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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:black'>Please find below a link to a survey developed by the Resources Subcommittee of the Materials Selection and Specification Working Group (MWG), a new initiative of AIC's Collection Care Network.<br><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MJSHKYV"><span style='color:#2E6DA4'>https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MJSHKYV</span></a><br><br>The MWG is a community of collection care, conservation, analytical science, and allied professionals united in developing guidelines and best practices for selecting, evaluating, and disseminating materials used in collection care. Please see the group's Wiki page which describes our mission, sub-committees and goals in more detail. <a href="http://www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/Materials_Working_Group"><span style='color:#2E6DA4'>http://www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/Materials_Working_Group</span></a> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;box-sizing: border-box;Helvetica Neue"Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;orphans: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:black'>The group meets annually with the next meeting next month on November 1 and 2. Much activity of working group participants over those two days will be directed by the results of this survey. Your participation is critical. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;box-sizing: border-box;Helvetica Neue"Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;orphans: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:black'>If you are interested in participating in the survey, please do so by <b>October 26th</b>. Receiving the results by this date will leave enough time for the subcommittee members to evaluate data and report effectively at the November meeting. It should only take about 15 minutes of your time. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;box-sizing: border-box;Helvetica Neue"Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;orphans: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:black'>We very much appreciate your help with this effort. If you are interested in participating in other ways with the MWG please email MWG Chair, Becky Kazckowski (</span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'><a href="mailto:KaczkowskiR@si.edu"><span style='color:#2E6DA4'>KaczkowskiR@si.edu</span></a>)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:black'>. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;box-sizing: border-box;Helvetica Neue"Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;orphans: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:black'>All our best,</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;box-sizing: border-box;Helvetica Neue"Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;orphans: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:""",serif;color:black'>The MWG Resources Subcommittee<br>Lisa Elkin<br>Rachael Arenstein<br>Lisa Goldberg<br>Mary Coughlin</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:""",serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Rachael Perkins Arenstein<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A.M. Art Conservation, LLC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>917-796-1764<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:rachael@AMArtConservation.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>rachael@AMArtConservation.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.AMArtConservation.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.AMArtConservation.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>