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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This has links that will work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Subject line: Free! - Greater Portland Area Alliance for Response Forum</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Water, Wind, Weather: Preparing for the Next Catastrophic Storm</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mark the 50th anniversary of the Columbus Day Storm by gathering with local heritage and emergency response professionals to reflect
on past disasters, learn how to prepare for future events, and, most importantly, form new partnerships to improve local planning efforts and enhance the protection of heritage resources in every format, including digital. </span><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This free all-day forum is open to staff from museums, archives, libraries and other cultural heritage institutions in the greater
Portland area. Presentations by first responders, emergency managers, meteorologists, public utilities staff, and other professionals will provide practical information on how to prepare, respond and recover from a catastrophic weather event.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><em><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Cost:
</span></b></em><em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Free! Continental breakfast and lunch provided (gluten-free and vegan options available)</span></em><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><em><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Date:</span></b></em><em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> October 12, 2012</span></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><em><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Place:</span></b></em><em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span></em><a href="http://www.reed.edu/facilities_services/reed_static_map.html" title="http://www.reed.edu/facilities_services/reed_static_map.html
blocked::http://www.reed.edu/facilities_services/reed_static_map.html"><em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Reed
College</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, Gray Lounge in Kaul Auditorium (location update)<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><em><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Time:</span></b></em><em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> 9:00-4:30 (Registration opens at 8:30)<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><em><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><a href="http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/education/library/disaster-preparedness-event.cfm"><span style="font-style:normal">Agenda</span></a></span></u></b></em><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><a href="http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/education/library/disaster-training-form.cfm" title="http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/education/library/disaster-training-form.cfm
blocked::http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/education/library/disaster-training-form.cfm"><em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Registration</span></em></a></b><em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
closes on Friday, October 5, 2012</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Questions? Contact Judith Norton,
</span><a href="mailto:norton@ohsu.edu" title="mailto:norton@ohsu.edu
blocked::mailto:norton@ohsu.edu"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">norton@ohsu.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">, 503-494-3499<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Presented by Portland Alliance for Response. Generously funded by a grant from
</span></i><i><a href="http://www.heritagepreservation.org/afr/index.html" title="http://www.heritagepreservation.org/afr/index.html
blocked::http://www.heritagepreservation.org/afr/index.html"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Alliance for Response</span></a></i><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">,
a national program of </span></i><i><a href="http://www.heritagepreservation.org/index.html" title="http://www.heritagepreservation.org/index.html
blocked::http://www.heritagepreservation.org/index.html"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Heritage
Preservation</span></a></i><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> designed to build bridges between cultural heritage and emergency response communities to foster more effective disaster preparedness. Additional support from Reed College and the
OLA Library Preservation Roundtable.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><img border="0" width="126" height="120" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CD9D8D.4F8331C0" alt="Alliance for Response logo"></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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