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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I want to take a moment to personally thank everyone for contributing to the settlement conversation. <i>Everyone’s</i> opinion is needed and valued. While in the end, there may be some that will not fully agree with each other, everyone has been civil and most importantly caring enough about our Barony and the SCA to take time out of their day and provide their input into this subject.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So thank you again to all for letting us know what you think and how you feel about this. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When it comes time to make the decision on how best to proceed forward as a group, I will do my best to put the Seneschal Finn hat firmly on my head (and put the populace Finn hat away) and help guide the group’s decision based on the feedback from everyone and what is the right thing to do as a whole. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-Finn<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>