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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Greetings, all!</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As we decided at our board meeting this week, I called Anne Farmer to work out the details for our contribution to the kids in her group.</p><p class=MsoNormal>As always seems to be the case in this relationship, things did not go entirely smoothly or as expected.</p><p class=MsoNormal>But I think we have worked out a resolution which will satisfy just about everybody.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As you recall, Anne is running the end-of-season tournament for her kids on May 6.</p><p class=MsoNormal>Our intention was to give $125 cash to each member of the winning pair.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Her organization is also taking some of the kids in the group to the Youth NABCs in Washington D.C.</p><p class=MsoNormal>We offered to pay up to $750 total to kids who could demonstrate to our satisfaction that they needed the subsidy. </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here is what has developed since then. </p><p class=MsoNormal>At the tournament May 6, there will be four winners – a North-South pair, and an East-West pair.</p><p class=MsoNormal>Also, Anne wants to award an Amazon gift card of $100 to each of the winners.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As to travel to D.C., she expects a total of four kids to go, all from the McClure Middle School.</p><p class=MsoNormal>Of those, she thinks three of the families are financially self-sufficient; and only one kid needs a partial subsidy to be able to go.</p><p class=MsoNormal>Anne says she is prepared to pay that subsidy herself (or maybe it is Seattle NextGenBridge money).</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>She and I discussed it (at some length!); and here is what we worked out, subject to your approval.</p><p class=MsoNormal>We propose that the Unit buy the four Amazon gift cards, for a total of $400.</p><p class=MsoNormal>Patti, or Ann Romeo, will be present at the tournament, and will award those prizes to the four winners, on behalf of the Unit.</p><p class=MsoNormal>Travel subsidies will be totally up to Anne Farmer and NextGenBridge.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have discussed this proposed resolution with Tim, and with Patti and Ann Romeo.</p><p class=MsoNormal>Patti, Ann and I are the members of our Unit board who are also members of the board of Seattle NextGenBridge.</p><p class=MsoNormal>The four of this are agreeable to this resolution – although I think all of us are a little frustrated as to the bumpy road which led to it.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The purpose of this e-mail is to see if any of the other members of the Unit board object to this resolution.</p><p class=MsoNormal>If so, please “reply to all” this weekend.</p><p class=MsoNormal>But if I don’t hear any prompt objections from anyone, I will let Anne know that this will be the arrangement.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks!</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John W.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>