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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">My dear FACTC Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Attached is the legislative hearing schedule for this week.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">To contextualize what is happening this week, as well as what happened last week, you might check out SBCTC’s legislative news.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Our fabulous public information office creates really amazing summaries that are written with our stake-holders in mind—I recommend them (both the updates and our
staff) highly!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.sbctc.edu/blogs/legislative-news/2017/january/corrections-ed-ctp-earn-approval.aspx">Corrections Education, Customized Training Program Bills Earn
Approval</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.sbctc.edu/blogs/legislative-news/2017/january/system-bills-heard-in-committee-as-legislature-wraps-up-second-week.aspx">System Bills Heard in Committee
as Legislature Wraps Up Second Week</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.sbctc.edu/blogs/legislative-news/2017/january/how-fast-time-flies.aspx">How Fast Time Flies</a> (written by one of our student legislative interns!)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">As usual, Arlen Harris, our fantastic and brilliant legislative director, is happy to answer any questions (<a href="mailto:aharris@sbctc.edu">aharris@sbctc.edu</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">I hope you are all well (this flu bug is terrible, isn’t it?) and I am looking forward to our shared time in Olympia!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Arlen Harris
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 27, 2017 2:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jennifer Whetham<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Howe, Jim; Smith, Gerard; Taylor, Terry<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Checking In: Friday FACTC Phone Call<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Attached is the hearing schedule for next week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">-Arlen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Jennifer Whetham
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 27, 2017 2:01 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Arlen Harris<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Howe, Jim; Smith, Gerard; Taylor, Terry<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Checking In: Friday FACTC Phone Call<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I'm delighted to send artifacts through the listserv.<br>
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On Jan 27, 2017, at 12:30 PM, Arlen Harris <<a href="mailto:aharris@sbctc.edu">aharris@sbctc.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Would it be ok if we cancelled this week?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I will connect with Jennifer to send out next week hearing schedule and be available by email to answer questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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On Jan 27, 2017, at 12:16 PM, Howe, Jim <<a href="mailto:Jim.Howe@lwtech.edu">Jim.Howe@lwtech.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I will try, but will be off campus. I don’t know how long the service I’m attending earlier will go.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Jennifer Whetham [<a href="mailto:jwhetham@sbctc.edu">mailto:jwhetham@sbctc.edu</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 25, 2017 5:20 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Smith, Gerard (<a href="mailto:GSmith@clark.edu">GSmith@clark.edu</a>) <<a href="mailto:GSmith@clark.edu">GSmith@clark.edu</a>>; Taylor, Terry <<a href="mailto:ttaylor@shoreline.edu">ttaylor@shoreline.edu</a>>; Howe, Jim <<a href="mailto:Jim.Howe@lwtech.edu">Jim.Howe@lwtech.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Arlen Harris <<a href="mailto:aharris@sbctc.edu">aharris@sbctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Checking In: Friday FACTC Phone Call<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Dear Gerry, Terry, and Jim,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Hello! Sadly, I will be at the Faculty of Color Mentoring Retreat this Friday, so I will be unable to join you on the weekly FACTC phone call.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Can you let me know if you are planning to attend?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Thank you!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Jennifer</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Jennifer Locke Whetham</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Program Administrator, Faculty Development</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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