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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">TORCH iDigBio Workshop, 24 May: remote participation IS possible!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">The Texas Oklahoma Regional Consortium of Herbaria (TORCH) will hold its annual meeting this year at
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Ross</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">
University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> in Alpine, TX, May 23-24 (Memorial Day Weekend). Saturday May 24 there will be an all-day workshop led by Deb Paul and Joanna McCaffrey from iDigBio on digitizing and delivering herbarium data to the national iDigBio
Portal. For more information and to see the agenda please visit the wiki page:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><a href="https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/TORCH_VIII_%2B_iDigBio_Workshop">https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/TORCH_VIII_%2B_iDigBio_Workshop</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">iDigBio is facilitating remote participation in this workshop via AdobeConnect. The meeting URL will be
<a href="http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/torch/" target="_blank" title="http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/torch/">
http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/torch/</a> . Please join us from 9am – 5pm <st1:State w:st="on">
<st1:place w:st="on">Texas</st1:place></st1:State> time (CDT) on May 24 to see and hear the presentations and interact with the other participants.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">See iDigBio's wiki for web conferencing help and a quick start guide for more information on using Adobe Connect:<br>
<a href="https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/images/a/ac/IDigBio_Adobe_Connect_Quick_Start_Guide.pdf" target="_blank" title="https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/images/a/ac/IDigBio_Adobe_Connect_Quick_Start_Guide.pdf">https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/images/a/ac/IDigBio_Adobe_Connect_Quick_Start_Guide.pdf</a><br>
<a href="https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Web_Conferencing" target="_blank" title="https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Web_Conferencing">https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Web_Conferencing</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Amanda (TORCH Co-Chair)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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