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<div><font color="#1F497D"><b>REMINDER</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#1F497D"><b>DEADLINE:</b><b> </b><b>November 1,</b><font color="black"> </font><b>2012</b></font></div>
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<div><b>CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT’S AWARD, CAROLYN L. ROSE AWARD, AND HONORARY MEMBERSHIPS</b></div>
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<div>The SPNHC Recognition and Grants Committee is requesting nominations for the President’s Award, the Carolyn L. Rose Award, and Honorary Memberships.</div>
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<li>The President’s Award is presented to a member, or former member, whose activities have furthered the objectives of the Society through outstanding committee work, prolonged officer roles, or promotion of activities of the Society.</li></ul>
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<li>The Carolyn L. Rose Award (formerly the SPNHC Award) is our Society’s highest honor and given to a practitioner (membership not required) whose work and efforts have promoted the values and objectives of the Society. Nominations should include a letter
of nomination, a current curriculum vitae, and letters of recommendation.</li></ul>
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<li>Honorary Membership can be conferred by Council in recognition of outstanding contributions to natural history collections or to the Society. Honorary Members have all the rights and privileges of regular members. </li></ul>
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<div>Questions and nominations should be directed to the Chair of the Recognition & Grants Committee, Jean-Marc Gagnon (<a href="mailto:jmgagnon@mus-nature.ca"><font color="blue"><u>jmgagnon@mus-nature.ca</u></font></a>) and must be submitted by November 1,
2012.</div>
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<div>Jean-Marc Gagnon, Ph.D.</div>
<div>Past President (2012-2014) of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (<a href="http://www.spnhc.org"><font color="blue"><u>www.spnhc.org</u></font></a>) </div>
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<div>Curator / Conservateur des collections</div>
<div>Invertebrate Collections / Collections des invertébrés</div>
<div>Canadian Museum of Nature / Musée canadien de la nature</div>
<div>P.O. Box 3443, Stn "D" / C.P. 3443, Succ. D</div>
<div>Ottawa, ON Canada K1P 6P4</div>
<div>T: 613-364-4066 / F: 613-364-4027</div>
<div>E/C: <a href="mailto:jmgagnon@mus-nature.ca"><font color="blue"><u>jmgagnon@mus-nature.ca</u></font></a> </div>
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