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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Librarians!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Help us get the word out about regional broadband listening sessions! See below and poster attached.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xcontentpasted1"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">As the state of New Mexico prepares for historic federal funding to support broadband infrastructure and equity, the Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE) is working
with local partners and counties to organize a series of Regional Broadband Meetings, listening sessions, and community events to gather stakeholders and collectively develop and implement the 5-year Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Strategic
Plan and the state’s Digital Equity Plan. To ensure the needs and challenges of all communities, large and small, are addressed, we hope you will help us get the word out and encourage your team and colleagues statewide to participate in one of the first regional
meetings scheduled this spring.</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Monday, April 17 - 9am-1pm - in Alamogordo - Southeast Region 6<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Otero, Chaves, Curry, DeBaca, Eddy, Lea, Lincoln, and Roosevelt counties<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xcontentpasted1" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal">
<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Tuesday, April 18 - 9am-1pm - in Los Lunas - Central Region 3<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Valencia, Bernalillo, and Torrance counties<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xcontentpasted1" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal">
<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Thursday, May 11 - 9am-1pm - in Springer - Northeast Region 4<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, Quay, San Miguel, and Union counties<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xcontentpasted1" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal">
<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Friday, May 12 - 9am-1pm - in Las Cruces - Southwest Region 5<br>
</span></b><span class="xcontentpasted11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#232527">Doña Ana,
</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Catron,
</span><span class="xcontentpasted11"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#232527">Grant, Hidalgo, Luna,
</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Sierra, and Socorro counties<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xcontentpasted1" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal">
<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Monday, May 15 - 9am-1pm - in Farmington - Northwest Region 1</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><br>
San Juan, Cibola, McKinley, and Sandoval counties<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xcontentpasted1" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;font-variant-caps: normal;font-stretch: normal">
<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Tuesday, May 16<span class="xapple-converted-space">
</span>- 9am-1pm - in Hernandez - North Central Region 2</span></b><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Rio Arriba, Los Alamos, Santa Fe, and Taos counties</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><br>
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</span><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">To attend one of the in-person Regional Broadband Meetings this spring. register online at<span class="xapple-converted-space">
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</span></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="https://connect.nm.gov/regional-meetings"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0B4CB4">https://connect.nm.gov/regional-meetings</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Eager to gather stakeholders and committed to achieving critical broadband solutions for all New Mexicans, we are grateful for your support and hope you will be able to participate and to <span class="xcontentpasted2"><span style="background:white">share
this information with your working group members and constituents</span></span>. To learn more about events ahead, you can also visit our new domain name at
</span><u><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0B4CB4"><a href="https://connect.nm.gov">https://connect.nm.gov</a>.</span></u><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Sincerely</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> and many thanks for your support<span style="color:black">,</span></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Kelly Schlegel, Director</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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