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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>A practical and useful approach to ensuring sampling of museum collection items adds value to a collection and to society is being developed by the ICON Heritage Science Group. They are currently seeking public feedback at:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfcpv1T9N0eUnJqYk3GJ0TAQn9hylmStdQCAIAvKsQFw7nT5w/viewform?dm_i=6S6,5PXDA,FR9RLZ,MA024,1">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfcpv1T9N0eUnJqYk3GJ0TAQn9hylmStdQCAIAvKsQFw7nT5w/viewform?dm_i=6S6,5PXDA,FR9RLZ,MA024,1</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>SPNHC members are encouraged to review this and provide commentary from their perspectives. It may be that SPNHC will want to adopt this guidance document as an example of a best practice.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Happy Canada Day!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA>Rob<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>Robert Waller, PhD, CAPC, FIIC<br>President and Senior Risk Analyst<br>Protect Heritage Corp.<br>622 Simoneau Way<br>Ottawa ON K4A 1P4<br>email: </span><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:rw@protectheritage.com"><span lang=EN-CA style='color:#0563C1'>rw@protectheritage.com</span></a><br></span><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>internet: </span><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.protectheritage.com/"><span lang=EN-CA style='color:#0563C1'>www.protectheritage.com</span></a><br></span><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>phone: 613-883-2707 (Canada)<br>phone: 303-872-9739 (USA)<br></span><img border=0 width=16 height=16 style='width:.1666in;height:.1666in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.gif@01D4111B.EB3427C0" alt="ORCID iD"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#494A4C;background:white'><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9500-4113"><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9500-4113</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>skype: rrwaller<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>and, </span></i><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'>Research Associate, Canadian Museum of Nature<br><i>and,</i> Adjunct Assistant Professor, Queen’s University<br> <img border=0 width=83 height=27 style='width:.8645in;height:.2812in' id="_x0000_i1029" src="cid:image002.png@01D4111B.EB3427C0" alt="cid:image003.png@01D16EDD.07D59280"> <img border=0 width=95 height=29 style='width:.9895in;height:.302in' id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D4111B.EB3427C0" alt="http://nature.ca/images/logo_e.jpg"> <img border=0 width=41 height=29 style='width:.427in;height:.302in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image004.png@01D4111B.EB3427C0" alt="Description: http://www.queensu.ca/writingcentre/images/QueensLogo.png"><br> </span><span lang=EN-CA><a href="http://www.facebook.com/ProtectHeritageCorp?ref=tn_tnmn"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=87 height=24 style='width:.9062in;height:.25in' id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image005.png@01D4111B.EB3427C0" alt="cid:image006.png@01D16EDD.07D59280"></span></a></span><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-CA><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/ProtectHeritage"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=66 height=24 style='width:.6875in;height:.25in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image006.png@01D4111B.EB3427C0" alt="cid:image007.png@01D16EDD.07D59280"></span></a></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA> </span><span lang=EN-CA><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>