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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We’re
in full countdown to the RDAP Summit on May 15-17 in Miami, FL. If you have not <a href="https://rdapassociation.org/registration/" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk662263" previewremoved="true">
registered</a> yet, there is still time to do so! </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We look
forward to seeing everyone in Miami!</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">RDAP
and JeSLIB will continue their partnership with a special issue for the 2019 Summit focusing on the Summit’s themes, “Building Communities.” The issue will have an open submissions call, and we encourage all presenters (talk, poster, presentation) — especially
first-time presenters — to submit. We also encourage first-time authors to enroll in the Summit workshop, “Turning Your Poster or Presentation into a Paper.” Submissions will be due June 30, 2019.</span></p>
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out the </span><a href="https://rdapassociation.org/blog/" style="text-decoration-line: none;" id="LPlnk132921" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">blog
posts</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> from each sponsoring institution to learn more
about why sponsorship matters and what these folks are looking forward to at this year’s summit!
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Business</span></p>
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Board elections wrapped up for those who signed up to be RDAP members, you can still
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sign up to be a member </a>even though the window to vote in the election has passed</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.
The result from the election will be announced at the Summit. There will be an additional call for those interested in serving on
</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JvQarLJb2cFtX5iSYWkGK4VsdRrsss7wnB1ZxkFg0L8/edit?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line: none;" id="LPlnk352534" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Action
Committees</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p>
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not too late to volunteer for the next year in the RDAP Association. Keep an eye out at the conference (and
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on Twitter) for the volunteer form. </span></p>
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RDAP Association OSF</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> has been updated to include the
leadership team’s meeting minutes. </span></p>
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always, let us know if you have any questions by emailing the board at RDAPBoard@gmail.com or
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