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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Please excuse the cross-postings...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=fuchsia face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:fuchsia'>Note:  RSVP is due today!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
</span></font><font size=7 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:36.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:red'>IBPSA<br>
</span></font><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=2
  color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
  color:navy'>International</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font size=2
 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
 color:navy'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Building</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> Performance Simulation Association<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>
Affiliate<br>
<br>
<strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>IBPSA-USA invites
you to join us in</span></font></b></strong></span></font><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> </span></font><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><strong><b><font
  size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
  color:navy'>New York City</span></font></b></strong></st1:City></st1:place><strong><b><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> for our</span></font></b></strong><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><strong><b><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Winter 2008 meeting!</span></font></b></strong><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<strong><b><font color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>IBPSA-USA MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT</span></font></b></strong><b><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy;font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></font><strong><b><font color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial;color:red'>Dinner RSVP requested</span></font></b></strong></b> (see
below)<br>
<strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>4:00 PM, Saturday,</span></font></b></strong> <strong><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>January 19, 2008</span></font></b></strong> <br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><strong><b><font face=Arial><span
  style='font-family:Arial'>New York</span></font></b></strong></st1:City><strong><b><font
 face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>, <st1:State w:st="on">New York</st1:State></span></font></b></strong></st1:place></span></font><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman"><o:p></o:p></font></b></strong></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Location:<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>     Meeting
and dinner at McGee’s Pub, <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">240
  West 55<sup>th</sup> Street</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">New York</st1:City>,
 <st1:State w:st="on">NY</st1:State></st1:address> (2 ½ blocks from the
Hilton)  www.mcgeespub.com</span></font></span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>

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font-family:Arial'><br>
<strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>4:00 PM - 6:00 PM<font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>    Discussion of simulation
for Appendix G, Standard 189, and LEED<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></b></strong></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>                               
Dru Crawley (<st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> DOE) and Mike
Rosenberg (<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>
DOE) will moderate.</span></font></b></strong><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>6:00 PM - 7:00 PM<font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>    Social hour with cash bar<br>
<br>
</span></font>7:00 PM    <font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>Dinner (cost $40)</span></font></span></b><br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>8:00 PM </span></b>(approx)<strong><b><font
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:navy'>   
After-dinner talk:  Daniel Nall of Flack & Kurtz</span></font></b></strong><b><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>                             Dan
will be talking about CFD modeling of UFAD systems that F&K has been
working on.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>

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<strong><b><font color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;
color:red'>Reservations:</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>      <font color=red><span
style='color:red'>To make a reservation contact </span></font></span></font></b></strong><u><font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'>Peter Ellis <</span></font></u><a
href="mailto:peter_ellis@nrel.gov" title="mailto:peter_ellis@nrel.gov">peter_ellis@nrel.gov</a><u><font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'>></span></font></u><strong><b><font
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red'> via email by</span></font></b></strong><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> </span></font><strong><b><font
color=red face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:red'>January 15,
2008, 5 PM (MST).</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>  </span></font></b></strong>Confirmation of
reservations will be sent via email (if you do not receive a confirmation
within two business days, please resend your reservation request).<br>
<br>
For the latest information about IBPSA-USA, please visit our web site: <a
href="http://www.ibpsa.us/" title="http://www.ibpsa.us/" eudora=autourl>http://www.ibpsa.<span
title="http://www.ibpsa.us/">us</span><br title="http://www.ibpsa.us/">
<br title="http://www.ibpsa.us/">
</a>We look forward to seeing you there!<br>
<br>
Michael Brandemuehl     </X-TAB><X-TAB>        </X-TAB><X-TAB>          
Peter Ellis<br>
</X-TAB>President, IBPSA-USA<X-TAB>    </X-TAB><X-TAB>            
     </X-TAB>Secretary, IBPSA-USA <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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