<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Nordica MacCarty</b> <br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Hello
All,</span></p>

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agenda for ETHOS is starting to take shape. 
Here is a list of the discussion topics proposed so far:</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">- Update on the Global
Alliance and their activities</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">- Standardizing
Reporting on IWA Indicators</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">- Stove Performance
Inventory, Sharing Public Data, and Establishing Common Data Formats</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">- Update on ISO
Process</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">- Updates on Protocol
Developments</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">-
WBT protocol for plancha and multipot stoves</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">-
Stove dissemination strategies</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">-
Technology and implementation factors leading to adoption</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">-
Working with communities in the field (NGOs)</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">-
Stoves and social science</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">-
New stove technology and design updates</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">-
Charcoal producing stoves and related biochar issues</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">- Stoves
101 </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">-
Fuel supply and growing/preparing woodfuel</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Are
there any suggestions I may have missed or additional ideas?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">


<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Registration for the conference and hotel information is available at </span><a href="http://www.vrac.iastate.edu/ethos/conference.php" target="_blank">http://www.vrac.iastate.edu/ethos/conference.php</a>.  <span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt">Please submit abstracts for papers and talks to Mark or Dean by January 1st.  </span></p>


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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Looking
forward to seeing everyone on January 24^th!</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Happy
Holidays,</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">~Nordica</span></p></div>
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