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Fantastic thoughts Kevan, thank you for offering your time and talents as proposed!!</div>
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Outreach is a hot topic, of course we all know people who would benefit from COAGDU fellowship and the division would thrive with the participation of more/new members. With respect to confidentiality, we may need to create a flyer or email that can be forwarded
on to each of our contact lists, rather than giving people's contact information over to you. NOT suggesting that you are some creeper planning to steal their identity or stalk them, just being mindful of the best practice way of disseminating information,
wink! For this approach to be successful though, EVERYONE on this list MUST TAKE ACTION and forward the info along to those they know. Phone tree, chain-mail, pyramid scheme type of ripple effect that no one inspired Little Red Hen leader can do - this is
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6 dot Dash was GREAT last year!! I ran as a guide and thought everything was very well-organized, safe, great giveaways, and fun. I did notice a few people started running with their guide dog, then realized their dog wasn't able to keep up or keep on task,
so they handed it off to a race marshall for safe keeping and picked them up on the route back. I wonder if having a designated shaded area with crates or capable spectators willing to supervise guide dogs during the run would be helpful? I would be happy
to take the lead on that and have added 6/29 to my calendar to be there!!</div>
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Announcement: I know I can be at 6 Dot Dash and potentially other COAGDU events because as of April 7th I am resigning my full-time position and resuming my private practice, Canines and Canes, and can set my own schedule!!! It is exciting to be an independent
contractor again and have the flexibility to work with guide dog users from ALL schools and resume teaching O&M as well as being a Support Service Provider for individuals who are Deaf-Blind as well. A freelance GDMI is how most of you met me, and a role I
have sorely missed over the past year and a half. </div>
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I hear that the state convention will be back on Fort Collins October 2019 - woot woot!! Absolutely let me know how I can be helpful with planning and implementing the event since I live right here in Fort Fun. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Excited
to see what the new year brings FORWARD! Take care & keep in touch.</span></div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> kevan@nfbco.org <kevan@nfbco.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 23, 2019 4:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Melissa Green; coagdu@nfbnet.org<br>
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Greetings COAGDU leadership team,</p>
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I am sorry that I cannot be on your conference call in January. But, I do have a few brief thoughts I would like to share.
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Now that I am managing our Project Literacy programs, I would like us to think about how best to incorporate our guide dog teams into the effort. Can I help and support COAGDU in leading the development of a robust outreach effort of some kind this year? There
are many guide dog users who are not members of our Federation. We can use them in our work. They can use the Federation to their benefit. We need to develop the strategy and do the work to find all of the guide dog users in Colorado. Ideas? Would you each
be willing to send me contact information, as much as you have, for anyone you can think of who is a guide dog user or working in the guide dog industry?
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The second item is the 6 Dot Dash on June 29. We have been cordially invited to participate in a way that raises the profile of COAGDU and those who benefit from our wonderful dogs. How can I be of help? What would you guys like to do for the event? We could
sponsor a water station. We could make water available for humans and dogs. We should get a pet store, guide dog school, or veterinarian to sponsor the 6 Dot Dash. What would you guys like to do? I will help.</li><li class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;margin-left:0in">
As we think about outreach, we could do another great seminar or we could hold a shorter event, like a luncheon or something. Don’t know quite what that would look like but we should visit about it if you are interested.</li></ol>
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Team, these are my thoughts. I would truly love to be a part of moving our COAGDU division to the next level. I look forward to your thoughts and my collaboration with you all.
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Kevan Worley</p>
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