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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Welcome to the eighth consecutive year of SoundHAB listserv operation. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>This year the listserv moderator will be Teri King of Washington Sea Grant. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Please contact Teri at <a href="mailto:guatemal@u.washington.edu"><span style='color:blue'>guatemal@u.washington.edu</span></a> for assistance if<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>you cannot solve list serve problems using the SoundHAB WHOI web site link.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The purpose of this listserv is to provide harmful algal bloom researchers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>science and industry managers and others a forum to share timely information<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>about HABs throughout the Pacific Northwest and especially the Salish Sea. There are<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>currently ~ 125 members subscribing. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If you see major or novel blooms, please post a note on this list serve as<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>soon as possible and report the approximate location and time, even if you<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>don't know what species are involved so that others may follow up.. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Your email address is stored only on the well-guarded and secure Woods Hole<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Oceanographic Institution listserv system. The system is extremely robust<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>in preventing hacking, spam and other internet attacks. When you hit "reply" <br>on your browser to a posting it will be sent to the poster, not the list, unless you<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>click on the <a href="http://mailman.whoi.edu/mailman/listinfo/soundhab"><span style='color:blue'>SoundHAB at whoi.edu</span></a> link. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The operation of this list is sponsored in part by the NOAA Center for<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research CSCOR Harmful Algal Bloom Event Response<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Program and a grant to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution with the capable<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>assistance of Judy Kleindinst and Eric Cunningham. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>See <<a href="http://mailman.whoi.edu/mailman/listinfo/soundhab"><span style='color:blue'>http://mailman.whoi.edu/mailman/listinfo/soundhab</span></a>><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://mailman.whoi.edu/mailman/listinfo/soundhab"><span style='color:blue'>http://mailman.whoi.edu/mailman/listinfo/soundhab</span></a> to access all historical<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>archived postings, subscribe or unsubscribe. Listserv operation, management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>and contributions are entirely voluntary and the only guideline we have<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>agreed to in the past is that we prefer to involve only researchers, agency and water<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>dependent businesses, managers and students, but specifically not include public<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>news media. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If you have comments or suggestions to alter this list serve, please post<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>them or contact Teri. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thank you for your active participation over the past seven years, especially the core <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>group of participants who have contributed the most. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I have enjoyed working with all of you and hope that there will be expanded participation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>in the future in sharing timely information related to HAB events in Puget Sound and adjacent waters. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Jack<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jack Rensel, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Principal, System Science Applications, Inc.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>4209 234<sup>th</sup> St NE<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Arlington, WA 98223<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Jackrensel@att.net">Jackrensel@att.net</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.AquaModel.org">www.AquaModel.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>