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<div dir="ltr"><div id="mpf0_readMsgBodyContainer" class="ReadMsgBody"><div class="SandboxScopeClass ExternalClass" id="mpf0_MsgContainer"><div class="ecxWordSection1"><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font style="" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Dear SPNHC member,</span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font style="" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font style="" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">It is with pleasure that I inform you of our yearly Election results for 2012. </span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font style="" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span></font></p><font style="" face="Tahoma"><br></font><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font style="" face="Tahoma"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black;">MEMBER AT LARGE - </span></b></font><font style="" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black;"><b>Rob Huxley</b>, Head of Botanical Collections, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London.</span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font style="" face="Tahoma"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black;">MEMBER AT LARGE - </span></b></font><font style="" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black;"><b>Kelly Sendall</b>, Manager, Natural History, Royal BC Museum, Victoria.</span></font><font style="" face="Tahoma"><span style="color:black"></span></font><font style="" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="color:black"></span></span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font style="" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black;"> </span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font style="" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Out
of the 557 eligible voters, a return of 213 ballots was realized. That
represents 38.24% of the total number of potential voters. I will
provide a more detailed report for our annual general meeting.</span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font style="" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font style="" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Please join me in congratulating and welcoming Rob and Kelly to Council. </span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font style="" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font style="" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Sincerely,</span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font style="" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font style="" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Bethany Palumbo<br></span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font style="" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Chair, Elections Committee</span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font style="" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections</span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font style="" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">bgpalumbo@hotmail.co.uk</span></font></p></div></div></div><br><font style="" color="#595959"><font style="" face="Verdana"><br></font></font></div>
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