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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:21.55pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Good
morning,<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:21.55pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Because
I have been out of the country, I felt that I should send a reminder at this
time. I trust that I am not being pushy. Many have supported me over the
years. I hope that you may be able to do so again.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:21.55pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:21.55pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Last
year Bird Studies <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>
set up a special web site that was both successful and popular. I advised as
many as possible via email, telephone, newsletter etc. Last year my final
total was $4035 (about 133% achievement).</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:21.6pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Support
from sponsors allowed me to be 8<sup>th</sup> of all participants across <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>
and I would have been in 7<sup>th</sup> place as a team of one. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:21.6pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:21.6pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>I had
initially stated that this was my last Birdathon. The tremendous support I
received, together with the ease for me in having so many pledges via credit
card going directly to my account at BSC was so encouraging that I registered
for 2012. This year, I have set a goal of $3501. I am also hoping to attract
sponsors from the business sector. Your assistance here is sought.</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:21.55pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:21.55pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>The
Kitchener-Waterloo Field Naturalists will receive the following % based on the
amount that I am able to raise:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:144.0pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>$ 1
- 3000 will generate 25% to the KWFN<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:144.0pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>$3001 - 3500
will generate 30% to the KWFN<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:144.0pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>$3501 - 4000
will generate 35% to the KWFN<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:144.0pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>$4001 - 4500
will generate 40% to the KWFN<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:144.0pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>$4501 - 5000
will generate 45% to the KWFN<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:144.0pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>$5001 &
up will generate 50% to the KWFN<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:21.55pt'><strong><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:21.55pt'><strong><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I have been proud
to be a participant in the Baillie Birdathon for about 30 years. Since 1993, I
have been able to raise $15,468.00. Neither the records of Bird Studies <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>
nor mine are available before that year. I am asking each sponsor to consider a
higher amount according to the means of each. Most of my sponsors pledged
directly on line using the internet. This is a completely safe, secure, and an easy
method to donate. All you need to do is link to:</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:21.55pt'><strong><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'><a
href="http://www.gifttool.com/athon/MyFundraisingPage?ID=1914&AID=1845&PID=256458"
title="blocked::http://www.gifttool.com/athon/MyFundraisingPage?ID=1914&AID=1845&PID=256458
http://www.gifttool.com/athon/MyFundraisingPage?ID=1914&AID=1845&PID=256458"><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><span
title="blocked::http://www.gifttool.com/athon/MyFundraisingPage?ID=1914&AID=1845&PID=256458
http://www.gifttool.com/athon/MyFundraisingPage?ID=1914&AID=1845&PID=256458"><span
title="blocked::http://www.gifttool.com/athon/MyFundraisingPage?ID=1914&AID=1845&PID=256458"><span
title="blocked::http://www.gifttool.com/athon/MyFundraisingPage?ID=1914&AID=1845&PID=256458
http://www.gifttool.com/athon/MyFundraisingPage?ID=1914&AID=1845&PID=256458">http://www.gifttool.com/athon/MyFundraisingPage?ID=1914&AID=1845&PID=256</span></b><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>4</span></span></b><span
title="blocked::http://www.gifttool.com/athon/MyFundraisingPage?ID=1914&AID=1845&PID=256458"><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>5</span></span></b></span><b><span style='font-weight:
bold'><span
title="blocked::http://www.gifttool.com/athon/MyFundraisingPage?ID=1914&AID=1845&PID=256458
http://www.gifttool.com/athon/MyFundraisingPage?ID=1914&AID=1845&PID=256458"><span
title="blocked::http://www.gifttool.com/athon/MyFundraisingPage?ID=1914&AID=1845&PID=256458">8</span></span></span></b></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:21.55pt'><strong><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:21.55pt'><strong><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A donation of $35
or more will permit you to receive BSC’s quarterly newsletter BirdWatch <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>
for one year, and you can participate in BSC’s programs upon request.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:21.55pt'><strong><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Please consider
supporting me. Help me support the conservation of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>'s birds. Just click
"Sponsor Me" to make a donation. Thank you in advance for your
generosity! </span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:21.55pt'><strong><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sincerely, <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:21.55pt'><strong><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:21.55pt'><strong><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Neil (<st1:place w:st="on">E.
Taylor</st1:place>)</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><strong><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Please check my Birdathon
porgress at:</span></font></b></strong><b><span style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><b><font size=2 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.gifttool.com/athon/MyFundraisingPage?ID=1914&AID=1845&PID=256458">http://www.gifttool.com/athon/MyFundraisingPage?ID=1914&AID=1845&PID=256458</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><b><font size=2 color="#003300"
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;
font-weight:bold'>“If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird
will come." - Chinese Proverb</span></font></b><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><b><font size=2 color="#003300"
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;
font-weight:bold'>You must have the bird in your heart before you can find it
in the bush" - John Burroughs (1908) essay: Art of Seeing Things<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><strong><b><font size=2
color="#003300" face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:#003300'>For Nature! For now! Forever!</span></font></b></strong><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><b><font size=2 color="#003300"
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;
font-weight:bold'><a href="mailto:neiletaylor@sympatico.ca">neiletaylor@sympatico.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/costa_rica_birds2012/"><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.flickr.com/photos/costa_rica_birds2012/</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><b><font size=2 color="#003300"
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;
font-weight:bold'>Neil E. Taylor<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:
bold'><ns1:Street w:insAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:insDate="2012-03-24T10:28:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:endInsDate="2012-03-24T10:28:00Z"><ns1:address
w:insAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:insDate="2012-03-24T10:28:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:endInsDate="2012-03-24T10:28:00Z"><st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font color="#003300"><span
style='color:#003300'>1016 Wilson Ave.</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street></ns1:address></ns1:Street><font
color="#003300"><span style='color:#003300'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:
bold'><ns1:place w:insAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:insDate="2012-03-24T10:28:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:endInsDate="2012-03-24T10:28:00Z"><ns1:City
w:insAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:insDate="2012-03-24T10:28:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:endInsDate="2012-03-24T10:28:00Z"><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font color="#003300"><span style='color:#003300'>Kitchener</span></font></st1:City></ns1:City></st1:place><font
color="#003300"><span style='color:#003300'> </span></font><ns1:State
w:insAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:insDate="2012-03-24T10:28:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:endInsDate="2012-03-24T10:28:00Z"><st1:State
w:st="on"><font color="#003300"><span style='color:#003300'>ON</span></font></st1:State></ns1:State></ns1:place><font
color="#003300"><span style='color:#003300'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><b><font size=2 color="#003300"
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;
font-weight:bold'>N2C 1J2<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><b><font size=2 color="#003300"
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;
font-weight:bold'>Tel. 519-893-6469<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><b><font size=2 color="#003300"
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:9.0pt'><b><font size=2 color="#003300"
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:5.65pt'><b><font size=2 color="#003300"
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;
font-weight:bold'>"In the end, we conserve only what we love, we will love
only what we understand and we will understand only what we are taught."
-- Baba Dioum<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:5.65pt'><b><font size=2 color="#003300"
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;
font-weight:bold'>“I have a room all to myself; it is Nature. It is a
place beyond the jurisdiction of human government.” - (Author unknown)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:5.65pt'><b><font size=2 color="#003300"
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;
font-weight:bold'>“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:5.65pt'><b><font size=2 color="#003300"
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;
font-weight:bold'>“The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source
of my inspiration.” - Claude Monet</span></font></b><b><font
color="#003300"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#003300;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:5.65pt'><b><font size=2 color="#003300"
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:5.65pt'><b><font size=2 color="#003300"
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;
font-weight:bold'>Life Member – Bird Studies </span></font></b><b><font
size=2><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'><ns1:country-region
w:insAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:insDate="2012-03-24T10:28:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:endInsDate="2012-03-24T10:28:00Z"><ns1:place
w:insAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:insDate="2012-03-24T10:28:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:endInsDate="2012-03-24T10:28:00Z"><font
color="#003300"><span style='color:#003300'>Canada</span></font></ns1:place></ns1:country-region><font
color="#003300"><span style='color:#003300'> (BSC)</span></font></span></font></b><b><font
color="#003300"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#003300;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:5.65pt'><b><font size=2 color="#003300"
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;
font-weight:bold'>Life Member – </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'><ns1:State
w:insAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:insDate="2012-03-24T10:28:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:endInsDate="2012-03-24T10:28:00Z"><ns1:place
w:insAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:insDate="2012-03-24T10:28:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="Neil Taylor" w:endInsDate="2012-03-24T10:28:00Z"><font
color="#003300"><span style='color:#003300'>Ontario</span></font></ns1:place></ns1:State><font
color="#003300"><span style='color:#003300'> Nature (ON)</span></font></span></font></b><b><font
color="#003300"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#003300;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:5.65pt'><b><font size=2 color="#003300"
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;
font-weight:bold'>Life Member – Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:5.65pt'><b><font size=2 color="#003300"
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;
font-weight:bold'>Honorary Life Member – (2008) Kitchener-Waterloo Field
Naturalists (KWFN)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:5.65pt'><b><font size=2 color="#003300"
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#003300;
font-weight:bold'>Conservation Award – (2008) Kitchener-Waterloo Field
Naturalists (KWFN)</span></font></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-weight:
bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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