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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Hello, please excuse cross-postings,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Alberta Museums Association (AMA) is excited to launch our 2019 Conference theme and Call for Session Proposals. Join us in Edmonton, September 19 - 21, 2019
at the Chateau Lacombe Hotel for <i>As a Whole: Well-being, Health, and Museums.</i>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The AMA’s 2019 Conference will delve into, contemplate, and champion the roles and actions museums take in providing, fostering, and
embracing well-being, within the walls of their institution and with the wider community.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">For more information on the Conference theme and how to submit a session proposal, please see the attached Call for Session Proposals or visit the
<a href="https://museums.ab.ca/what-we-do/annual-conference/conference-2019/call-for-session-proposals.aspx">
Call for Session Proposals Page</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Proposals will be accepted until February 11, 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">If you are thinking of submitting a Session Proposal for Conference 2019 but are unsure how it fits with the theme, email me at
<a href="mailto:bfast@museums.ab.ca">bfast@museums.ab.ca</a> or <a href="mailto:learning@museums.ab.ca">
learning@museums.ab.ca</a> and we will be happy to provide feedback.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Thank you, and good luck with your proposals,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Ben<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Ben Fast, BA, MA</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Program Lead</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Alberta Museums Association</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Edmonton, AB T5N 1R5</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">P: 780.424.2626 x. 225</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">F: 780.425.1679</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">E: </span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="mailto:bfast@museums.ab.ca" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">bfast@museums.ab.ca</span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">W: <a href="http://www.museums.ab.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">www.museums.ab.ca</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">T: @benfaster<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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