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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>If you are a BC Museums Association member you have recently been sent, via the Member Listserv, a notice about a call for small museums who would like to participate in the recently announced federal study on the state of small museums in Canada. If you are a small museum that fits the study criteria, please consider putting your institution’s name forward so that we may share the state of BC’s museums with the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>If you are a BCMA member but are not subscribed to the Member Listserv, please contact Heather at <a href="mailto:members@museumsassn.bc.ca">members@museumsassn.bc.ca</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Theresa<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.0pt;margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.0pt;margin-left:1.0in'><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#767171'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:1.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#767171'>Theresa Mackay<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:1.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#767171'>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:1.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:1.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#ED7D31'>BC Museums Association || 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, BC, V8W 9W2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:1.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#ED7D31'>Direct: 250-356-5694 Main: 250-356-5700 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#767171'>museumsassn.bc.ca<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#767171'>Join us for Conference 2016 in Whistler from Oct 12 – 14!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>