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FYI from OAA President Bill Lynch.</div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(187, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Matthew A. Smith</span><br style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>From:</b> Bill Lynch <blmillperch@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 15, 2021 2:36 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Smith, Matthew A. <smith.11460@osu.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Please send to Aqua-Ohio and Sc-Aquaponics</font>
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<div>1.<i><b> </b></i> <i><b>Registration is now open</b></i> for the 2022 Ohio Aquaculture Conference to be held January 28-29, 2022 in Columbus and can be done at <font color="#3d85c6" style=""><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ohioaquaculture.org/events__;!!KGKeukY!iIFmpbzbrq0W7zmKSGP2EKt5Z9Oc9leUk2NfQzDk-GGTQGW5e9RkMbUDFE1eaUG0vgaJLQ$" target="_blank">https://www.ohioaquaculture.org/events</a></font></div>
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<div>2. <b><i>Early Registration Incentive</i></b>: Everyone who registers for the Conference by December 31, 2021 will be eligible in a drawing to have their registration reimbursed. During the OAA Business meeting on January 28th, three names will be randomly
selected and those folks will have their conference registration reimbursed at that moment. So register early!</div>
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<div>3. <i><b>Quest Conference Center Has Moved</b></i>: The Quest Conference Center has moved to a new location just down the road. The new address is 9200 Worthington Road, Westerville, OH 43082. The conference will be on the fourth floor.</div>
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<div>4. <i><b>Quest Center Safety Guidelines</b></i>: While how best to protect yourself from exposure to Covid during the conference is your own personal choice, the Quest has developed and implemented procedures they undertake to help keep everyone safe.
Masks will be available. Those procedures are attached.</div>
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<div>5. <i><b>Hotel Information:</b></i> Discounted hotel rooms are available at the Four Points by Sheraton Columbus - Polaris. This hotel has been our Conference hotel in years past. The address is 8505 Pulsar Place, Columbus, OH 43240 To reserve a
room click <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1637598728592&key=GRP&app=resvlink__;!!KGKeukY!iIFmpbzbrq0W7zmKSGP2EKt5Z9Oc9leUk2NfQzDk-GGTQGW5e9RkMbUDFE1eaUFGUmfABQ$" target="_blank">Book
Your Group Rate | Marriott International</a></div>
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<div>6. <i><b>HAACP Workshop</b></i>: On Friday morning of the Conference (Conference begins at 1 PM), North Central Regional Aquaculture Center (NCRAC) will host a free workshop on HAACP / Processing at the Quest Conference Center. Lunch will be provided.
RSVP is required and can be done at <font color="#3d85c6" style=""><a href="https://go.osu.edu/seafoodhaccp" target="_blank">https://go.osu.edu/seafoodhaccp</a></font></div>
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<div>7. <i><b>OAA Visioning Session</b></i>: On Thursday evening, January 27th from 7-9 PM, the OAA will conduct a visioning session on Ohio Aquaculture & Aquaponics at the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel. Look for more information in the OAA newsletter coming
out shortly. We hope many of you will be able to participate. </div>
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<div>Take Care.</div>
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