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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>We are finding the same thing. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Last year we were given 1 student for 560 hours and this year 2 students for 800 hours. It looks like everyone is getting 10 weeks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Barb Watson, Manager</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Nicola Valley Museum Archives</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>"To preserve, share, and display the rich heritage of The Nicola Valley"</span></i></b><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>1675 Tutill Court, Box 1262</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 Canada</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Ph: 250-378-4145</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>email: </span></b><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="mailto:nvma@uniserve.com"><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>nvma@uniserve.com</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="http://www.nicolavalleymuseum.org"><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.nicolavalleymuseum.org</span></b></a><br></span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>www.facebook.com/NVMuseum</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> bcma-bounces@lists.vifa.ca [mailto:bcma-bounces@lists.vifa.ca] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.<br><b>Sent:</b> May-05-16 1:48 PM<br><b>To:</b> bcma@lists.vifa.ca<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [BCMA] Funding Notification More But Less...... a question to you...<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Yes, we had the same news. 5 students for 10 weeks. However, this is more weeks overall than we have received in the past. Its difficult to accomplish very much and offer much training in 10 weeks. But we’ll take what we can get. Everything helps.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Rebecca<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Rebecca Clarke, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>12138 Fourth Ave., Richmond, BC V7E 3J1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Ph: 604-664-9192<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Cell: 778-836-0230<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="gulfofgeorgiacannery.org"><span style='color:#0563C1'>gulfofgeorgiacannery.org</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> bcma-bounces@lists.vifa.ca [mailto:bcma-bounces@lists.vifa.ca] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.<br><b>Sent:</b> May-05-16 10:06 AM<br><b>To:</b> bcma@lists.vifa.ca<br><b>Subject:</b> [BCMA] Funding Notification More But Less...... a question to you...<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We just got our official CSJ notification for 4 students… but for less money than we got last year for 3 students. Last year it was 3 students for 14 weeks, this year it is 4 students for 9 weeks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Frankly I cannot see how we can accept this offer. We already top up the wage and pay all the MERC’s, and usually extend the students a couple of extra weeks. As we are also a visitor centre, each student is required to take about a two week training program to get their provincial travel counsellor certificate.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Based on this offer from the feds, at best I think we could afford to hire 2 students and then extend and top up for 14-16 weeks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So I am curious, have other of you found that your offer from CSJ this year is similar to ours, with more students but significantly less weeks?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lee<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0 style='border:none;border-top:solid #AAABB6 1.0pt'><tr><td width=69 style='width:41.25pt;border:none;padding:9.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" target="_blank"><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender."></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=588 style='width:352.5pt;border:none;padding:11.25pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#41424E;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Virus-free. <a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" target="_blank"><span style='color:#4453EA'>www.avast.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>