[Campus-morris-staff] last year's announcement

[Elena Machkasova]

I didn't think of it, and it's a great idea. Unfortunately the registration
closes this Saturday (so that we have accurate numbers and dietary requests
for the food order), so it probably is too late now, but something to keep
in mind for the next year.

Elena


On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Jim Hall <jhall at morris.umn.edu> wrote:

> I wonder if we could also post an item on the Higbies digital display?
> There's also a similar display in the library, and another in lower level
> of Science. I think they are independently controlled, so you could just
> have something show up in Science if you prefer that. This would be a good
> way to get the word out.
>
> It's just an image, and I think Melissa Weber in U Relations could give us
> the image size we need to use. Someone could create a poster-like image and
> they could have it show up on the  display.
>
> On Monday, August 25, 2014, Elena Machkasova <elenam at morris.umn.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I found this announcement in our last year's folder. We need to modify it
>> slightly and possibly customize it to different groups a bit, but that's
>> something to start working from. I will find last year's sign-up form as
>> well.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Elena
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