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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Thanks George – New Agenda looks good.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">I am happy to reach out to Ted. He is officially retired as of Dec 31 but Stewart is paying for him to do one more year of Land Title Visits.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">If the group agrees – I can reach out to Ted to see if his schedule is open at this time.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">B</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">est Regards,</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> Conventioncommittee1 <conventioncommittee1-bounces@washingtonlandtitle.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Erin Stines<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 9, 2024 1:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> George Peters <execdirector@washingtonlandtitle.com>; conventioncommittee1@washingtonlandtitle.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [External] Re: [Conventioncommittee1] Convention Agenda - ECONOMIST speaker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">At this point, George if we can get Ted for “free.” That would be awesome. I assume “free” still means we absorb travel / lodging?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> Conventioncommittee1 <<a href="mailto:conventioncommittee1-bounces@washingtonlandtitle.com">conventioncommittee1-bounces@washingtonlandtitle.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>George Peters<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 9, 2024 1:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:conventioncommittee1@washingtonlandtitle.com">conventioncommittee1@washingtonlandtitle.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Conventioncommittee1] Convention Agenda - ECONOMIST speaker<br>
<b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">All – here is a revised working draft agenda. Let me know what you think.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">By the way – we neglected to discuss an economist. There was no consensus in our last email discussion. Ted Jones, who will be retiring, is probably a good choice, albeit
very familiar to everyone. But, no fee involved.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This all assumes the one we want is available…</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Do we want to contact the 4 names I mention in my last email ((Ted Jones, Skylar Olson – Zillow, Mathew Gardner – Seattle Times & pricy, Brian Kelly – Seattle U)), and do
we have a volunteer who can do that? I suspect most involve a fee. Since the economy is on everyone’s mind, I think this topic is important and timely. It might be worth paying for this. I’d say $1,000-$2,000 but we should discuss. (I think Matthew Gardener
is more than that by a lot.)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If we agree on Ted, I assume Brian can make that call.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Open for discussion – (1) who, (2) pay a fee? (3) if so, how much?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">George Peters, WTP</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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