<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Hi RDAP community,</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">The 2017 fundraising team would like your help in raising awareness about our fundraising efforts for the upcoming <a href="http://www.asis.org/rdap/" target="_blank">RDAP conference</a> to be held at the Renaissance Hotel in Seattle on April 19-20, 2017. If we can meet our goal of raising $8,000 in support of RDAP 2017 both participants and sponsors will benefit. Here is how you can help:</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b><font size="4" face="verdana, sans-serif">Become a Sponsor</font></b></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Sponsors of the RDAP Summit will get direct face-to-face networking time and exposure with a core and growing group of over 120 library and information professions that specialize in research data management. Our audience consists of researchers and librarians from predominantly (but not exclusively!) North American institutions in academic, government, and private sectors and they work in areas that deal with issues such as data storage, data analysis, massive data transfer, data curation, open data/data publication, and digital preservation. </font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Interested? Take a look at the sponsorship levels and benefits on <a href="http://www.asis.org/rdap/sponsors/" target="_blank">the 2017 RDAP Summit sponsorship webpage</a> to determine how your organization will participate in one of the most valued data-themed library conference in the United States. Then reply to this message or contact someone on our team. Vendor table space is limited, so hurry to secure your spot at RDAP 2017!</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font size="4" face="verdana, sans-serif"><b>Not a sponsor but want to help? Connect us!</b></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Please share this message with anyone who could be a potential sponsor. Our growing network of research data professionals and vendors is what makes RDAP special and your help is much appreciated! If we successfully meet our fundraising goals this year we will significantly lower registration costs for all attendees and make RDAP 2017 another impactful event for you and your colleagues.</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Either way that you decide to help, let’s remember to keep RDAP special! RDAP is a small and engaged community looking to build partnerships and learning opportunities with our colleagues in the non-profit and commercial spheres. A sponsor of RDAP should be equally excited to be a partner with the practitioners and institutions present and recognize that we all benefit from community-building and dialog. </font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Thanks for your essential support and involvement with our fundraising this year!</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">RDAP Fundraising Team 2017</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Lisa Johnston, Megan O'Donnell, and Tim Norris</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">RDAP: <a href="http://www.asis.org/rdap/sponsors/" target="_blank">http://www.asis.org/rdap/sponsors/</a> </font></div><div><br></div><div><b>Download Sponsorship Flyer for sharing</b></div><div><a href="http://www.asis.org/rdap/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Sponsor-RDAP-2017.pdf">http://www.asis.org/rdap/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Sponsor-RDAP-2017.pdf</a> </div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><br></font><div><font color="#000000">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">Lisa Johnston</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Research Data Management/Curation Lead </font></div><div><font color="#000000">and Co-Director of the University Digital Conservancy</font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br>University of Minnesota Libraries</font></div><div><font color="#000000">108 Walter Library, Minneapolis, MN 55455 <br>Hangouts: <a href="mailto:ljohnsto@umn.edu" target="_blank">ljohnsto@umn.edu</a> / </font><span style="font-size:12.8px">Skype</span><font color="#000000">: ifylawwt</font></div><div><br></div><div><font color="#000000"><a href="http://lib.umn.edu/datamanagement" target="_blank">http://lib.umn.edu/datamanagement</a> | <a href="http://conservancy.umn.edu" target="_blank">http://conservancy.umn.edu</a><br><br>ORCID: <a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6908-9240" target="_blank">http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6908-9240</a> </font><br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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