<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">YAY!!! That is great news! Thanks very much, Lindsay, for your effective, professional efforts.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Jil</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 8:13 PM Lindsay Thompson <<a href="mailto:lindsay.mdag@gmail.com">lindsay.mdag@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Good evening,<div><br></div><div>I wanted to let you all know that an unfavorable motion passed on HB 472 in subcommittee tonight with a recommendation to the Chairman for a summer study on the issue. The sponsor is expected to withdraw the bill between now and full committee voting. </div><div><br></div><div>Great work by everyone and thank you for your partnership. This is a great example of what we can do when a good coalition sticks together!</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Lindsay Thompson</div><div>MD Grain Producers<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jan 28, 2021, at 4:50 PM, Lindsay Thompson <<a href="mailto:lindsay.mdag@gmail.com" target="_blank">lindsay.mdag@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Good afternoon,<div><br></div><div>Thank you for your participation on the call this morning and your important work on this legislation. </div><div><br></div><div>I am attaching the draft final coalition letter for your review. If your organization would like to sign on to the letter, please let me know by <u>12 pm Monday, February 1st by responding to me on this email with your organization name and logo</u>.</div><div><br></div><div>In addition to signing on to the coalition letter, we discussed individual organizations submitting written testimony focusing on your individual uses and the importance of glyphosate to your constituencies along with fiscal impacts.
I will follow up tomorrow or Monday morning with the final suggested list of oral testimony. Written/Oral testimony sign up and submission will be <u>Monday, Feb 1 between 10 am and 3 pm</u>. I will include those directions below my signature line.</div><div><br></div><div>If you're looking for resources in drafting your written testimony, there are some great ones here: <a href="http://www.glyphosatelitigationfacts.com/main/resources/" target="_blank">http://www.glyphosatelitigationfacts.com/main/resources/</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Please let myself or Kimberly O'Brien (<a href="mailto:kimberly.obrien@bayer.com" target="_blank">kimberly.obrien@bayer.com</a>) know if you have any questions.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div>Lindsay Thompson<div>Maryland Grain Producers</div><div><b>Executive Director</b></div><div>(o) 443-262-8491 (c) 410-490-5487</div><div>123 Clay Drive, Queenstown, MD 21658</div><div><a href="http://www.marylandgrain.org" target="_blank">www.marylandgrain.org</a></div></div><div><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-left:0.75in;text-align:justify"><br></p></div><div><u><b>Directions for witness sign up:</b></u></div><div>If you do not have an MGA account, create one here: <a href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Account/Register/Tracking" target="_blank">https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Account/Register/Tracking</a></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Log in to your MGA account > on the left menu, select "witness signup" > on the dropdown menu, select "Environment and Transportation" > check the box next to HB0472 > from the drop down menu, select "unfavorable" > from the next drop down menu, select the correct form of testimony > if you have written testimony, click upload and select the file > go back to the top and click "Save" > then select "signed up items" to check and make sure HB0472 shows up<br></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"></div></div></div></div>
<div><HB472 Coalition letter.docx></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div>