<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">Dear MWERA Colleague,</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">The MWERA 2017 Annual Conference is approaching quickly. It starts October 18th at the Hilton Orrington in Evanston, Illinois. I just wanted to send a few last-minute reminders related to the conference this year.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">First, the Conference Program is available at our </span><a href="http://mwera.org/" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">mwera.org</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"> website. Go to the left-side menu link for the 2017 Annual Meeting (or click the link near the top of the home page). Please download the program and bring it to the conference with you.</span><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">The <a href="http://mwera.org">mwera.org</a> website is also where you can Join MWERA or Renew your Membership as well as submit your conference registration online. The "early bird" conference registration ends October 4. After that, the registration will increase to its full price. You can register at </span><a href="http://mwera.org/" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">mwera.org</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"> using our secure Online Store. Be sure to pay for both membership and the conference if you are participating in the program, but members always get better conference registration rates---even if you join now. And please join at least one division.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">Also, our block of rooms at the Hilton Orrington is only guaranteed through September 27 (or until our block of rooms is full), so book your room soon. There aren't many rooms left. But you need to contact the hotel reservation system directly for a room. Please be sure to identify yourself as </span>an attendee of the Mid-Western Educational Research room block when you call <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">1-800-HILTONS . You can also reserve a room online at </span><a href="http://www.orringtonevanston.hilton.com">www.orringtonevanston.hilton.com</a> and by entering the code (MWER) in the box marked "Group/ Convention Code." </div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">Finally, whether you plan to attend the conference or not, you can always join or renew your annual MWERA membership using our online store. Your membership helps us pay for such things as our website and our membership in the State & Regional Educational Research Associations SIG at AERA.</span><br></div><div><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">We look forward to seeing you at the Hotel Orrington in Evanston in a few weeks.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">~~~Gordon Brooks, Executive Director</span><div><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br clear="all"></span></font><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="1"><br><font color="#000000"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BzFoGqytfaN0WVlLRS15OEJONU0&export=download" width="420" height="100"></font></font></div><div>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>MWERA website, online store, & journal (<a href="http://www.mwera.org" target="_blank">www.mwera.org</a>)<br>c/o Gordon Brooks, Executive Director<br>Professor, EDRE, Ohio University<br>PO Box 702, Athens, OH 45701<br><a href="mailto:mwera.ed@gmail.com" target="_blank">mwera.ed@gmail.com</a><br><a href="mailto:brooksg@ohio.edu" target="_blank">brooksg@ohio.edu</a> (office: 740-593-0880)<br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br>To manage your MWERA Listserv account (or unsubscribe), go to: <a href="http://listserv.ohio.edu/mailman/listinfo/mwera" target="_blank">http://listserv.ohio.edu/mailman/listinfo/mwera</a></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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