[BCMA Broadcast] Bid to Become BCMA's First GO Card-owner!

Jim Harding JHarding@MuseumsAssn.bc.ca
Mon, 24 Nov 2003 15:55:36 -0800


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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Greetings from BC Museums Association!</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">BCMA unveiled its new member GO Card 
design at Conference 
2003 in Reno, inciting a frenzied bidding war at the AGM to be 
cardholder #0000001.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Cooler heads prevailed with members 
agreeing to throw open the 
bidding to all members and would-be members through the BCMA 
website where the GO Card design and latest bid and bidder will be 
posted:</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><a href="http://www.museumsassn.bc.ca/news.asp"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt"><u>http://www.museumsassn.bc.ca/news.asp<p>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">The new membership card features the 
legendary BCMA mascot, 
&quot;Owl&quot; and the BCMA's new compass rose logo and will be 
members' link to a range of admission and corporate sponsor 
benefits now being finalized. </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Online bids for card #0000001 will 
be accepted until the GO Card 
goes into production as soon as possible this fall.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">The 1-week, bidding deadline could 
be announced at anytime so 
email your bid now for what is destined to be a surefire BCMA 
collector's item!:</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">bcma@museumsassn.bc.ca</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Current bid:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$200.00 
(Cdn) by Jann L.M. Bailey, Director, 
Kamloops Art Gallery (This IS a </span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt"><i>challenge!)</i></span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Jim Harding, ED</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">BC Museums Association</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">(250) 356-5694</span></font></div>
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