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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gisha",sans-serif;color:#404040">Good morning,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gisha",sans-serif;color:#404040">The POs for FY23 state aid for tribal public libraries are currently pending and should be approved sometime next week.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gisha",sans-serif;color:#404040">I am out of the office next week, but I have prepared the payment request sheets, so they are ready for processing once the POs are approved. I will process payments
for those who have returned their grant agreements upon my return Monday January 23, 2023 (given that POs are approved).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gisha",sans-serif;color:#404040">I sent an email on December 15, 2022 with the tracking spreadsheet to help prepare for how to expend
<i>all</i> FY23 state aid funds by June 30, 2023. Attached is another copy of the tracking spreadsheet and guidance sheet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gisha",sans-serif;color:#404040">Let me know if there are any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gisha",sans-serif;color:#404040">Thank you.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Pristina;color:#2E74B5">Carmelita Aragon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bell MT",serif;color:#0099CC">State Data Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bell MT",serif;color:#2E74B5">Library Development Services Bureau
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bell MT",serif;color:#0099CC">New Mexico State Library
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bell MT",serif;color:#2E74B5">1209 Camino Carlos Rey
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bell MT",serif;color:#0099CC">Santa Fe, NM 87507<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bell MT",serif;color:#2E74B5">Phone: 505.476.9740 / 800.340.3890<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT",serif;color:#DE0000;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">PLEASE NOTE NEW EMAIL ADDRESS</span></b><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bell MT",serif;color:#DE0000"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bell MT",serif;color:#806000"><a href="mailto:Carmelita.Aragon@dca.nm.gov"><span style="color:blue">Carmelita.Aragon@dca.nm.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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