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<p class="MsoNormal">Ditto, John. Excellent work, Andy and everyone.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">James Bryant <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sent from my Windows 10 phone</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:simmons.johne@gmail.com">John E Simmons</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, May 17, 2016 1:51 PM<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:jbwaddington@rogers.com">Janet Waddington</a><br>
<b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Nhcoll-l] Memorandum Signed: SPNHC and ICOM NATHIST</p>
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Andy,<br>
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Congratulations on this important arrangement, and on behalf of all SPNHC members, thank you for your efforts to make this happen. This will be a very significant alliance for SPNHC. Great choice in selecting Kelly as the SPNHC representative, too. Very well
done.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">John E. Simmons<br>
Museologica<br>
128 E. Burnside Street<br>
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823-2010<br>
<a href="mailto:simmons.johne@gmail.com" target="_blank">simmons.johne@gmail.com</a><br>
303-681-5708<br>
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.museologica.com&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=oLWT0qA0pal-xabWWE9bG1BnMxIeTdlK2FMCdIxs6pk&s=bwJxA7VQz9rt8W1DhiL5QTj6tutZ4uLjEGPRAuWnyZM&e=" target="_blank">www.museologica.com</a><br>
and<br>
Adjunct Curator of Collections<br>
Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery<br>
Penn State University<br>
University Park, Pennsylvania<br>
and<br>
Instructor, Museum Studies<br>
School of Library and Information Science<br>
Kent State University<br>
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<div class="x_gmail_quote">On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Janet Waddington <span dir="ltr">
<<a href="mailto:jbwaddington@rogers.com" target="_blank">jbwaddington@rogers.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Great initiative, Andy! Well done.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Janet<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">
nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Bentley, Andrew Charles<br>
<b>Sent:</b> May-17-16 12:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Memorandum Signed: SPNHC and ICOM NATHIST<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The International Council of Museums Committee for Museums and Collections of Natural History (ICOM NATHIST) and the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) have signed a memorandum of understanding
to advance the aims of both organizations. Among the initiatives covered in the MOU are:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-US">Mutual <i>ex-officio</i> representation on the respective Boards of the two parties<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-US">Collaboration on conferences<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-US">Joint initiatives and projects<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">A major impetus for creating this agreement is to give greater weight to the natural history museum sector in the face of increasing global environmental degradation, ever greater interest and engagement from the public
and pressure to increase activity with fewer resources. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dr. Eric Dorfman, President of ICOM NATHIST, cited the benefits of an arrangement like this. “This agreement will give each of our organizations the chance to expand our focus, while keeping true to our core missions.
We’re delighted to welcome the presence of a like-minded group in our midst and look forward to making a contribution to their endeavors.”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Andrew Bentley, President of SPNHC said, “This is a great opportunity for the collections community to function in a more coordinated fashion and collaborate on issues of joint concern and mutual benefit. With numerous
other such agreements in place with other like-minded societies and organizations, we have the possibility of creating a world-wide group that can advocate for collections and create meaningful relationships that can have a huge impact on the health and future
of collections.”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">SPNHC has engaged Kelly Sendall of the Royal BC Museum in Canada as our representative to ICOM NatHist. I would encourage SPNHC members to sign up for the ICOM NatHist newsletter using this link:
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Thanks<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-NZ">Andy</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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Ichthyology Collection Manager<br>
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Biodiversity Institute<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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