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<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Lisa,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>This is so inspiring!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I wish I could be there. Could you share some
more details like t how long, what question etc. are there any proceedings that
I/we could read?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Salute for your wonders!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tova<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>Tova
Averbuch </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=HE dir=RTL style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>èåáä</span></font><span dir=LTR></span><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=HE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'><span dir=LTR></span> </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=HE dir=RTL style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>àåøáåê</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><st1:Street><st1:address><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;
mso-no-proof:yes'>34 Rabinovitz St</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>. </span></font><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span lang=HE dir=RTL style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>øçåá øáéðåáéõ 34</span></font><span dir=LTR></span><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'><span dir=LTR></span> </span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;
mso-no-proof:yes'>Holon</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>
58672
</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=HE dir=RTL
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>çåìåï</span></font><span
dir=LTR></span><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=HE
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'><span
dir=LTR></span> </span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy;
mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><st1:country-region><st1:place><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>Israel</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'> </span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>
972-3-5523476 </span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy;
mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;mso-no-proof:yes'>
<a href="mailto:averbuch@post.tau.ac.il">averbuch@post.tau.ac.il</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Lisa<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> </span></font><st1:date
Month="3" Day="2" Year="2004"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Tuesday, March 02, 2004</span></font></st1:date><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><st1:time
Hour="19" Minute="27"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>7:27 PM</span></font></st1:time><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Open Space in conflict
zones</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Hello
dear colleagues –<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>I
have just returned from giving an Open Space methodology workshop for students
and staff of the </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>School</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>
of </span></font><st1:PlaceName><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>International</span></font></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>
and Public Affairs and the Conflict Resolution Working Group at </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Columbia</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>
</span></font><st1:PlaceType><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>
in </span></font><st1:State><st1:place><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>New York</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>
– folks who do international facilitation work in high conflict zones.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>As
usual, I learn so very much from participants in these workshops – even by the
very questions they raised as their OS topics.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>The
Open Space held within the workshop was a on an issue with which these folks
always wrestle as they offer facilitation for/in communities around the world
which are in high conflict: How Do I Impact the Communities I Work With?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>A
sampling of topics: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span dir=LTR><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>What
is my responsibility for something that I start that could be potentially
dangerous for the people I am working with?<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span dir=LTR><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>How
can / should I understand what came before me?<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span dir=LTR><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>My
family-to-be and what that means for my work with communities dealing with
conflict<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span dir=LTR><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>How
to address privilege, power, information and money differentials between me and
local partners?<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span dir=LTR><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Why
do I want to work with “exotic” communities and not the one closest to me?<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span dir=LTR><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>When
did I do a good job?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>-- Measuring
success<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span dir=LTR><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>How
does “my” “world view” impact the communities I am working with?<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span dir=LTR><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>What
do we do when it feels like there is “no exit”?<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Trebuchet MS";mso-bidi-font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span dir=LTR><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>When
not to do anything – i.e., not to intervene?<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>One
story: One of the participants facilitated his first Open Space several weeks
before this workshop.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>He had never
experienced OST but had heard about it and with consultation from fellow
staffers who had used it in other countries he decided it would be the most
effective method to use for his work this time in </span></font><st1:place><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Northern
Iraq</span></font></st1:place><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>So he brought a copy of </span></font><st1:place><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Harrison</span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>’s
“Open Space Technology: A User’s Guide” and read it on the plane bringing him
to that country.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>His boss and mentor
said he coached this gentleman by calling him to say he would do marvelously
and simply to “Trust the process” and “Don’t get in the way” (don’t feel you
have to intervene or use another process with it).<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>This fine gentleman of faith and skill and
humility reported at our workshop that the Open Space worked marvelously.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>As
we all knew it would.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Yet
another example of the elegance and ease (to learn) and universality of OST’s design,
and how anyone with a good heart and mind (and a bit of reading and careful
thought and intention and faith and trust and support and skill and courage and
love) can do it…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Take
care,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>Lisa<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-no-proof:yes'>________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;
mso-no-proof:yes'>L i s a<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>H e f t<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-no-proof:yes'>Consultant, Facilitator, Educator<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-no-proof:yes'>O p e n i n g<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>S p a c
e<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-no-proof:yes'>2325 </span></font><st1:State><st1:place><font size=2
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mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-no-proof:yes'>Berkeley</span></font></st1:City><font size=2
face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-no-proof:yes'>, </span></font><st1:State><font size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";mso-no-proof:yes'>California</span></font></st1:State></st1:place><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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mso-no-proof:yes'>USA</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-no-proof:yes'>+01 510 548-8449<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
mso-no-proof:yes'>lisaheft@pacbell.net<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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