<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">We are excited to officially announce the 2023 Evergreen International Conference to be held in Worcester, Massachusetts on April 26 through 29th, 2023.  Please mark your calendars for our first in-person conference since 2019! </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><img src="cid:ii_l8j67th60" alt="image.png" width="171" height="171" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><b style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Community at the Heart of Evergreen</font></b></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><b><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></b></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><b><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Pre-conference: Wednesday, April 26<br></font></b></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><b style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Conference: Thursday, April 27 - Saturday, April 29</font></b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Venue: AC Hotel, Worcester, MA</div><div class="gmail_default" style="">The AC Hotel is located in the heart of downtown Worcester, which itself, is located in the heart of Massachusetts. Worcester is the second largest city in New England.  A limited number of rooms have been blocked off at the AC Hotel at $179 per night.  Rooms can be reserved<b> now</b> and we recommend reserving your room early!<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.marriott.com/events/start.mi?id=1660746467021&key=GRP">https://www.marriott.com/events/start.mi?id=1660746467021&key=GRP</a><span style="color:rgb(90,90,90);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">More details and travel information can be found on the conference website:<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="https://evergreen-ils.org/conference/2023-evergreen-international-conference/">https://evergreen-ils.org/conference/2023-evergreen-international-conference/</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">It's not too early to start thinking about conference programs!  If you have any thoughts on sessions you would like to see offered, please let us know. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">More details coming soon...<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Jeanette, on behalf of the Conference Standing Committee and the Evergreen 2023 Conference Local Organizing Committee with special thanks to the Worcester Public Library for their work on the 2023 conference logo design.</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="border-right:0.5pt solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;display:inline"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4xfnkcafWNkCwrNGgI2snyTZ3wP5IXCnSJoZ4spRnkC-mV-d4WN9jDskig8qyr3mCTiCoMIV5I"></div><p></p></td><td style="border-left:0.5pt solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Jeanette Lundgren | CW MARS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Executive Director</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:jlundgren@cwmars.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">jlundgren@cwmars.org</a> | <a href="tel:(508)%20755-3323" value="+15087553323" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">508-755-3323 x 120</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://www.cwmars.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://</a></span><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://www.cwmars.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.cwmars.org</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why" target="_blank">Pronouns</a>: she, her, hers</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div>