[Nhcoll-l] SPNHC Membership renewal and donations for 2021

[Adrain, Tiffany S]

Dear SPNHC Members,

It's time to renew your SPNHC Membership for 2021 if you haven't done so already.* New members are welcome!

Please visit the SPNHC website: https://spnhc.org/ and click on "Log In" on the menu at the bottom of the page. If you have forgotten your password, click on "Forgot Password" or contact me for assistance at membership at spnhc.org.

On your profile page, update your profile (add a photo!), correct your email address** as necessary, then click "Subscriptions" to select your current subscription that expires February 14, 2021 and renew or change plan as desired. You will be directed to PayPal. Select "Pay with Debit or Credit Card" if you do not have a PayPal account or do not wish to set one up. Please make sure your transaction completes. You should receive receipt emails from PayPal and SPNHC and a SPNHC Membership welcome email. If you cannot use this preferred method and wish to send a check, or you wish to subscribe to Life Membership with payment plan, contact treasurer at spnhc.org.

Student members, please email a copy of your student ID to membership at spnhc.org.

Late Regular Membership renewals after February 14th, 2021 will cost $55.

Why not support SPNHC further and make a donation<https://spnhc.org/get-involved/donate/>? If you wish to send a check or donate to a specific fund, please contact treasurer at spnhc.org.


Thank you for being part of our community. Membership in SPNHC gives you access to a lively, active, and interdisciplinary global community of professionals dedicated to the care of natural history collections. SPNHC's membership is drawn from more than 20 countries and includes museum specialists such as curators, collections managers, conservators, preparators, and database administrators. Here are a few ways to use your membership:

  *   Register now for Transform 2021: AIC/SPNHC Joint Virtual Annual Meeting, May 10- June 24, 2021.<https://www.culturalheritage.org/events/annual-meeting/current-meeting>

  *   Check out the latest published resources<https://spnhc.org/resources/>; reports from the Society’s officers and committees, news items, and other articles of general interest in the SPNHC Connection newsletter; and peer-reviewed papers in our annual journal, Collection Forum. The latest issues are available to members only.

  *   Treat yourself to a copy of the recent SPNHC publication "Preventive Conservation: Collection Storage." The volume is now available on the AIC store<https://store.culturalheritage.org/site/index.php?app=ecom&ns=prodshow&ref=AIC-31>. Check out the table of contents, authors, and abstracts here: https://spnhc.biowikifarm.net/wiki/Collection_Storage<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fspnhc.biowikifarm.net%2Fwiki%2FCollection_Storage&data=02%7C01%7Clelkin%40amnh.org%7C21b7cda90c354e7604a708d73d10a29e%7Cbe0003e8c6b9496883aeb34586974b76%7C0%7C0%7C637045013978454569&sdata=zGQ4GAatepaNcg0LOZGNcZqp3tSNAfHAVoqQJNKkLx8%3D&reserved=0>.

  *   Join a committee<https://spnhc.org/what-spnhc-does/governance/committees-and-representatives/>. We need your ideas and help!

  *   Vote in the SPNHC officer elections and nominate yourself or a colleague for a position (watch for email invitations).

  *   Join the Emerging Professionals Group (EPG)<https://spnhc.org/get-involved/emerging-professionals/>if you are a student or just starting your career.

  *   Be sure to join the NHCOLL-L listserv<https://spnhc.org/resources/nhcoll-l/>for discussions about collections care, announcements including events, job opportunities, publications, training and webinars, Society business, and connection with other colleagues in your field.

  *   If you enjoyed, or missed, our virtual annual meeting in June 2020 you can watch recordings of the sessions on the SPNHC YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClqmXpv8eKDJnC6FsdYtajg

Don’t forget to take a look at all of the interesting and informative posters here: https://spnhc.biowikifarm.net/wiki/Posters


  *   Find a wealth of resources on our website at www.spnhc.org<http://www.spnhc.org/>.

If you have questions about your membership, please contact the Membership Chair, Tiffany Adrain at membership at spnhc.org<mailto:membership at spnhc.org>.


Thanks again for renewing your membership!


SPNHC Membership Committee

 *Thank you if you have already renewed for 2021. Welcome, new members for 2021, and Happy Anniversary to our Life Members!

Institutional Members: renewal is the responsibility of your Institutional Delegate. If you wish to have your own vote at the SPNHC ABM or stand for office, you are welcome to join as a Regular, Student, or Life Member.
**If you are a SPNHC Member and did not receive a copy of this email directly from SPNHC Membership, please check that we have your current email address.

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