<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"color: black;"">Please find below a link to a <span class="gmail-il">survey</span> developed by the Resources Subcommittee of the Materials Selection and Specification Working Group (<span class="gmail-il">MWG</span>), a new initiative of American Institute for Conservation's Collection Care Network. </span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MJSHKYV" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"color: black; color: #2e6da4;"">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MJSHKYV</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"color: black;""><br><br>The <span class="gmail-il">MWG</span> 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. </span><a href="http://www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/Materials_Working_Group" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"color: black; color: #2e6da4;"">http://www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/Materials_Working_Group</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"color: black;""> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"color: #333333;""> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"color: black;"">The group meets annually with the next meeting scheduled for November 2019.  The activity of our working group participants will be directed by the results of this <span class="gmail-il">survey</span> so your participation provides critical guidance.  If you are interested in participating in the <span class="gmail-il">survey</span>, please do so by April 1.  It should take about 15 minutes of your time.  <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"color: black;"">We very much appreciate your help with this effort.  If you are interested in participating in other ways with the <span class="gmail-il">MWG</span> please email <span class="gmail-il">MWG</span> Chair, Becky Kazckowski (</span><a href="mailto:KaczkowskiR@si.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"color: #333333; color: #2e6da4;"">KaczkowskiR@si.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"color: #333333;"">)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"color: black;"">. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"color: black;""> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"color: black;"">All our best,</span><u></u><u></u></p><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"color: black;"">The <span class="gmail-il">MWG</span> Resources Subcommittee<br>Lisa Elkin<br>Rachael Arenstein<br>Mary Coughlin<br>Lisa Goldberg<br><br></span><span style="background:yellow"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MJSHKYV" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"color: black; color: #2e6da4;"">Click here to take the <span class="gmail-il">survey</span>!</span></a></span></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium"><hr></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium"></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium"><table border="0px"><tbody><tr><td style="width:167px"><a href="https://www.smm.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.smm.org/signatures/smm.png" width="167" height="60"></a></td><td><div><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:normal"><strong>Rebecca Newberry</strong></span></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px"><i>Conservator</i></span></font></div><div><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:10pt;line-height:normal">e: <a href="mailto:rnewberry@smm.org" target="_blank">rnewberry@smm.org</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:10pt;line-height:normal">o: (651) 265-9841</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>