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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I read it with a smile Martin. I don’t think an apology is needed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:#385623">Stone Energy Associates<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:#385623">PO Box 324 Loomis, CA 95650<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:#385623">(916) 663-1225<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:DTLDocumentaST-Regular;color:#1F497D">“Poverty is a symptom of economic mismanagement and social structure.” Beatrice Webb</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Gsbn <gsbn-bounces@sustainablesources.com> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Martin Hammer<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 14, 2018 11:06 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> GSBN <GSBN@SustainableSources.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [GSBN] Nominate Barbara Jones - delayed apology<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I want to apologize for my email below re: the nomination of Barbara Jones. It seemed ok when I sent it, but when I received it back from GSBN and read it again, my
reaction was “Who would write that?” Well, apparently me. It was the first analogy that popped into my head, but I can easily see it as insensitive or inappropriate. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ending on a positive note, it was great to see the chorus of support for Barbara, who has been such an important pioneer and ambassador for straw bale and natural
building for so long. Glad to know she is being reinstated on the list.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Martin Hammer <<a href="mailto:mfhammer@pacbell.net">mfhammer@pacbell.net</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Sunday, August 5, 2018 at 6:45 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>GSBN <<a href="mailto:GSBN@SustainableSources.com">GSBN@SustainableSources.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [GSBN] Nominate Barbara Jones<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Discovering that Barbara Jones is not a member of the GSBN would be like discovering Moses is not in the Bible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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