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0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px">Anticipated number of attendees</p></li><li dir="ltr" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px">Duration</p></li><li dir="ltr" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px">Date (if known)</p></li><li dir="ltr" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px">Proposed venue (if known)</p></li><li dir="ltr" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px">Budget (if known)</p></li><li dir="ltr" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px">Other individual or organizational participants</p></li><li dir="ltr" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px">Desired IBPSA-USA assistance role</p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px">Submissions will be reviewed by the IBPSA-USA Conference Committee. If the committee determines there may be a good match, then next steps may include a request for a detailed proposal or an invitation to meet with the committee. Final plans are subject to approval by the IBPSA-USA Board of Directors.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" id="gmail-templateFooter" style="background-image:none;background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border-top:0px;border-bottom:0px;padding-top:9px;padding-bottom:9px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-mcnTextContent" style="word-break:break-word;color:rgb(101,101,101);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;line-height:18px;text-align:center;padding:0px 18px 9px"><em>Copyright © 2019 IBPSA-USA, All rights reserved.</em> <br><br><br>Want to change how you receive these emails?<br>You can <a href="https://ibpsa.us3.list-manage.com/profile?u=545ecdecc811a6e412a8810dd&id=0769126d70&e=[UNIQID]" style="color:rgb(101,101,101)">update your preferences</a> or <a href="https://ibpsa.us3.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=545ecdecc811a6e412a8810dd&id=0769126d70&e=[UNIQID]&c=0a9f17ca2f" style="color:rgb(101,101,101)">unsubscribe from this list</a> <br></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div>