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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The <b>Zoo-Museum Network (ZooMu)</b> is having a kickoff webinar in Dec! Please see info below. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">This is the 5-year, NSF-funded RCN to build a network of zoo and museum professionals.
</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">This webinar is our kickoff for the grant and
</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">are looking forward to hosting regular meetings moving forward, so please get in touch if you're interested in hearing more about ZooMu. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Please join us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Take care,<br>
Greg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:#6F7287;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img width="602" height="779" style="width:6.2708in;height:8.1145in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXcS9vwQEpQ39gsuGCDY9iLJlfFTtqqoTrjfkNJu_z-YchC3m7uEvZ00kmut6sHvUDW-J90Bb-QHnm2dT64kYNkVIILkD9h6lj_37JGD5fSDmX9Fjn1yWui36Un2aFIZh0H0AFPMAdnSOEGsMIml1UMLTX4?key=lvQwSUKKlVGyJ7Y67kf0aQ"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:17.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black">Welcome to the ZooMu Network RCN Kickoff!</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black">The <b>Zoo Museum Network</b> is a</span><span style="font-family:Roboto">n<span style="color:black"> NSF-funded project that seeks to build a lasting network of biological collections staff who are equipped to work
across living collections in zoos and aquariums and preserved biological collections in natural history museums. We aim to open broad new opportunities for biological collections research by linking living and preserved collections, databases, and professionals.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black">Join us for a kickoff webinar event to get the next 5 years of ZooMu RCN started.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black">Date:</span></b><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black"> Monday, December 9, 2024</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black">Time: </span></b><span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black">12pm PT; 3pm ET</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:Roboto;color:black">Register here:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/zoomu-network-rcn-kickoff-tickets-1060256318189?aff=eemailordconf&ref=eemailordconf&utm_campaign=order_payment_confirm&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eventbrite&utm_term=viewevent"><span style="font-family:Roboto">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/zoomu-network-rcn-kickoff-tickets-1060256318189?aff=eemailordconf&ref=eemailordconf&utm_campaign=order_payment_confirm&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eventbrite&utm_term=viewevent</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#0F4761;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Gregory J. Watkins-Colwell</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#0F4761;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Greg Watkins-Colwell</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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