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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img width=746 height=181 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image011.jpg@01D1B79C.4FADDAB0" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: CAL/AAEM: California Chapter of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine"></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='margin-left:15.0pt;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:15.0pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt' id=content><div style='margin-top:11.25pt;margin-bottom:11.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>May 23, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#DF0009'>Join AAEM and AAEM/RSA Advocacy Day<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://www.aaem.org/advocacy/aaem-advocacy-day"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#BE000C;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=541 height=173 id="_x0000_i1031" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D1B79C.4F636430" alt="http://www.execinc.com/hosted/emails/aaem/image/Advocacydaybannerlong(1).jpg"></span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><a href="http://www.aaem.org/advocacy/aaem-advocacy-day"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#BE000C;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=191 height=69 id="_x0000_i1030" src="cid:image004.png@01D1B79C.4F636430" alt="http://www.execinc.com/hosted/emails/aaem/image/Register%20Today%20-%20plain.png"></span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To register, please click on "Register Now!" and <br>complete the information requested and email it to <a href="mailto:info@aaem.org">info@aaem.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Register by June 1, 2016</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.aaem.org/advocacy/aaem-advocacy-day"><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#BE000C'>Visit the Advocacy Day website.</span></strong></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#DF0009'>All members encourage to attend!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We are looking for a group of passionate residents, medical students, and AAEM members to join us for targeted meetings with Congressional Leaders to discuss issues of importance to emergency physicians.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>No prior hill experience necessary — just knowledge of caring for patients and a passion for improving the health care system!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#DF0009'>What can I expect?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Expect to meet with Members of Congress and/or senior Congressional staff that are relevant to health care policy<br> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Expect to meet primarily with relevant offices in your home State’s Congressional delegation (House and Senate)<br> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>You will be provided a schedule on the morning of the fly-in that lists the Members and staff you will be meeting with, their biographies, etc.<br> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Before you arrive in DC, you will be provided talking points and issues to raise during the meetings<br> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>You will have an opportunity to ask questions about the meetings and materials and receive a briefing on lobbying “dos and don’ts” at the breakfast the day of the fly-in<br> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>You will be placed in a small group with several other fly-in participants and accompanied by a guide from Williams & Jensen, they will know their way around the Hill and take you from meeting to meeting, and will carry handouts from AAEM to leave behind at offices<br> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>You will have lunch with a Member of Congress relevant to emergency medicine and health care policy<br> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>You will have an opportunity to network and spend time with fellow AAEM and AAEM/RSA Members throughout the day and during the debrief on Capitol Hill immediately following the day’s meetings <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:15.75pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jeff Wells</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Deputy Editor, CAL/AAEM News Service<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Brian Potts</span></strong><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> MD, MBA</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Managing Editor, CAL/AAEM News Service<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#D9D9D9'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Contact us at: <span style='color:#0070C0'><a href="mailto:calaaem.news.service1@gmail.com">calaaem.news.service1@gmail.com</a></span><br><br>For more articles, visit our <span style='color:blue'><a href="http://www.calaaem.org/news_archives.php"><span style='color:blue'>archives</span></a></span>. <br><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:somcaaem@uci.edu"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;text-decoration:none'>To</span></a></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'><a href="https://maillists.uci.edu/mailman/listinfo/calaaem"><span style='color:#0070C0;text-decoration:none'> </span><span 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