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To: Jamelle Kelly

jkelly@smu.edu

From: Dr$.$ Estrella Loftus

eloftus@bizcom.smu.edu

Date: April $14,2023$

Subject: Business Club Speaker Request

Dear Ms$.$ Kelly:

Thank you for contacting me$.$

I received your invitation to address your club at its awards banquet and I am truly sorry. I$\text{'}$m sure your club deliberated over the speaker at this event. From Tuesday, April $28,2023,$ through Sunday, May $10,2023,$ I will be in Tucson, Arizona, giving a presentation to the members of the Association for Business Communication on crises communication regarding the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Again, I am very sorry I cannot speak at your event, but feel free to contact me via email any time.

Regards,

Dr$.$ Loftus