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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u>See the message below from Rob Gropp announcing that the NIBA (</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Network Integrated Biocollections Alliance)</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:18px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Implementation Plan, identifying goals and milestones toward a more comprehensive digitization of US natural history collections, is now available for public comment from now until the 26th of November. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Tahoma, sans-serif">This is an important chance to react to the document and provide input into the final document!</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal">Rich Rabeler, MICH</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Robert Gropp <</span><a href="mailto:rgropp@aibs.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">rgropp@aibs.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, November 13, 2012 7:58 AM<br><br></span></p></div><div><div><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">On behalf of the workshop organizers and the writing committee, I am pleased to let you know that a solid draft Implementation Plan for the NIBA is now ready
for public comment. The plan is available at </span><a href="http://blogs.aibs.org/niba/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://blogs.aibs.org/niba/</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> .
Comments may be posted to the comment section of this website or submitted via email to
</span><a href="mailto:publicpolicy@aibs.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">publicpolicy@aibs.org</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Unfortunately, we only have a small window of opportunity to solicit, consider and incorporate public comments. However, the writing committee has pledged to
consider and address all suggestions received by November 26, 2012. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The writing committee is also very interested in comments and suggestions from stakeholders who did not participate in the September workshop. Thus, we are requesting
that you refer interested colleagues to the website and encourage them to carefully review the document and provide any comments. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Once again, thank you for your participation and continuing efforts toward the goal of developing an Implementation Plan for the Network Integrated Biocollections
Alliance. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Thank you,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Robert Gropp<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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