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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hello, everyone!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>As co-chair of the BCMA Awards Committee, I’d like to take a moment to let you know that the nomination process for the 2017 BCMA Awards for Outstanding Achievement is now open!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>By now, you might even have received a phone call from one of the Awards Committee members, encouraging you to submit a nomination. We really hope you will! There are so many wonderful, innovative things going on in museums, archives, science and discovery centres, and art galleries all across the province – we want to hear about them, so you can get the recognition you deserve.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The Awards Committee has been working hard to revise the awards categories and refine the nomination form, and all of this is now available on the BCMA website: <a href="http://museumsassn.bc.ca/awards/outstanding-achievement/criteria-nomination/">http://museumsassn.bc.ca/awards/outstanding-achievement/criteria-nomination/</a>. Deadline for nominations is June 22, so don’t delay! If you have any questions or need some advice, please don’t hesitate to contact me or another member of the Awards Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>While I’m at it, I’d like to thank the Awards Committee members for all their work on this year’s nomination process, and everyone at the BCMA office for making everything go so smoothly behind the scenes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks, and I look forward to seeing your nominations for the Awards for Outstanding Achievement – deadline June 22.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tammy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Co-Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>BCMA Awards Committee</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>---------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tammy Bradford, Manager</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Creston & District Museum & Archives</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>219 Devon Street, Creston, BC V0B 1G3</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Phone 250-428-9262</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="www.crestonmuseum.ca"><span style='color:blue'>www.crestonmuseum.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CrestonMuseum"><span style='color:blue'>Find us on Facebook!</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>