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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Purchasing and Contracting Services invites you to join us for casual, get to know you meet-ups once a month. Starting this month, available
PCS staff will be at various cafes and eateries around campus and save you a seat! </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Leave the contract questions at home! These will be informal, buy-your own meetups to give us all a chance to get to know each other and
build cross-department connections. We won’t be discussing matter status updates, trainings, or fielding complaints – we’ll keep it light and focus on building working relationships. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The first meet-up will take place on
<b>Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 3:00pm</b> at the Starbucks on Franklin Blvd. by campus. Hope to see you there!</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#124734">Shari L. Wheeler, CCA, CPSD | Associate Director of Outreach & Operations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#54565B">Purchasing & Contracting Services<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#54565B">1600 Millrace Suite 306 | Eugene, OR 97403<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#54565B">(541) 346-3283 |</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#595959">
</span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue"><a href="mailto:shari@uoregon.edu">shari@uoregon.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">(541)543-4462 cell</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="vpgc.uoregon.edu"><span style="color:blue">pcs.uoregon.edu</span></a></span><u><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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