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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Dear Igshaan,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Thanks for organizing this meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>7 July works for me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Cecilia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>South America RISG<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Risgchairs <risgchairs-bounces@list.cals.arizona.edu> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Andiswa Finca<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 8, 2023 5:07 AM<br><b>To:</b> Igshaan Samuels <isamuels@uwc.ac.za>; Serena FERRARI <serena.ferrari@cirad.fr><br><b>Cc:</b> risgchairs@list.cals.arizona.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Risgchairs] [EXTERNAL] Re: [Message Suspect] RISG coordinators meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Dear Igshaan</span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I am okay with the 7 July.</span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Kind Regards</span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Andiswa</span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Risgchairs <<a href="mailto:risgchairs-bounces@list.cals.arizona.edu">risgchairs-bounces@list.cals.arizona.edu</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Igshaan Samuels<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 08 June 2023 09:56<br><b>To:</b> Serena FERRARI <<a href="mailto:serena.ferrari@cirad.fr">serena.ferrari@cirad.fr</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:risgchairs@list.cals.arizona.edu">risgchairs@list.cals.arizona.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] Re: [Risgchairs] [Message Suspect] RISG coordinators meeting</span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA>Thank You Serena for pointing this out.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA>Do the RISG chairs feel that we should postpone the meeting to 7 July 2023? <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA>On Thu, Jun 8, 2023 at 9:43 AM Serena FERRARI <<a href="mailto:serena.ferrari@cirad.fr">serena.ferrari@cirad.fr</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR>Dear Igshaan,</span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR> </span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thank you for organizing this.<span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Though, it will be the day after the Aid el Kabeer, I guess many of us will be on leave or at least with their families.<span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Would it be possible to schedule that some days before or the week after?<span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thank you in advance for your understanding,<span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Serena<span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>(Western and Central Africa RISG)<span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=FR>De :</span></b><span lang=FR> Risgchairs <<a href="mailto:risgchairs-bounces@list.cals.arizona.edu" target="_blank">risgchairs-bounces@list.cals.arizona.edu</a>> <b>De la part de</b> Igshaan Samuels<br><b>Envoyé :</b> Wednesday, 7 June 2023 10:08 pm<br><b>À :</b> <a href="mailto:risgchairs@list.cals.arizona.edu" target="_blank">risgchairs@list.cals.arizona.edu</a><br><b>Objet :</b> [Message Suspect] [Risgchairs] RISG coordinators meeting</span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR> </span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR>Dear RISG coordinators </span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR> </span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR>I hope you are all doing well. </span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR> </span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR>You are invited to a RISG coordinators meeting on 30 June 2023 at 2pm SAST. We will use the meeting discuss the following, but we encourage you to suggest additional agenda items: </span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR> </span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR>1. Structure of the RISG </span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR>2. Updates on activities April-June 2023</span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR>3. Planned activities</span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR>4. Action plans of the RISG </span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR>5. General discussion on challenges experienced by the RISGs </span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR> </span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR>We would like each RISG to present their report on these agenda items (10 minutes for each RISG) and a general discussion.</span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR> </span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR>Could you ensure that at least one person from the RISG coordinator's team is present at the meeting? We will have those joining from regions that will not be within the normal working hours to present first. </span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR> </span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR>Kind regards</span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR>Igshaan Samuels </span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR>IYRP ISP co-chair </span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR> </span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch:normal'><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#454545'>Disclaimer - This e-mail is subject to UWC policies and e-mail disclaimer published on our website at: <a href="https://www.uwc.ac.za/disclaimer" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;background:white'>https://www.uwc.ac.za/disclaimer</span></a></span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=FR> </span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch:normal'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#454545'>Disclaimer - This e-mail is subject to UWC policies and e-mail disclaimer published on our website at: <a href="https://www.uwc.ac.za/disclaimer" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;background:white'>https://www.uwc.ac.za/disclaimer</span></a></span><span lang=EN-ZA><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZA> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#666666'>Disclaimer</span></b><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#666666'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#666666'>The information contained in this communication from the sender is confidential. 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