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Please do not reply to this message. Thank You. To view the archives or join/leave TMG list: http://listserv.utk.edu/archives/tmg.html Good afternoon TEMG folks, Over the past couple of days, I have gotten questions about a suspicious email trying to get folks to sign up on a MG Registry. If you received such a message, you are not alone. In fact MGs and agents around the country received it. I want to make it clear this message is NOT approved in any way or at all related to any of our EMG programs. Please disregard it. Because it was such a widespread issue, we actually decided to sent out a message nationwide to address the email. I am actually the chair of the Extension Master Gardener national committee right now, so the email to coordinators came from me. I am including it below so that you all are completely in the loop. Thanks for contacting me and keeping me informed about this suspicious email. I will try to keep communication timely about these issues. Have a great rest of the week, Natalie Following is the forwarded message we sent to EMG coordinators throughout the country yesterday. __________________________________________________ Good afternoon all, This note is in response to communication over the last day and a half about a suspicious solicitation email that you or your EMG volunteers may have received. Thanks to many of you from around the country for making us aware of this issue. The EMG National Committee would like to make clear that this request is NOT connected to national, state, or local EMG activities, and we DO NOT endorse or support any of the content or activities connected with this suspicious email. If you know this communication reached volunteers in your area, it may be helpful to share with EMGs that this communication was not approved by or connected to our program. It is also becoming clear through this and other activity both locally and nationally that our program, due to its large size and name recognition is likely to remain a target for such suspicious activity. Rapid communication and vigilance will be important for us moving forward. Thanks and hope everyone has a great conclusion to 2018, Natalie Natalie R. Bumgarner, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Residential and Consumer Horticulture Tennessee Extension Master Gardener Coordinator Extension Master Gardener National Committee Chair Plant Sciences Department 252 Ellington Plant Sciences, 2431 Joe Johnson Drive Knoxville, TN 37996 1-865-974-7308 Office / 1-304-615-9243 Mobile [log in to unmask] | ag.tennessee.edu| UThort.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Did your email address change? Visit http://listserv.utk.edu/archives/tmg.html Remove your old email and add your new email address to continue receiving timely updates. To reduce pressure on your spam filter, please add this sender's email address to your contacts. Have you visited the Master Gardener Store? https://web.dii.utk.edu/agstore/c-49-master-gardener.aspx To view the archives or join/leave TMG list: http://listserv.utk.edu/archives/tmg.html