<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body ><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><p class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 16px"><span class="font" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif;">As noted in the August newsletter, we are calling for a vote on an unbudgeted expense.<br></span></span></p><div><span class="size" style="font-size: 16px"><span class="font" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif;"><br></span></span></div><div><span class="size" style="font-size: 16px"><span class="font" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif;">We anticipate in-person guild meetings will not happen for some time to come, so we will continue to need to meet "virtually" via Zoom for Board meetings, General meetings, and Committee meetings. We also would like to use this technology for the upcoming Studio tour and for the upcoming October retreat, as well as potentially for some Sew/Service Sundays.</span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="size" style="font-size: 16px"><span class="font" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif;">To date, Tracy Salkowitz has very generously allowed us access to her own personal Zoom account for these meetings, but we need to create our own account.</span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="size" style="font-size: 16px"><span class="font" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif;">This will cost $150 per year.</span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="size" style="font-size: 16px"><span class="font" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif;"><b>We need you to respond to this email with either "Yes, I approve this expenditure" or "No, I do not approve this expenditure".</b></span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="size" style="font-size: 16px"><span class="font" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif;"><b>DEADLINE TO GET YOUR VOTE IN: Saturday, August 8th, 5 p.m.</b></span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="size" style="font-size: 16px"><span class="font" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif;">We will announce the voting results at the August 9th General Zoom Meeting and in the next newsletter.</span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="font" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 16px"><br></span></span></div><div><span class="font" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 16px"><br></span></span></div><div><span class="font" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 16px">Sharon Lau</span></span></div><div><span class="font" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 16px"><br></span></span></div><div><span class="font" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif, sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size: 16px"><br></span></span></div><div><br></div><div data-zbluepencil-ignore="true" id=""><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br></body></html>