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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Happy New Year OSN!</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
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color:black'>Please forward this to your chapters and the OSN listserve.</span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>One of my New Year commitments to OSN is greater
transparency. Everyone should know that all of our board meetings and
agendas are available by request at anytime - but I want to do better.
Soon, I will have all of 2008's agendas and minutes on our website and
will send out an email when that is up. A second commitment is
to put together a budget for this coming year and at the end of this
year we will strive to publish our first ever Annual Report.
Additionally, I will announce all our meetings to the listserve. If there
is something you want the board to discuss off the listserve, send me an email. I
would love to invite everyone to all meetings, but you can imagine that would
be tough to plan for several times a year. </span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>We're looking at how to do an Annual Meeting (not a conference) so
that everyone can participate in person. I welcome your suggestions for
how to make OSN more accessible to you and ways we can improve our service to
Oklahoma. With that - on with the New Year and my thank you to those who have
worked with diligence and integrity to ensure Oklahoma's
sustainability and our quality of life: </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>We have an exciting year ahead of us and have worked very
hard to this point in developing valuable relationships with our partners and
constituencies. In 2008 every chapter made awesome strides in their
communities and board members forged new state-wide relationships.
Statewide, we are at the table for energy and transportation
planning. Locally, we are called upon for expertise in all areas and
are recognized as "the sustainability group" in our
communities. We reside on influential boards and councils, are asked
to speak at events, and have garnered the respect of folks who admire our
approach despite any differences with our opinions and ideals. Take
a pause with that - our resolve and networking has made a difference.
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>In terms of our development, we have received direct
financial contributions from most of our board members for the
first time ever and I thank you for your commitment. Our conference
attendees and sponsors have been most of OSN's base, yet as we
mature the Directors' roles will be increasingly important
for development and fund raising. Your connections and fundraising
outreach will make all the difference in our ability to maintain momentum,
secure our dream team for staff and participate more fully in the regional
arena for sustainability. Take a pause with that - your
contributions will make a difference. </span><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>The 2009 OSN Conference: A New Declaration of
Independence needs to be an absolute success. As part of the
2009 Conference, we have launched our new logo! We're making some small
tweaks on the website to ensure it displays as beautifully there as in the
conference materials. You have all received the materials for the
conference - great job Jeff Tate & Team in Edmond. Jason Claborn and I
are meeting this Friday to discuss next steps for fundraising and we may enlist
some of you to assist. We need to get going with lots of energy on
this. </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>The time has flown and we need to have our first Board meeting for
the year. One of the best features of the agenda is the nomination
for Treasurer. Brian Figgins has stepped up to the task and I hope to
welcome him in to make our board fully manned for the first time in a
couple years. </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Board members, please mark your calendars for Jan 24 in OKC or
Stillwater 12-4. We will start our meeting with lunch and hopefully
adjourn before 4. I am hoping the later start time is helpful for
those who will be traveling. Agenda & location coming soon. If you
have anything in particular you want to discuss, send it along! </span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";
color:black'>Kim Cooper-Hart, AICP</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
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<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";
color:black'>City of Oklahoma City Planning Department<br>
Urban Redevelopment Division<br>
420 W. Main St., Suite 900<br>
Oklahoma City, OK 73102</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
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<p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="mailto:kim.cooper-hart@okc.gov"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>kim.cooper-hart@okc.gov</span></a></span><span
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</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";
color:black'>Tel: 405 297 2900<br>
Fax: 405 297 1631<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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