<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">The BC Museums Association is seeking proposals from communities interested in hosting the annual conference in <strong>2018, 2019, </strong>or<strong> 2020</strong>, in partnership with the BCMA.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Each October the BC Museums Association holds a nationally-recognized provincial conference in a British Columbia community, creating an opportunity for members and future members to gather and discuss issues of relevance to the museum, gallery, archive, heritage and related sectors. 150 delegates attend from across BC, typically staff from small to large cultural institutions, and students</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">The BCMA strongly encourages members to work closely with local hotels, conference centres, and other partners to develop strong host community proposals. <b>The deadline for submitting proposals is Friday, August 11, 2017.</b></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">We currently alternate conference locations between the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island but are open to proposals from other areas if the partnership opportunities are strong.<br></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">To learn more about submitting a proposal, please read the full <font color="#0088cc"><a href="http://museumsassn.bc.ca/archives/5357/call-for-conference-host-community/rfp-2018-20-host-conference/">Request for Proposals to host Annual Conference in 2018, 2019, or 2020</a></font>.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></p><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin-bottom:0pt"><b style="color:rgb(118,113,113);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Heather Jeliazkov</b><br></p><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;font-size:11pt"><font color="#767171" face="Arial, sans-serif">Manager</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;font-size:11pt"><font color="#767171" face="Arial, sans-serif">Marketing & Membership Services</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#666666" size="2"><em><b>Join us at Conference 2017, October 3 - 6, in Victoria!</b></em></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">BC Museums Association || 675 Belleville Street || Victoria, BC || V8W 9W2</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px">Office: 250-356-5700</span><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px"> || <a href="http://www.museumsassn.bc.ca" target="_blank">www.museumsassn.bc.ca</a></span></p><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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