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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I am pleased to announce that, although registration officially closed recently, a few spots have opened up for attendance at the 2016 Municipal Forestry Institute, (MFI) being held in West Virginia, February
21-26.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">As many of you know, MFI is an intense week-long program for urban forestry professionals, where attendees will learn important leadership, planning, communication and collaboration skills that form the cornerstones
of successful urban forestry programs. Many Canadians have attended in the past, with significant benefit to their municipal forestry programs.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Follow this link to a poster about the 2016 Municipal Forestry Institute<span style="color:#1F497D">:
</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.urban-forestry.com/assets/documents/mfi-2016.pdf">http://www.urban-forestry.com/assets/documents/mfi-2016.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:15.75pt"><span class="regulartext"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333">The all-inclusive registration investment of
</span></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333">$2099 US for SMA Members</span></strong><span class="regulartext"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333">* or $2199 US for non-members for MFI 2016
covers the following:</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:15.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="regulartext"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333">All course materials</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="regulartext"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333">Five nights hotel lodging (Sunday through Thursday)</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="regulartext"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333">All meals from Sunday dinner through Friday lunch
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">For more information about MFI and program registration, follow this link:
<span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.urban-forestry.com/mfi-2016">http://www.urban-forestry.com/mfi-2016</a>
</span>or contact Jeri LaHaie (Executive Director of the Society of Municipal Arborists) directly at
<span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:UrbanForestry@prodigy.net">UrbanForestry@prodigy.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Owen Croy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Manager of Parks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">City of Surrey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(604) 598-5762<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="mailto:occroy@surrey.ca">occroy@surrey.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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