[BCMA MBEN] Conference 2008: Keynote Speaker Announced!
Jim Harding
JHarding@MuseumsAssn.bc.ca
Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:46:09 -0800
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Greetings from the BC Museums Association!</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">The BCMA's Program Committee is delighted to announce that
nationally renowned Canadian humourist, <b>Arthur Black</b> will serve as
the special guest Keynote Speaker at the BCMA's provincial
Conference 2008: <i>Storytelling in BC - People, Places & Perspectives</i> in
Victoria, BC on November 19-22, 2008.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt"><b>Arthur Black</b>...</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">- has published 11 books of humour</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">- is a 3-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">- hosted "Basic Black" for 19 years, a national weekly show on CBC
Radio every Saturday morning with a listenership of 650,000</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">- is currently a syndicated columnist in 50 newspapers from Vancouver
Island to Newfoundland</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">- is a featured commentator (humourist, really) on "All Points West" for
CBC Radio One</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">- claims [that] "in all other life pursuits, Black is an abject failure."</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">For more about Arthur Black, including his own bio and a link to his
website and online columns and publications (for your amusement),
please visit the BCMA homepage at:
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<u>http://www.museumsassn.bc.ca/content/home.asp</u></font></a><font face="Arial">
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">For Conference 2008 news and further program details, keep watching
here on BCMA-L or MBEN and the BCMA website.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Cheers!</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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