<div dir="ltr"><div>Good morning, I sought out Beverly Arnold's advice (the Director of Conference and Meeting Services for the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia) and the message below is the follow up which summarizes what we discussed. She will be bringing in their contract expert, Christine Campbell, who has extensive experience in conference contract negotiations, to reach out to the hotel. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Please let me know if you have any further questions at this time. I will be sending out a message to the Evergreen list and to all attendees shortly.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt"><table style="border:medium none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="94"><col width="530"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:123pt"><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:5pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/1dQZFKZrN_h1nAVv7EB9VmFYBGsfiOmL3Yec9IzIlL7YztuUoci9JMwC2Fb6h1vqlBSlyslKe_N7vSMNF1FaiUIrY6tVC41zt8iLssfRtJbhdGOpDPFgvjyFXgCzNOmQaD9gEgOW" style="border:medium none" width="76" height="76"></span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:5pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:9pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(30,67,155);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Terran McCanna, PINES Program Manager</span></p><hr><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:9pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(30,67,155);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Georgia Public Library Service | University System of Georgia</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:9pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(30,67,155);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2872 Woodcock Blvd, Suite 250 l Atlanta, GA 30341</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:9pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(30,67,155);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(404) 235-7138</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(30,67,155);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> | <a href="mailto:tmccanna@georgialibraries.org" target="_blank">tmccanna@georgialibraries.org</a> <br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:9pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(30,67,155);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://help.georgialibraries.org" target="_blank">http://help.georgialibraries.org</a> | <a href="mailto:help@help.georgialibraries.org" target="_blank">help@help.georgialibraries.org</a><br></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:9pt"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/georgialibraries" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/t7rbwMx5NBGCEplmiJgNe2sRZGRgzqVS8d9k3yg-mR-UhThtZVNUiZe419YuwVyLjZ6QZKFAeQGFYcEgO6MtVjPlCrQ5CPYc4h56OEKnldS32D8FYMvQRAmQYZH9pCsHZjVDSQpU" style="border:medium none" width="36" height="36"></span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  </span><a href="https://www.twitter.com/georgialibs" sty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