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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Hi RDAP Community,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Please take a look at the
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/19ungO1mwJUuwnwZfF3cTIvRbPh-yMLkxKIkXMKE3ThE/edit?usp=sharing">
<span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">RDAP Values statement</span></a> that has been constructed by the RDAP leadership team (Executive Board and Chairs of Action Committees) and
<a href="https://cornell.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3U9EjuXzJG3C9tb"><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">provide feedback</span></a> by
<b>Nov 30, 2018</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">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">
<span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RK2ZEBebBAY10Jsx7Xp_z_lxkorztx4Xsltkf4pmhLc/edit?usp=sharing</span></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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Best,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Erica Johns<o:p></o:p></span></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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