Strongly support. Alan At 15/05/2014 10:38 AM, Carlton Samuels wrote:

FYI. This would be of interest for those of us in the South. I know Evan and Dev have always been close to this issue; it was a baseline for Summit I. Maybe the ALAC would engage again and act appropriately.

-Carlton

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