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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi RDAP Community, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are putting our RDAP by-laws out for comment until <b>December 3, 2018</b>. Please find the bylaws here:
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RK2ZEBebBAY10Jsx7Xp_z_lxkorztx4Xsltkf4pmhLc/edit?usp=sharing">
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RK2ZEBebBAY10Jsx7Xp_z_lxkorztx4Xsltkf4pmhLc/edit?usp=sharing</a> . We will review comments and make necessary changes by Dec 7, 2018 and have the bylaws out for voting by Dec. 10<sup>th</sup>. These bylaws are the last step
in documentation we need to file our 501c-3 not-for-profit status as the Research Data Access and Preservation Association, and provide detailed descriptions of our governing framework. Thank you for your continued engagement and please join me in thanking
Daureen Nesdill for her hard work in shepherding the Executive Board through the process of developing the by-laws!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Erica Johns<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">Erica M. Johns<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Research Data & Environmental Sciences Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">President, RDAP Executive Board<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#2F5496">Liaison to BEE, EEB, FSAD, NTRES departments</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif;color:#2F5496"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496;background:white"><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3068-3143"><span style="color:#2F5496">http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3068-3143</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Albert R. Mann Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Cornell University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Ithaca, NY 14853<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Tel: (607) 255-0158<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Email: <a href="mailto:emj73@cornell.edu">
<span style="color:#2F5496">emj73@cornell.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5496">Website: <a href="http://data.research.cornell.edu/">
<span style="color:#2F5496">http://data.research.cornell.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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