<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><div><div>Hello,</div><div><br></div><div>My name is Alissa Carpenter and I am the events manager for Ann Arbor SPARK. I wanted to share an exciting opportunity with you as everyone copied on this email has been identified as an influencer in the hacker/coder community.</div><div><br></div><div>SPARK will be hosting a hackathon on April 4th/5th in conjunction with NestGSV, an innovation incubator in Silicon Valley. We want to show them that Michigan has the talent to compete and bring home some major cash prizes when pegged head to head with our California counterparts. What we are hoping is that you will be able to share the email invitation I am about to send you with your networks.</div><div><br></div><div>The email invite will have more details regarding time, registration, and theme but if you have any other questions, please feel free to reach out.</div><div><br></div><div>Any help in spreading the word is greatly appreciated.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div><div><div><div><div><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1f497d"><b></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "></p><div style="font-size: medium; "><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b>Alissa Carpenter</b></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Events Manager</div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Ann Arbor SPARK</div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">330 E. Liberty St., Lower Level</div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Ann Arbor, MI 48104</div></div></span><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Direct: 734.372.4071</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Fax: 734.623.8289</span></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 0in; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Cambria; margin-top: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><img src="cid:64FAC346-EAC2-48B6-A76D-5F30453533CF" type="image/png"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-right: 0in; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Cambria; margin-top: 0in; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; ">Advancing the economy of the Ann Arbor Region</span></p></div></div><p></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "></p><p style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>