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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Good Morning,</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">2016 Conference<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">At last year's Conference, members were turned away due to limited seating. This year we have two Conferences planned: one on April 28th and the other on May 3rd,
to assure that all of our members can attend. The April conference is intended for Advanced Financial staff, while the May conference is an Introductory for New staff, within the past three years, to State Financial. Changes will be upcoming on the website
for additional information</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Award Recognition<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">The Oregon State Fiscal Association has an awards recognition program where we recognize two individuals for their work for the past year.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">The first award is for the Promotion and Development of the Oregon State Fiscal Association (OSFA). This award recognizes a person or persons who have given their energy and support
to OSFA and who have had a positive effect on its growth and development.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">The second award is for Outstanding Contribution to Oregon State Government Finance and Accounting. This award recognizes a person or persons who have made a direct and substantial
impact on finance or accounting in their agency, other agencies, or the state system as a whole.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">The award nomination forms can be found at the OSFA web site using the following link and clicking the Awards Program button.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.oregonstatefiscalassn.org/index.htm"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">http://www.oregonstatefiscalassn.org/index.htm</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Please be thinking of those individuals whom you work with that are worthy of being nominated and selected for these awards.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Please submit your award nomination forms to any OSFA Board of Directors member by Friday April 17, 2015.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">If you have any questions regarding these awards, please do not hesitate to contact us.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Thank you for your time.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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