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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Dear Barley-CP
Colleagues: </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">It has been customary to
hold a planning workshop of the Barley-CP group ahead of the next two-year
grant cycle and have it scheduled just after the spring USWBSI Executive Committee
(EC) and the Steering Committee (SC) meetings (EC - evening of 4/15/19 and
SC - all day on 4/16/19).  Thus, we will be holding our Barley-CP meeting on <b>April 17</b> (Wednesday) at the University
of Minneapolis St. Paul campus. <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Our tentative schedule
would be for the Barley-CP meeting to begin at 8:30am and end at 2:30pm at a
site on the St. Paul campus.  For the meeting, I will ask each
USWBSI-funded researcher to summarize the current status of their projects and
future plans for the next two-year grant cycle.  We will then have a discussion
by the group for Barley-CP funding priorities.  </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">I realize the busy
schedules that all of you have and the difficulties in taking time to travel to
the Twin Cities for this meeting. Thus, for most of you, we will accommodate
your presentations via a web-based channel. However, if any of you would like
attend the meeting in person, we will have a modest level of funding to support
travel and lodging.<span>  <br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><span></span><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">I</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue">MPORTANT:  Anyone
who needs financial assistance with travel costs should communicate this need
to me as soon as possible, but no later than<u> March 1 (Friday)</u>, with an
estimate of amount of support needed.  Sue Canty will help facilitate
hotel accommodations—more information to come later. I will include requests
for assistance with travel costs in the CP Planning Meeting Proposal that I
have to the Executive Committee/NFO in early March. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Thanks,</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">  Brian</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span></span></span>

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<p>Professor Brian Steffenson</p><p>Lieberman-Okinow Endowed Chair<br></p>

<p>Department of Plant Pathology</p>

<p>495 Borlaug Hall</p>

<p>1991 Upper Buford Circle</p>

<p>University of Minnesota</p>

<p>St. Paul, MN 55108</p>

<p>E-mail: <a href="mailto:bsteffen@umn.edu" target="_blank">bsteffen@umn.edu</a></p>

<p>Phone (612) 625-4735</p>

<p>FAX (612) 625-9728</p>

<p><a href="http://cerealdisease.cfans.umn.edu/" target="_blank">http://cerealdisease.cfans.umn.edu/</a></p><p>SKYPE address: briansteffenson<br><br></p>


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