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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>As a reminder, the kick-off meeting for the IBPSA-USA-Twin Cities chapter will be held on Monday, October 24 at the Weidt Group at 6 pm.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A loose agenda for the meeting:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Discussion of purpose (information and best practices exchange)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Presentation by Liam Buckley (IBPSA-Boston) regarding recent building performance models<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Q&A regarding presentation and discussion of best practices<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Setting future meeting dates, times, and locations<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Election of interim officers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I know some of you have already RSVP’d. For those who cannot attend but have expressed interest, we will provide you with information on future meetings. Your expertise and participation are most welcome and greatly appreciated by all.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you know of others who are not subscribers to the forum or not included on this list, please invite them and share this email with them. We want to further develop the modeling community in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nathan<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0 width=783 style='width:470.05pt'><thead><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=4 cellpadding=0 width=783 style='width:470.05pt'><thead><tr style='height:46.7pt'><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:46.7pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><a href="http://www.iesve.com/"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#006B6E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=80 height=80 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC8FF8.0C086580" alt="Description: 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