<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Lists:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>This below announces a really good stoves meeting. Elisa Derby is new to the Presidency of ETHOS - and has a large new board that will be helping with the Abstract selection/placement process. Elisa has said the DoE stove contractors will be there. I am hoping for EPA as well.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>There is an informal part that starts Friday afternoon (time unknown to me - but better to get there early, as there will be plenty of chance to talk with dozens of people on these two lists.) </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>This is not a biochar meeting, but there has been a growing percentage of talks on char-making stoves. (The next biochar meeting is in Corvallis - in the late summer)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The two-day price of $60 is phenomenally low (half that for students) - and the on-campus cafeteria is reasonably priced. Lots of coffee, etc included in the $60.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Elisa -</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>What time on Friday will activities begin?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ron</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Derby, Elisa" <<a href="mailto:ederby@winrock.org" class="">ederby@winrock.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">November 30, 2015 at 6:46:00 PM MST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Derby, Elisa" <<a href="mailto:ederby@winrock.org" class="">ederby@winrock.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">ETHOS registration and abstract submission now officially launched!</b><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Dear all,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">ETHOS 2016 is officially launched! Please<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.ethoscon.com/2016-registration/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">register</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.ethoscon.com/ethos-2106-abstract-submission/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">submit abstracts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>now at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.ethoscon.com/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://www.ethoscon.com</a>!<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Please note that registration is a 3 step process:<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="">1.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>Register here:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.ethoscon.com/2016-registration/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://www.ethoscon.com/2016-registration/</a>. One registration per individual, please—each person needs a separate registration. The registration form will ask you about your payment, and a voluntary donation, but you will need to actually process these payments separately.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="">2.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>Once your registration submission is confirmed, please return to the registration page or main ETHOS page to pay online. As always, you may pay in cash at the door, but it will be much easier for the ETHOS volunteers if as many participants as possible pay online ahead of time. Aaaaand, by paying in advance you will be entered into a drawing for fabulous prizes (legacy PCIA swag – aka historic cookstove collector’s items!).<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="">3.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>Once your fee is submitted, please consider making a (separate) tax-deductible donation to the Mark Bryden Scholarship Fund to support one participant per year from a developing region (Africa/Asia/LAC) with direct field experience who would otherwise not be able to come. ETHOS will administer this scholarship fund. This is a great way for us to learn from successful implementers, and for them to be able to get feedback on their work from the ETHOS community!<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">If you’d like to present/speak at ETHOS, please submit a brief abstract (note the word limits on the form). Abstract submission is a 1 step process:<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="">1.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>Fill out this form by Friday December 18<sup class="">th</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and submit!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.ethoscon.com/ethos-2106-abstract-submission/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://www.ethoscon.com/ethos-2106-abstract-submission/</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">ETHOS will be<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">Friday January 29<sup class="">th</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>– Sunday January 31<sup class="">st</sup>, 2016</b>. As in past years, we have blocked rooms at the Baymont Inn in Kirkland, and Friday afternoon/evening activities will take place there. Saturday and Sunday sessions (starting early Sat am, and ending by 5pm on Sunday) will again be at Northwest University. See the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.ethoscon.com/ethos-2016-logistics/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">logistics</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>page for more info! Now’s a good time to make your lodging reservations, too. You can find Baymont hotel information on the registration and logistics pages.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Looking forward to seeing you then!<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Best,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Elisa<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Your friendly neighborhood ETHOS President<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; 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