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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Don’t forget that the deadline for Early Bird Registration for the 2014 SPNHC Meeting is Friday 25<sup>th</sup> April
<a href="http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/spnhc2014/">http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/spnhc2014/</a> Register now to save $67*.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Not a SPNHC member? Join now!</u></b> The money you’ll save more than covers the cost of membership (<strong><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#2C2B2B">$45</span></strong><span lang="EN" style="color:#2C2B2B">
– Regular, <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">$20</span></strong> – Student)</span>.
<a href="http://www.spnhc.org/13/become-a-member">http://www.spnhc.org/13/become-a-member</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN">Conference prices and options<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">£190<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">£230<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Non members<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">£230<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">£270<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Students<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">£110<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">£110<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#2C2B2B"><br>
</span><span lang="EN">Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, in partnership with the Natural Sciences Collections Association (NatSCA), are honoured to be hosting the 29th Annual Meeting for the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
(SPNHC) from Sunday, June 22 to Friday, June 27, 2014 in Cardiff, UK.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN">The Meeting includes</span></b><span lang="EN">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span></strong><![endif]><span lang="EN">an exciting programme of presentations around the theme of
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Historic Collections: A Resource for the Future<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN">seven fieldtrips to choose from <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN">workshop: <b>Legal aspects of shipping preserved animals and tissues</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN">tours of the Museum collections <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN">Icebreaker at National Museum Wales, with pre-event Newbies Introduction especially for new members and first-time attendees<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN">Banquet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN">Opportunities to get involved with the various SPNHC committees (all our committee members are volunteers!)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN">Annual Business Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN">Your Membership includes and provides</span></b><span lang="EN">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN">Collection Forum, a biannual journal of reviewed technical information<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN">two issues of the SPNHC Newsletter each year<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN">involvement in an active and vibrant community of more than 600 members worldwide<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN">development of professional publications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN">support for emerging museum professionals<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN">social media networking<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN">professional support through collaboration with large-scale museum initiatives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN">professional training opportunities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN">collective museum and collections advocacy
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">We hope you can join us – in Cardiff and/or throughout the year as a SPNHC member!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">Tiffany <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(SPNHC Membership Committee Chair)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tiffany Adrain<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Collections Manager, Paleontology Repository<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Instructor, Museum Studies<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (formerly Geoscience)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The University of Iowa<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">121 Trowbridge Hall<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Iowa City, IA 52242<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">phone: 319 335 1822<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">fax: 319 335 1821<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">website: <a href="http://geoscience.clas.uiowa.edu/paleo/">http://geoscience.clas.uiowa.edu/paleo/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN">*OANDA Currency Converter 4/23/2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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