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Join MEP at our 10th Annual Legislative Reception & Forum March 1, 5 - 8 p.m. Science Museum of Minnesota Click here to register now! This is a great opportunity to meet Minnesota's legislative leaders, = educate them about the important environmental issues that are expected = to arise this legislative session, and hear what they have to say. Be sure to spread the word to you members, volunteers and activists, our = message is most impressive and persuasive when we have the people to = back it up. Click here to download materials to help with turnout. 5 p.m. - Reception - hors d'oeuvres and cash bar=20 6 p.m. - Program Reception will continue after program. Tickets to this event are $20 with advance registration and $25 at the = door. Funds raised will be used to offset the cost of hosting the = event. Click here to purchase your tickets and to register.=20 =20 MEP's 5th Annual Citizens' Day at the Capitol March 14, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Lakes & Plains Regional Council of Carpenters & Joiners Union Hall, 700 = Olive Street, St. Paul Click here to register now! Our goal is to get 500 citizens to the State Capitol this year. Please = help us reach this goal - to protect our water now and for future = generations. To assist you in your recruitment efforts Patience Caso = with Clean Water Action has put together a Turnout Toolkit. This = toolkit was designed to make turnout for Protect Our Water Citizens' Day = at the Capitol as easy and painless as possible for MEP member = organizations. In it you will find templates for a postcard, a handout, = a poster, and ideas for email alerts and phone scripts. Use as much of = the information provided in this toolkit as you want. Please customize = the materials to mention your organization. If you have questions about Citizens' Day or how to use this toolkit, = please contact Patience at 612-623-3666 or pc...@cleanwater.org. Wetlands Summit February 4, 8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Normandale Community College, Bloomington The Wetlands Summit is an outgrowth of the Rally for Ducks, Wetlands and = Clean Water, attended by more than 5,000 people on the Capitol grounds = in April 2005. The Rally called for holding a Wetlands Summit to review = current programs and problems, and identify corrective measures needed. There will be a registration fee of $20 per person, with a reduced fee = of $10 for certified students. The fee will include morning and = afternoon refreshments and a noon lunch in the College cafeteria. = Parking available. Please return the Registration Form with payment to = the Minnesota Division IWLA address listed or call (651.221.0215) = (E-mail: i...@minnesotaikes.org) for further assistance. = Pre-registration required. Click here for more information. MEP representative for MOU Tom Bell on Grey Cloud Island 5868 Pioneer Road South Saint Paul Park MN 55071-1143 651 459-4150 ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C629A9.9572D320 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: center"=20 align=3Dcenter><FONT face=3D"Charter BT Bd Pro" color=3Dblack = size=3D5><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Bd = Pro'">Join MEP=20 at our 10th Annual Legislative Reception & Forum</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: center"=20 align=3Dcenter><FONT face=3D"Charter BT Bd Pro" color=3Dblack = size=3D4><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; 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FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: = 'Charter BT Pro'"><A=20 href=3D"http://www.mepartnership.org/includes/evt_registration.asp?regfrm= _id=3D73">Click=20 here to register now!</A></SPAN></FONT></B></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=3D"Times = New Roman"=20 color=3Dblack size=3D3><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=3D"Charter = BT Pro"=20 color=3Dblack size=3D3><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT = Pro'">This is a=20 great opportunity to meet </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3D"Charter BT Pro"=20 color=3Dblack><SPAN=20 style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT = Pro'">Minnesota</SPAN></FONT><FONT=20 face=3D"Charter BT Pro" color=3Dblack><SPAN=20 style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Pro'">=92s legislative = leaders,=20 educate them about the important environmental issues that are expected = to arise=20 this legislative session, and hear what they have to say.<BR><BR>Be sure = to=20 spread the word to you members, volunteers and activists, our message is = most=20 impressive and persuasive when we have the people to back it up.=20 </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3D"Charter BT Pro"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Pro'"><A=20 href=3D"http://www.mepartnership.org/protectourwater/pow_getinvolved.asp?= inv_id=3D33">Click=20 here</A> to download materials to help with turnout.</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=3D"Charter = BT Pro"=20 color=3Dblack size=3D3><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT = Pro'"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT=20 face=3D"Charter BT Pro" color=3Dblack><SPAN=20 style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Pro'">5 = p.m.</SPAN></FONT><FONT=20 face=3D"Charter BT Pro" color=3Dblack><SPAN=20 style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Pro'"> =96 Reception - = hors=20 d=92oeuvres and cash bar <BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3D"Charter BT Pro" = color=3Dblack><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT = Pro'">6=20 p.m.</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3D"Charter BT Pro" color=3Dblack><SPAN=20 style=3D"COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Pro'"> =96 = Program</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=3D"Charter = BT Pro"=20 color=3Dblack size=3D3><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT = Pro'">Reception=20 will continue after program.</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3D"Charter BT Pro" color=3Dblue = size=3D3><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT = Pro'"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=3D"Charter = BT Pro"=20 color=3Dblack size=3D3><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT = Pro'">Tickets to=20 this event are $20 with advance registration and $25 at the door. = Funds=20 raised will be used to offset the cost of hosting the event. <A=20 href=3D"https://www.donate.net/donationSelector/basket.asp?dept_id=3D1024= &shopper_id=3D497959">Click=20 here</A> to purchase your tickets and to register.</SPAN></FONT><B><FONT = face=3D"Charter BT Pro"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT = Pro'"> </SPAN></FONT></B></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=3D"Charter = BT Pro"=20 size=3D3><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT = Pro'"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: center"=20 align=3Dcenter><FONT face=3D"Charter BT Pro" size=3D3><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Pro'"> <B><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><IMG height=3D47=20 src=3D"mhtml:mid://00000002/!cid:image001.gif@01C628E2.0C6C1E50" = width=3D103=20 border=3D0></SPAN></B></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: center"=20 align=3Dcenter><FONT face=3D"Charter BT Pro" size=3D3><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT = Pro'"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: center"=20 align=3Dcenter><FONT face=3D"Charter BT Bd Pro" size=3D5><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Bd Pro'">MEP=92s = 5<SUP>th</SUP>=20 Annual Citizens=92 Day at the Capitol</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: center"=20 align=3Dcenter><FONT face=3D"Charter BT Bd Pro" size=3D4><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Bd Pro'">March 14,=20 </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3D"Charter BT Bd Pro" size=3D4><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Bd Pro'">8 a.m. =96 4 = p.m.</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: center"=20 align=3Dcenter><FONT face=3D"Charter BT Bd Pro" size=3D3><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Bd Pro'">Lakes & = Plains=20 Regional Council of Carpenters & Joiners Union Hall, = </SPAN></FONT><FONT=20 face=3D"Charter BT Bd Pro"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Bd = Pro'">700=20 Olive Street</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3D"Charter BT Bd Pro"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Bd Pro'">, </SPAN></FONT><FONT=20 face=3D"Charter BT Bd Pro"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Bd = Pro'">St.=20 Paul</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: center"=20 align=3Dcenter><B><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: = 12pt"> </SPAN></FONT></B><FONT=20 face=3D"Charter BT Bd Pro"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Bd = Pro'"><A=20 href=3D"http://www.mepartnership.org/includes/evt_registration.asp?regfrm= _id=3D69">Click=20 here to register now!</A></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><B><FONT face=3D"Times = New Roman"=20 size=3D5><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: = 16pt"></SPAN></FONT></B> </P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=3D"Charter = BT Pro"=20 size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT = Pro'">Our goal is=20 to get 500 citizens to the State Capitol this year. Please help us = reach=20 this goal - to protect our water now and for future generations. = To assist=20 you in your recruitment efforts Patience Caso with Clean Water Action = has put=20 together a <A=20 href=3D"http://www.mepartnership.org/documents/Toolkit_2006Citizens = Day.doc">Turnout=20 Toolkit</A>. This toolkit was designed to make turnout for Protect = Our=20 Water Citizens=92 Day at the Capitol as easy and painless as possible = for MEP=20 member organizations. In it you will find templates for a <A=20 href=3D"http://www.mepartnership.org/documents/2006Postcard_front.doc">po= stcard</A>,=20 a <A href=3D"http://www.mepartnership.org/documents/2006 = Handout.pdf">handout</A>,=20 <A href=3D"http://www.mepartnership.org/documents/POW 2006 = poster_flashy.pdf">a=20 poster,</A><FONT color=3Dnavy><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: navy"> = </SPAN></FONT>and ideas=20 for email alerts and phone scripts. Use as much of the information = provided in this toolkit as you want. Please customize the = materials to=20 mention your organization.</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=3D"Charter = BT Pro"=20 size=3D3><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT = Pro'"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=3D"Charter = BT Pro"=20 size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT = Pro'">If you have=20 questions about Citizens=92 Day or how to use this toolkit, please = contact=20 Patience at 612-623-3666 or <A=20 href=3D"mailto:pc...@cleanwater.org">pc...@cleanwater.org</A>.</SPAN></FO= NT></P><B><FONT=20 face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D5><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; = FONT-SIZE: 16pt"> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: center"=20 align=3Dcenter><FONT face=3D"Charter BT Bd Pro" size=3D5><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Bd Pro'">Wetlands=20 </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3D"Charter BT Bd Pro" size=3D5><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Bd = Pro'">Summit</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: center"=20 align=3Dcenter><FONT face=3D"Charter BT Bd Pro" size=3D4><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Bd Pro'">February 4,=20 </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3D"Charter BT Bd Pro" size=3D4><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Bd Pro'">8 a.m. =96 = 5:30=20 p.m.</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: center"=20 align=3Dcenter><FONT face=3D"Charter BT Bd Pro" size=3D3><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Bd = Pro'">Normandale</SPAN></FONT><FONT=20 face=3D"Charter BT Bd Pro"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Bd = Pro'">=20 </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3D"Charter BT Bd Pro"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Bd Pro'">Community = College</SPAN></FONT><FONT=20 face=3D"Charter BT Bd Pro"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Bd = Pro'">,=20 </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3D"Charter BT Bd Pro"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Bd Pro'">Bloomington</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-ALIGN: center"=20 align=3Dcenter><B><FONT face=3D"Charter BT Pro" size=3D3><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT = Pro'"></SPAN></FONT></B> </P> <P class=3DMsoBodyText=20 style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0in"><FONT=20 face=3D"Charter BT Pro" size=3D3><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Pro'">The Wetlands = Summit is an=20 outgrowth of the Rally for Ducks, Wetlands and Clean Water, attended by = more=20 than 5,000 people on the Capitol grounds in April 2005. The Rally = called=20 for holding a Wetlands Summit to review current programs and problems, = and=20 identify corrective measures needed.</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoBodyText=20 style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0in"><FONT=20 face=3D"Charter BT Pro" size=3D3><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Pro'">There will be a = registration fee of $20 per person, with a reduced fee of $10 for = certified=20 students. The fee will include morning and afternoon refreshments = and a=20 </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3D"Charter BT Pro"><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Pro'">noon</SPAN></FONT><FONT=20 face=3D"Charter BT Pro"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Charter BT Pro'"> = lunch in the=20 College cafeteria. Parking available. Please return the <A=20 href=3D"http://www.mepartnership.org/documents/06WetlandsSummitRegistrati= on Form.doc">Registration=20 Form</A> with payment to the Minnesota Division IWLA address listed or = call=20 (651.221.0215) (E-mail: <A=20 href=3D"mailto:i...@minnesotaikes.org">i...@minnesotaikes.org</A>) for = further=20 assistance. Pre-registration required. <A=20 href=3D"http://www.minnesotaikes.org/Mainpages/Events.html">Click = here</A> for=20 more information.</SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><FONT face=3DArial = color=3Dnavy=20 size=3D2><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial">MEP=20 representative for MOU</SPAN></FONT></P></SPAN></FONT></B></FONT><FONT=20 size=3D2>Tom Bell<BR>on Grey Cloud Island<BR>5868 Pioneer Road = South<BR>Saint Paul=20 Park MN 55071-1143<BR>651 459-4150</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C629A9.9572D320--