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Our last call for the year is tomorrow, Tuesday, December 6th and all end of year reporting documents and data are due by December 15th!</p>
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If you cannot make the December 15th deadline for any reason, please let me know.</p>
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Tuesday's call will be a good opportunity to ask any final questions about end of year reporting, as well as share any lessons learned this year. Your lesson could be a new seed collecting technique, an easy way to identify a tricky species, or a shoutout to
someone who provided excellent local guidance who you think future collectors should communicate with.</p>
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There will be no call in January, but feel free to contact me if you need anything and stay tuned for a call in February. I will be updating the call invite list this winter, and will announce on this listserv when that is done. At that point if you have not
received the 2023 SOS monthly call invite, please let me know.</p>
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General Reminders:</p>
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-If you are planning on requesting any of your 2022 collections back, please send Sarah a clearance form by January 30th, 2023. Clearance forms are available for download on the SOS website.</p>
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-It's a good time to reflect on the season, so if you have any suggestions for improvements to the SOS program, please let me know in an email. Any suggestions on how the national office can better serve you, things you think should be clarified in the protocol,
or training improvements are all welcome.</p>
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- Send your seeds to Bend ASAP! And don't forget to do the shake test - if the seeds fall out when you shake it, they will definitely fall out during shipping.</p>
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- Monthly calls are always the first Tuesday of the month at the following time:</p>
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Congratulations on making it to the end of another successful season!<br class="x_x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0">
Please contact me if you have any questions, comments, or concerns as you work to finalize everything and begin to plan for next year.</p>
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