Legal Question in Employment Law in California

Is email considered ''written notice''

I have an employment contract that ended on Dec. 31. My contract states:

''Employment Period. Employee’s employment under this Agreement shall commence as of the Effective Date, and shall terminate on December 31, 2006, unless terminated earlier pursuant to Section 4 (the “Initial Employment Period”). Unless written notice of either party’s desire to terminate this Agreement has been given to the other party prior to the expiration of the Initial Employment Period (or any one-month renewal thereof contemplated by this sentence), the term of this Agreement shall be automatically renewed for successive one-month periods (as it may be extended, the “Employment Period”).''

I was notified verbally in December that the contract would not be extended. I was later contacted via email by HR that my last day of employment would be Dec 31 and the contract would not be extended.

The contract contains no definition of what constitutes ''written notice''. So, is email considered ''written notice''?

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