Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections March 2020 - 7

Society Reports
ping down at the upcoming annual meeting in Edinburgh,
Scotland, after five years of service. To ensure a smooth
transition, currently contributing members of the Best Practices Committee were identified as new co-chairs. Emily
Braker (Collections Manager of Vertebrate Zoology, Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado Boulder)
and Genevieve Tocci (Senior Curatorial Technician, Harvard
University Herbaria) are meeting with the current co-chairs to
transfer knowledge of current goals and past successes of the
committee.
Respectfully submitted,
Jessica Cundiff and Breda Zimkus, Co-chairs

Bylaws Committee
The Bylaws Committee is responsible
for the continued development of the
society bylaws, monitoring society
activities to ensure agreement with the
bylaws, and for periodic updates to the
Leadership Manual of the society.

Bylaws

No changes have been proposed to the
society bylaws.

Leadership Manual

A major overhaul of the Leadership Manual (LM) was initiated owing to the rollout of the new SPNHC website. All 14
standing committees' LMs were altered from a PDF and posted via an active format. Standing committee chairperson(s)
were responsive to these updating efforts and took the opportunity to make significant changes to their respective LMs.
The majority are finalized with a remaining few in the final
stages. Updating efforts are now shifting to the sessional
committees. This overhaul project was done with integral
help from committee member Laura Abraczinskas.
Discussions are ongoing with the Archives Committee on the
transferring of updated procedural documents.
Respectively submitted,
Linda S. Ford, Chair

Conference Committee
Edinburgh 2020

The 2020 conference in Edinburgh is
fast approaching!
Registration is open now and the early
bird deadline is Friday, April 24, 2020.
If you would like to have a meeting of
a special interest group, please email
naturalhistory2020@in-conference.org.
uk.
Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh and National Museums
Scotland are jointly hosting this year's SPNHC and ICOMNATHIST conference from the June 7-13, 2020. The main
venue will be the McEwan Hall in the centre of Edinburgh,
with evening events held within NMS and RBGE. The theme
for this meeting will be "The Role of Natural History Collections in Global Challenges."
The conference website is live at http://www.spnhc-icomnathist2020.com/

San Francisco 2021

Preliminary planning for the 2021 meeting is underway.
Meeting dates are May 30 - June 4, and the meeting will be
held at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square. The theme for
the meeting will be "Taking the Long View - The Future of
Natural History Collections." Please plan to join us in beautiful San Francisco!

Beyond 2021

We currently have no venue for our 2022 meeting!! If your
institution is interested in hosting the annual meeting, please
contact me (dtrock@calacademy.org) or any of the SPNHC
officers to express your interest.
Respectfully submitted,
Debra Trock, Chair

Conservation Committee
Not Reporting.
Fran Ritchie and Rebecca Newberry, Co-chairs

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