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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Will you please help spread the word?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It’s going to be a fantastic event!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dan <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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"'> CNPS [mailto:cnps@cnps.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 10, 2014 4:54 PM<br><b>To:</b> dgluesenkamp@cnps.org<br><b>Subject:</b> CNPS 2015 Conservation Conference: Call for Abstracts!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=602 style='width:451.8pt;border:solid #B2B2B2 1.0pt'><tr><td valign=bottom style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="http://support.cnps.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.cnps.org%2f&srcid=12761&srctid=1&erid=177254&trid=3793f9aa-3846-41ad-8362-5c30a3e72b30"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=600 height=100 id="_x0000_i1081" src="https://support.cnps.org/view.image?Id=658" alt="California Native Plant Society"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:none;padding:11.25pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:8.5pt'><a href="http://support.cnps.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.cnps.org%2f2015&srcid=12761&srctid=1&erid=177254&trid=3793f9aa-3846-41ad-8362-5c30a3e72b30"><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=550 height=212 id="_x0000_i1082" src="https://support.cnps.org/image/logos/cnps_cc2015-tag-r1-a-600.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:13.5pt'><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#003800'>January 13-17, 2015, in San Jose!</span></strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:13.5pt'><strong><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#003800'> </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>We are planning the biggest and best of CNPS Conferences to kick off our <strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>50th Anniversary Celebration</span></strong> in 2015. Help us celebrate with over 250 speakers, a poster session, 15 workshops, banquet, mixers, auctions, artwork, photography, and poetry. We expect more than 1000 attendees, with movers and shakers from the many disciplines and passions related to plant conservation.<br><br>We proudly announce the opening of the <strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>CNPS 2015 Call for Abstracts</span></strong> and encourage you to submit an abstract for an oral or poster presentation. The program will focus on communicating the most recent and effective conservation science. The entire event will celebrate 50 years of progress in plant conservation and work toward mapping a promising future. Go to <a href="http://support.cnps.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.cnps.org%2fcnps%2fconservation%2fconference%2f2015%2fabstracts.php&srcid=12761&srctid=1&erid=177254&trid=3793f9aa-3846-41ad-8362-5c30a3e72b30">cnps.org/2015/abstracts</a> for further details. <br><br>There are many opportunities to participate, as an attendee, presenter, exhibitor, or sponsor:</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Become a Sponsor to show everyone your support: <a href="http://support.cnps.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.cnps.org%2fcnps%2fconservation%2fconference%2f2015%2fsponsorship.php&srcid=12761&srctid=1&erid=177254&trid=3793f9aa-3846-41ad-8362-5c30a3e72b30">cnps.org/2015/sponsor </a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Reserve an Exhibit space and connect with attendees: <a href="http://support.cnps.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.cnps.org%2fcnps%2fconservation%2fconference%2f2015%2fexhibitors.php&srcid=12761&srctid=1&erid=177254&trid=3793f9aa-3846-41ad-8362-5c30a3e72b30">cnps.org/2015/exhibit</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Teach a Workshop: <a href="http://support.cnps.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.cnps.org%2fcnps%2fconservation%2fconference%2f2015%2fworkshops.php&srcid=12761&srctid=1&erid=177254&trid=3793f9aa-3846-41ad-8362-5c30a3e72b30">cnps.org/2015/workshops</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Present a poster or talk: <a href="http://support.cnps.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fcnps.org%2f2015%2fabstracts&srcid=12761&srctid=1&erid=177254&trid=3793f9aa-3846-41ad-8362-5c30a3e72b30">cnps.org/2015/abstracts</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Go to <a href="http://support.cnps.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fwww.cnps.org%2f2015&srcid=12761&srctid=1&erid=177254&trid=3793f9aa-3846-41ad-8362-5c30a3e72b30">www.cnps.org/2015</a> to learn more about art exhibitions, photography, poetry sessions, student participation, and much much more!<br><br>Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you at the conference next January!</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:8.5pt'><img border=0 width=555 height=105 id="_x0000_i1083" src="https://support.cnps.org/view.image?Id=742"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a href="http://support.cnps.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fsupport.cnps.org%2fsslpage.aspx%3fpid%3d360&srcid=12761&srctid=1&erid=177254&trid=3793f9aa-3846-41ad-8362-5c30a3e72b30">Join</a> or <a href="http://support.cnps.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fsupport.cnps.org%2fsslpage.aspx%3fpid%3d385&srcid=12761&srctid=1&erid=177254&trid=3793f9aa-3846-41ad-8362-5c30a3e72b30">renew</a> your membership in CNPS. To donate, click <a href="http://support.cnps.org/page.redir?target=http%3a%2f%2fsupport.cnps.org%2fsslpage.aspx%3fpid%3d298&srcid=12761&srctid=1&erid=177254&trid=3793f9aa-3846-41ad-8362-5c30a3e72b30">here</a>.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:8.5pt'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#669966;border:none;border-top:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%'><tr><td style='border:none;padding:9.0pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>California Native Plant Society.</span></strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt;color:black'> 2707 K Street, Suite 1, Sacramento, CA 95816-5130<br>Phone: (916) 447-2677 | Fax: (916) 447-2727 | Email: <a href="mailto:cnps@cnps.org"><span style='color:black'>cnps@cnps.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:13.5pt'><td style='border:none;padding:0in 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt;height:13.5pt'><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.5pt'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1086" src="http://support.cnps.org/smtp.mailopen?id=177254"><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>