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Below is information from NWS on how to "attend" severe weather spotter training this year.
<div>Subject: NWS Skywarn Spotter Talks Plan and Registration Info 2021</div>
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<div>Hello again Central Indiana Emergency Managers,</div>
<div>Well it is that time of year to start thinking about spotter talks. I have held off as long as possible to see how the COVID situation would unfold but with numbers still high and a likely lag in improvement, I must now move forward with my contingency
plans which are outlined below. NWS staff are still not allowed to attend meetings or give talks in-person so I must proceed with live, online spotter training for this year. Please forward this information to your staff, spotters, amatuer radio operators
and feel free to publicize any way you can. Questions can be sent directly to me.</div>
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<div>All NWS Indianapolis spotter talks this Spring will be held virtually and live. We will use GotoWebinar software, which can host up to 1000 people per session. I have scheduled 6 public sessions, scattered across various days and times in March. Those
times are listed below. Pre-registration will be required, and I plan to ask for name, home county, call sign and contact email address. From this I can parse the registrations and send each county EM a list of those who signed up for the training by county.</div>
<div>Anyone can attend any of these 6 sessions as the training will be identical in content, and I plan to keep each webinar to around 90 minutes. Unfortunately due to copyright issues and privacy concerns, these webinars will not be recorded. Other opportunities
for online training exist and will be shared during this training.</div>
<div>Below are the dates, times and registration links for each training opportunity. People only need to attend 1 of these sessions, but they must make sure they register using the unique URL for the date they wish to attend. This information and registration
links are also available on our spotter training website at https://www.weather.gov/ind/Spotter</div>
<div>I know this is different and unique but we must adapt and press forward. Please let me know if you have any questions on this.</div>
<div>Sam</div>
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<div>Please register for NWS Indianapolis Spotter Training Webinar - March 6th, 2021 on Mar 6, 2021 10:00 AM EST at:</div>
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<div>https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7199577262341979664</div>
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<div>After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.</div>
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<div>Please register for NWS Indianapolis Spotter Training Webinar - March 8th, 2021 on Mar 8, 2021 6:30 PM EST at:</div>
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<div>https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1006691268592279824</div>
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<div>After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.</div>
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<div>Please register for NWS Indianapolis Spotter Training Webinar - March 10th, 2021 on Mar 10, 2021 4:00 PM EST at:</div>
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<div>https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2011932968426083600</div>
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<div>After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.</div>
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<div>Please register for NWS Indianapolis Spotter Training Webinar - March 13th, 2021 on Mar 13, 2021 10:00 AM EST at:</div>
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<div>https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7925758513000692496</div>
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<div>After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.</div>
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<div>Please register for NWS Indianapolis Spotter Training Webinar - March 22nd, 2021 on Mar 22, 2021 6:30 PM EDT at:</div>
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<div>https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3726590565617200144</div>
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<div>After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.</div>
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<div>Please register for NWS Indianapolis Spotter Training Webinar - March 24th, 2021 on Mar 24, 2021 2:00 PM EDT at:</div>
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<div>https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/892252998861824272</div>
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<div>After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.</div>
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<div>Sam Lashley</div>
<div>Warning Coordination Meteorologist</div>
<div>National Weather Service</div>
<div>6900 W. Hanna Ave.</div>
<div>Indianapolis, IN 46241</div>
<span>317-856-0361 ext. 726</span></div>
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