<div dir="ltr"><div>All,</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for all the feedback! Sorry I didn't add that this is for a museum studies course. The rationale is that only by knowing how things have gone wrong can we avoid them going wrong in the future.</div><div><br></div><div>-Derek<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 7:05 AM Bentley, Andrew Charles <<a href="mailto:abentley@ku.edu">abentley@ku.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I was going to ask the same question. Why are we airing all our dirty laundry?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Derek – what is your need for this information?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Andy Bentley<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Ichthyology Collection Manager<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 9:56 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"'glewis-g@oeb. edu'" <<a href="mailto:glewis-g@oeb.harvard.edu" target="_blank">glewis-g@oeb.harvard.edu</a>>, Derek Sikes <<a href="mailto:dssikes@alaska.edu" target="_blank">dssikes@alaska.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a>><br>
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On Behalf Of </b>Tocci, Genevieve Elizabeth<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 14, 2020 10:28 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Derek Sikes <<a href="mailto:dssikes@alaska.edu" target="_blank">dssikes@alaska.edu</a>>; <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:white">There was the orchid controversy at the Selby Botanical Garden back in the early 2000s. It was all over the news though digging up the articles might take some work now. Here are a few</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Derek Sikes<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 13, 2020 9:45 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ECN-L@listserv.unl.edu" target="_blank">ECN-L@listserv.unl.edu</a>; <a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">
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