<html><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><META name="Author" content="Novell GroupWise WebAccess"></head><body style='font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #FFFFFF;'>Saw it, signed the petition, and spread the word ... way too much of this happening in the Museum world these days.<br><br>Happy holidays, nonetheless!<br><br>d.<br><br>>>> Ellen Paul <ellen.paul@verizon.net> 12/22/12 10:25 AM >>><br>
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<div class="moz-forward-container">Hi everyone,<br>
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Science at the Field Museum is under threat (<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.nature.com/news/chicago-s-field-museum-cuts-back-on-science-1.12105">http://www.nature.com/news/chicago-s-field-museum-cuts-back-on-science-1.12105</a>)
and I'd like to ask for your support. <br>
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</style>The process is underway that would enable the museum to fire
tenured curators and the magnitude of the announced cuts could
drastically change the academic face of this institution forever.
There is a petition on-line whose goal is to get the message to
our Board and administration about the drastic implications of
these cuts. Consider signing it to protect science at this great
institution. <br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.change.org/petitions/protect-research-at-field-museum-of-natural-history-chicago">https://www.change.org/petitions/protect-research-at-field-museum-of-natural-history-chicago</a><br>
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Thanks,<br>
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John Bates<br clear="all">
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See The Field Museum's Bird collection data bases on line:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/department/zoology/birds/collections" target="_blank">http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/department/zoology/birds/collections</a><br>
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Learn about our collaborations in Africa:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/collaborations-congo" target="_blank">http://africanbirds.fieldmuseum.org/</a><br>
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Check out the FMNH Pritzker Lab/DNA Discovery Center: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/department/pritzkerlab" target="_blank">http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/department/pritzkerlab</a><br>
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John Bates<br>
Associate Curator, Bird Division<br>
Field Museum of Natural History<br>
1400 S. Lake Shore Dr.<br>
Chicago, IL 60605-2496 <br>
PHONE # 312-665-7730<br>
FAX #: 312-665-7754 <br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:JBATES@FIELDMUSEUM.ORG" target="_blank">JBATES@FIELDMUSEUM.ORG</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://fm1.fieldmuseum.org/aa/staff_page.cgi?staff=bates" target="_blank">http://fieldmuseum.org/users/john-bates</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://fieldmuseum.org/users/john-bates/blog" target="_blank">http://fieldmuseum.org/users/john-bates/blog</a><br>
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