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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Hi Kendra, Meghan and members,<BR>
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We have brought up our need to change our paperwork to include RI. It seems fairly official but not in writing (yet) -does anyone else have comments on this?<BR>
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Perhaps we can ask John Mirick if there is any trouble with simply changing the name and a few lines in our MA-based charter to make the inclusion, and if we can skip doing anything official with RI government?<BR>
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Thanks, Yvonne<BR>
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On 1/6/10 11:11 AM, "Kendra Gurney" <<a href="kendra@acf.org">kendra@acf.org</a>> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Hi Folks –<BR>
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TACF staff are looking to update some of our “standard” publications, like the membership brochure, and I was wondering – how “official” is the RI inclusion in the MA chapter? Has there been any change to the chapter’s by-laws or name to officially include RI within the MA chapter? I ask because we do have 2 joint chapters, VT/NH and the Carolinas, and if the MA chapter should be listed as MA/RI we would want to make that change in our documents. I know functionally RI is a part of the MA chapter, but wasn’t sure if that inclusion needs to be mentioned in the chapter name or not. Any clarification would be greatly appreciated.<BR>
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Thanks!<BR>
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Kendra<BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>Kendra Gurney<BR>
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