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that end, we invite you to participate in a short survey. </span></span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW97418655 BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; color:rgb(51,51,51); font-size:11pt; line-height:19.425px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW97418655 BCX0" style="margin:0px">The
survey will take you 10-20 minutes to complete, depending on your level of engagement with iDigBio over the years.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW97418655 BCX0" style="margin:0px"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW97418655 BCX0" style="margin:0px">Whether
you have been heavily involved with iDigBio or have interacted with iDigBio </span>
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survey is being managed on our behalf by </span></span><a href="http://www.informeval.com/" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="Hyperlink SCXW97418655 BCX0" style="margin:0px"><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun Underlined SCXW97418655 BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; color:rgb(5,99,193); font-size:11.5pt; text-decoration:underline; line-height:19.425px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW97418655 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink" style="margin:0px">Inform
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deadline for completing the survey is </span></span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW97418655 BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; color:rgb(51,51,51); font-size:11pt; line-height:19.425px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif; font-weight:bold"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW97418655 BCX0" style="margin:0px">Tuesday,
Nov. 22</span></span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW97418655 BCX0" style="margin:0px; font-variant-ligatures:none!important; color:rgb(51,51,51); font-size:11pt; line-height:19.425px; font-family:Arial,Arial_EmbeddedFont,Arial_MSFontService,sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW97418655 BCX0" style="margin:0px">.</span></span></p>
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as a thank you for your time, at the end of the survey you will have the option to enter a drawing to win a $200 Amazon gift card.</span></span></p>
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