[BCMA MBEN] REMINDER: Award Nominations & Bursary Applications 2008
Jim Harding
JHarding@MuseumsAssn.bc.ca
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:02:56 -0800
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Greetings, Members, from the BC Museums Association;</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt"><b>REMINDER:</b> The BCMA's Awards Committee has invited Nominations
for this  year's provincial <i>"Museums in Motion Awards" </i>and applications
for The  Hardcastle Bursary and The Joe Nagel Technology Bursary
for 2008. </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Postmark deadline for Nominations & Applications is:  </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt"><u>Monday, June 30, 2008</u>. </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Complete 2008 Guidelines, Nomination & Application forms are
available for downloading from the BCMA homepage at: </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Guidelines and forms also accompanied the recent Spring issue (#240)
of <i>Museums Roundup</i>. </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">BCMA's exclusive and prestigious <i>Museums in Motion Awards</i>
recognize three categories of service: </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">- Distinguished Service Award </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">- Corporate Service Award </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">- Awards of Merit (up to 3 presented per year) </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">"Please take this important opportunity to consider and nominate
colleagues, organizations, volunteers, or sponsors deserving
recognition for their efforts, contributions, or dedication to your
institution and the province's museums, art galleries and heritage
community," </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt"><i>- Kris Andersen, Director, BCMA Council's Awards  Portfolio.</i> </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">"This year, in view of our increasing awareness of the 'greening' of our
communities, nominations of projects or initiatives that incorporate
green concepts, of help to promote green standards and practices in
the culture and heritage field, are encouraged." </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Successful nominees will be announced at the BCMA's provincial
Awards Banquet at Conference 2008, on Friday, November 21, 2008 in
Victoria, BC. </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Recipients will be presented with the prestigious <i>Museums in Motion</i>
bronze sculpture, created exclusively for the BCMA by world-renowned
sculptor, Geert Maas, of Kelowna, BC. </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">"The Awards Committee understands the pressures of our profession.
Time to prepare a nomination may be hard to find--but we must make
every effort to recognize and to thank our contributors and supporters.
The benefits our institutions and communities reap from the support of
others far surpass the challenges of making the time to nominate and
show our appreciation." </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">Thank you, </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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