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<div>Greetings from St. Louis.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>We'll gather at 6:30 p.m at the Millennium Hotel, Suite 2301 (23rd floor, across from elevators).</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>After taking in a view like this...</div><img src="cid:BB195E81-3213-4CD1-900A-631EEC06C293@0.128.10.in-addr.arpa.noptr.antlabs.com"><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div>we'll head for food that we anticipate will be as striking.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font color="#222222" style="font: 24.0px Arial; color: #222222"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Carmine's Steakhouse<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "></span></font></span></span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font color="#222222" style="font: 24.0px Arial; color: #222222"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; "><a href="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=Aiq4.AYTmqDA_o9Lf56dybqKNcIF;_ylv=0/SIG=12qjllo09/**http%3A//www.allmenus.com/mo/st-louis/157807-carmines-steak-house/menu/%3Faff_ref=yh_64"><font color="#3362ba" style="color: #3362ba"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Menu</span></font></font></a></span></span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font color="#222222" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #222222"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">20 S 4th St, St Louis, MO 63102 </span></font><a href="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AscRq4j863aBDs0_RWZud5KKNcIF;_ylv=0/SIG=16c0ji5v5/**http%3A//maps.yahoo.com/dd%3Ftname=Carmine%2527s%2BSteakhouse%26taddr=20%2BS%2B4th%2BSt%26tlt=38.624877%26tln=-90.188727%26tdesc=%2528314%2529%2B241-1631%26tcsz=St%2BLouis%2BMO%26terr=9%26gid2=17681488"><font color="#3362ba" style="color: #3362ba"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Get directions</span></font></font></a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Cross Streets: Between Market St. and Walnut St., just up 4th St. from the Millennium.</font></span></font></font></div></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>If you're unavoidably detained, please call my cell phone to ensure your spot at the table is held.</div><div>(530) 301-2931.</div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">If you haven't already RSVP'ed you can click here: </span></font><a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com?subject=I'm%20Coming%20to%20Dinner--"><font color="#0018ea" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 24, 234); "><u> I'M COMING TO DINNER</u></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "> and include your name and the names of any people are coming with you.</span></font></font></div><div><br></div></div><div>In addition to socializing, this dinner marks the first opportunity to reward, recognize and encourage the continued restoration of equipment, sharing of knowledge, and dedication to keeping Quad tapes' content from being lost to time.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Since Quaddy™ recipient Park Seward cannot attend, he and recipient Ted Langdell will be presented with their awards at the annual NAB lunch on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 in Las Vegas. Mark your calendars.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">At tonight's dinner, two other group members will be honored for their contributions to—as Park put it—"keeping the flame alive."</span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">One won't have to travel far. The other is driving in from Southern California, but may not be in St. Louis in time for dinner. Each has contributed to the recovery of content but through different paths. One has been working with Quad for more than 30 years. The other is a relative newcomer to Quad care and operation. </span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Both are dedicated to the cause of keeping what's on Quad tape available. Both are AMIA members and may have some of their work on-screen at the AMIA Screening Night.</span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Klara Foeller is being recognized with the "</b><b>Determination" Award</b> for her persistence in bringing the ability to transfer Quad tapes to the Missouri History Museum's <a href="http://www.mohistory.org/lrc/collections/images/film-video-sound">media collection</a> and her willingness to learn how to do so.</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Through the help of a local engineer with extensive Quad history on his resume, a VR-1200 was obtained and made serviceable. Klara has learned how to to triage tapes into "likely to be difficult" and others, to operate the VR-1200 and transfer material with success, and to perform basic operational maintenance.</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><b>KMOX-TV transmitter engineer John Muench's</b> help in this endeavor was indispensable, Klara says. His contributions will also be memorialized with the <b>"0 to 59.97" Award</b> for taking things from zero to operational and keeping them there.</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><b>David Crosthwait is being recognized with the "Finding the Flux" Award </b>for continuing to use his 30+ years of Quad skills in the daily preservation of Quad content and development of in-house practices that enable recovery from difficult tapes.</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">This is a beginning, the first of what I hope are many opportunities to recognize the contributions of people who are currently working to make visible the programs still housed on Quadruplex Videotape. </span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">As 2009 turns into 2010, please watch for people whose ongoing and whose past contributions to the art and science of Quadruplex video should be highlighted and honored, especially through the Quaddy™.</span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">If you're at all within easy travel of St. Louis, we invite you to join us for dinner and awards</span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Please RSVP by clicking here: </span></font><a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com?subject=I'm%20Coming%20to%20Dinner--"><font color="#0018ea" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #0018ea"><u> I'M COMING TO DINNER</u></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"> and include your name and the names of any people are coming with you.</span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Last year, we had a good time on Tuesday AND Wednesday with slightly different groups, so a fun time will be had at AMIA.</span></font></font></div></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Ted</div><div><br></div></div><div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; 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