<div dir="auto">What a great idea, I’d love to meet up! </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Michelle Oh</div><div dir="auto">Oakton College</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 17, 2026 at 11:47 AM Larissa Garcia via 2026OERInitiative <<a href="mailto:2026oerinitiative@carli.illinois.edu">2026oerinitiative@carli.illinois.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">




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Congrats to all the accepted CARLI Member OER initiative projects!</div>
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Dee Anna and I, co-directors of the NIU project, have had a few other "non-grant" directors reach out to us with "on the ground," nuts and bolts questions about getting their OER development programs launched.</div>
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So that we can tap into the hive mind, would folks be interested in having a virtual meet-up where all of us could share our experiences and we can ask each other logistical questions? It could even be something we do somewhat regularly. </div>
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What do y'all think?</div>
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Best,</div>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><b>Larissa K. Garcia</b></span></p>
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