_Final_2.6.20.pdf&data=01%7C01%7Celisa.jaden%40sreb.org%7C78bb58a1baa24994877d08d7ab3bd003%7Ceb20950b168c497a98452b099844f3ef%7C0&sdata=696pkcl0zJgJDSQpnsr%2F6I%2BbaQOg09%2B2ck6Lf29h3N8%3D&reserved=0"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31808454"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#0070C0">HERE</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31808454"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk31808454"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#2B2B2B">.
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Media Inquiries Contact Info<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Please direct media inquiries to <a href="mailto:media@nc-sara.org">media@nc-sara.org</a>. Media Inquiries webpage link: <a href="https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnc-sara.org%2Fall-media-inquiries&data=01%7C01%7Celisa.jaden%40sreb.org%7C78bb58a1baa24994877d08d7ab3bd003%7Ceb20950b168c497a98452b099844f3ef%7C0&sdata=NiDEx3AGIv7azi2YKbjz94S0mm3O9Sz4xIyfreueJ3Q%3D&reserved=0">https://nc-sara.org/all-media-inquiries</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">For more information see the blog post on the NC-SARA website home page at
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