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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Kaczkowski, Rebecca <KaczkowskiR@si.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 3, 2022 9:17 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> SI-Conservators <SI-Conservators@sinet.onmicrosoft.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> REGISTER: November 2-3 for AIC Materials Working Group Virtual Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Please pardon any cross postings:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Registration is now open for the 6</span></b><b><sup><span style="font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">th</span></sup></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">
Annual Materials Selection & Specification Working Group meeting to be held online November 2 & 3, 2022.
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">The November meeting will follow a similar structure of previous meetings to include collaboration, updates on subcommittee work, and breakout sessions
for developing content to help choose appropriate materials for use with cultural heritage collections. The program is in development, but is planned to cover 2 full days of content (</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q2tsUhqm9qTJYqGOYYQClzs6-GdGxzDy8_tQef4Qjr8/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#1155CC">Draft
Agenda</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">). The meeting will focus on specific task-based subcommittee work including: Materials Testing, Analytical Instrumentation, Exhibition Guidelines, Materials Fact
Sheets on </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><a href="http://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/Main_Page" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#1155CC">CAMEO</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">,
outreach resources, bibliographic references and more (</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZfDE82qSGi_qIvFpe31UV00pCgYjXg2kf2_pdire8Mk/edit#gid=2143705786" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#1155CC">Draft
Concurrent Sessions</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">).</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:red"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">To RSVP there </span>
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">is no fee for attending the program; however, participants are expected to participate in resource development. Our overall goal is to build freely available online content. You can read
about the goals for each MWG subgroup on the </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><a href="http://www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/Materials_Working_Group" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#1155CC">Materials
Working Group Wiki</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black"> page. We are encouraging MWG members to extend the invitation to any and all exhibit designers, fabricators, and other colleagues at their institution
or with whom they regularly work.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">Attendance for the MWG meeting is limited, and
<b>pre-registration is required</b>. Prior MWG participants are given priority, but we are eager for new participants, particularly colleagues involved in exhibition preparation, design and fabrication, and conservation science. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">To request a spot, please RSVP by filling out
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><a href="https://forms.gle/pHScquxBDPz1K17g9" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">this form</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">.
Your RSVP request will be confirmed with an email response after review of submission. Please RSVP by
<b>October 21, 2022.</b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">For more information on the MWG, its mission and activities please visit the group’s page on the
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><a href="https://www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/Materials_Working_Group" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#1155CC">AIC wiki</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">.
Should you have questions in the interim, please contact the MWG Chair Rebecca Kaczkowski (</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><a href="mailto:aic.mwg@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:#1155CC">aic.mwg@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black">)
using: "MWG 2022 Meeting" in the subject line. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Rebecca Kaczkowski</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Preventive Conservator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:KaczkowskiR@si.edu">KaczkowskiR@si.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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