<div dir="ltr">please excuse cross-postings<div><br></div><div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span id="m_-2958772759104669311m_6223739063481056117m_-7307760198354782874gmail-docs-internal-guid-83a4179c-7fff-19e1-6a6d-bba743ce6500"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Call for Speakers and Proposals Announcement - deadline extended!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000">Think you might have an interesting session idea but need a couple more days to pull it together? We've extended the conference call for proposals to Wed, April 24, 2024.</font></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We invite you to submit your proposal to be part of the </span><a href="https://aabc.ca/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Archives Association of BC</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> and </span><a href="https://armavi.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">ARMA VI</span></a> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">virtual conference: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Going further together: Connectivity and partnerships in the information profession </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">May 29 - 31, 2024. As the proverb goes: If you want to go fast, go alone, but if you want to go far, go together. Post-Covid, the information field is ready to reinvigorate and seek new partnerships to go further in our theory and practice.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Further information about proposals can be found on the conference website at: </font><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><a href="https://aabcarmaviconference2024.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>https://aabcarmaviconference2024.wordpress.com/</b></a></p></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"></span></p><div><br></div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Please submit your conference proposal (250 words and a short bio(s) of speakers) to <a href="mailto:info@aabc.ca" target="_blank">info@aabc.ca</a> by Wednesday, April 24th, 2024.</b> </span></p><div><br></div></font></div></font></div><div><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Kindly, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">2024 AABC / ARMA VI Conference Planning Committee</span></p></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">~~~</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Lisa Glandt, MAS</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Education and Advisory Services (EAS) Coordinator</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Archives Association of British Columbia</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">email: <font size="2"><a href="mailto:aabc.advisor@aabc.ca" target="_blank">aabc.advisor@aabc.ca</a></font><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">website: <a href="http://aabc.ca" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">aabc.ca</font></a></font></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">I respectfully acknowledge that I work on the unceded, traditional and ancestral territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.</span><br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span></span><span></span><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>