From: Hugh Pemberton To: Halberd All-Personnel Subject: Weekly Note Archive - Q1 2026 Compilation Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 06:30:00 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Rm9sa3MsCgpUYWxlbnQgaGFzIGFza2VkIG1lIHRvIGtlZXAgdGhlIE1vbmRheSB3ZWVrbHkgbm90 ZXMgaW4gb25lIHBsYWNlLiBUaGlzIGlzIHRoZSBydW5uaW5nIGNvbXBpbGF0aW9uIHRocm91Z2gg dG8gbWlkLU1heSwgbGlnaHRseSBlZGl0ZWQuIFF1b3RlIGZyZWVseSBpbnNpZGUgdGhlIGZpcm07 IGRvIG5vdCByZWRpc3RyaWJ1dGUgb3V0c2lkZSBpdC4KCkh1Z2gKCgpXZWVrbHkgbm90ZSAtIDIw MjYtMDItMTAKCkEgcmVtaW5kZXIgdGhpcyB3ZWVrIGFib3V0IGhvdyB3ZSBjb21tdW5pY2F0ZSBh Ym91dCBwcmUtTE9JIG9wcG9ydHVuaXRpZXMuCgpQcmUtTE9JIGRlYWxzIGFyZSBub3QgTFAtcGVy bWlzc2libGUgZGlzY2xvc3VyZXMuIFdlIGRvIG5vdCBuYW1lIHRoZW0gaW4gTFAgbWF0ZXJpYWxz LCBpbiBjb25mZXJlbmNlIHBhbmVscywgaW4gcG9kY2FzdCBpbnRlcnZpZXdzLCBvciBpbiBhbnkg ZXh0ZXJuYWwgY29udGV4dCB1bnRpbCBhdCBsZWFzdCBzaWduZWQgZXhjbHVzaXZpdHkuIFRoaXMg aXMgYSBDb21wbGlhbmNlIGxpbmUsIG5vdCBhIHNvZnQgcHJlZmVyZW5jZS4gSW5zaWRlIHRoZSBm 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