<div dir="ltr">Dear Colleagues,<div><br></div><div>Thank you so much for the incredible support, we are now at 30 signatures and counting for the proposal/letter that is being presented at the GSA board meeting later this month. If you have already signed, I apologize but we are going back and adding affiliations to show GSA the breadth of the geological community we are reaching. <u>If you are comfortable adding your affiliation please do so.</u> If it is not added I'll try to touch base to ensure it is alright to add. Also, should you have any issues with edits or signatures (some people have had issues that do not have google accounts) please just email me your suggested edits and signatures and I will be sure to add them. The link to the proposal again is here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/19y6JK2GZvC8CD4R0YioGnwvCGTRJqLcDCuxzISD-eu0/edit">https://docs.google.com/document/d/19y6JK2GZvC8CD4R0YioGnwvCGTRJqLcDCuxzISD-eu0/edit</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Thank you again, this is turning out to be a great collaboration! </div><div>~Sarah</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 7:58 AM, Sarah Timm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stimm10@vt.edu" target="_blank">stimm10@vt.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Dear Colleagues,</span><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
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I invite you to review and sign if you wish the proposal being put forth to the Geological Society of America (GSA) board this month for <b>"Making Geological Collections Preservation a True Priority"</b>. The proposal, it's supporting documents, and a summary of its talking points can be found here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/19y6JK2GZvC8CD4R0YioGnwvCGTRJqLcDCuxzISD-eu0/edit" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/19y6JK2GZvC8CD4R0YioGnwvCGTRJqLcDCuxzISD-eu0/edit</a></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">If you do not have an account with google or have difficulty editing the document please direct edits and requests for signatures to me and I'll be happy to take care of them for you. </div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">On behalf of Dr. Bob Tracy, who has graciously offered to represent everyone who signs at this year's GSA meeting, we ask that any suggested edits and all signatures be submitted by 5pm EST on this Friday Aug 15. This will give us enough time to get the final draft out to the board members for their perusal before the meeting. </div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Geological collections preservation has recently been a discussion on many of the community listserves and in meetings such as this year's Southeastern GSA meeting. Please join myself Dr. Tracy, and the supporting members of our community, to take action and preserve our priceless collections before it's too late. </div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">Thank you all and apologies for any cross postings</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.800000190734863px">
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<br></div>-- <br><font size="4" style="color:rgb(102,51,102)"><b><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><font color="#330033">Sarah Timm</font> </span></b></font><br><p style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt"><font face="Garamond, serif" size="4"><i>Curator at Tellus Science Museum<br>
<a href="mailto:saraht@tellusmuseum.org" target="_blank">saraht@tellusmuseum.org</a></i></font></p></font></span>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Monotype Corsiva';FONT-SIZE:18pt">Sarah Timm</span><br><br><i><font style="FONT-FAMILY:garamond,serif" size="4">
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:normal;MARGIN:0in 0in 7.5pt"><i><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Garamond','serif';FONT-SIZE:13.5pt">Geological Collections & Database Specialist, <span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Garamond','serif';FONT-SIZE:13.5pt">Virginia Museum of Natural History</span><br>
<span>MS in Geosciences with Focus on Geological Collections Management<br>Phone: 845-774-9994</span></span></i></p></font></i>
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