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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Hi, all.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>(Apologies for the short notice, but this all came together quickly. If you can make it, wonderful.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>UW's Critical Media Lab (English) and Collaborative Systems Lab (Systems Design Engineering) invite you to an event this Wednesday, February 17, from 4-8 p.m. This Open House and Charity Event is being held to raise awareness of and gather supplies for the Haitian Relief Kits, being collected by the Mennonite Central Committee (<a href="http://www.southwesternontario.ctv.ca/provincewide.php?id=417">http://www.southwesternontario.ctv.ca/provincewide.php?id=417</a>).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The event will take place at the Critical Media Lab, 191 King St W., Kitchener, at the corner of King & Gaukel, directly across from Kitchener City Hall. Stacey Scott, Director of the CSL, and Neil Randall, acting Director of the CML, have been collaborating on projects related to digital tabletop gaming (imagine playing a board game while sitting around a huge multitouch iPhone or iPad!), and will be demonstrating in-progress research on those technologies as well as showing other research associated with the CML. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Other activities (all family friendly) will include board games, large-screen Olympics coverage, and refreshments. Refreshments and light snacks are courtesy of the Department of English; boardgames are courtesy of those who bring them (we’ll have a few on hand, feel free to bring any family favourites); Olympics coverage is courtesy of the Internet. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Family and friends welcome!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Please RSVP to Stacey Scott (<a href="mailto:s9scott@uwaterloo.ca">s9scott@uwaterloo.ca</a>) or Neil Randall (<a href="mailto:nrandall@uwaterloo.ca">nrandall@uwaterloo.ca</a>) by Tuesday, Feb 15 (preferably earlier if you can) if you plan to join us so we can plan for enough refreshments & activities. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>If you can't make it, please consider dropping of Relief Kit supplies at participating locations before February 28th (see <a href="http://www.cambridge.ca/relatedDocs/2010-02-01%20Operation_Cooperation%20for%20Haiti.pdf">http://www.cambridge.ca/relatedDocs/2010-02-01%20Operation_Cooperation%20for%20Haiti.pdf</a> or <a href="http://www.southwesternontario.ctv.ca/provincewide.php?id=417">http://www.southwesternontario.ctv.ca/provincewide.php?id=417</a> for more details).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Hope to see you there (with relief kit supplies in hand)!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Neil and Stacey<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Dr. Neil Randall<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Acting Director, Critical Media Lab<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>191 King Street West<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Kitchener ON Canada N2G1B1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>http://criticalmedia.uwaterloo.ca<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>-------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Department of English Language and Literature<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>University of Waterloo<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>200 University Avenue West<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Waterloo, ON Canada N2L3G1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>519-888-4567 x33397<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>nrandall@uwaterloo.ca<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>http://english.uwaterloo.ca<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>