<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Do you tweet? Tweet about archives! Please see the message below from Nancy Beamont, SAA Executive Director.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Nathan<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Nancy Beaumont <<a href="mailto:nbeaumont@archivists.org" class="">nbeaumont@archivists.org</a>>" via <<a href="mailto:saaleaders@forums.archivists.org" class="">saaleaders@forums.archivists.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"SAA Leader List" <<a href="mailto:saaleaders@forums.archivists.org" class="">saaleaders@forums.archivists.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">[saaleaders] Year of Living Dangerously for Archives Challenge #3: A Seasonal Toast to Archives</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">December 2, 2014 at 3:59:39 PM EST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"SAA Leader List" <<a href="mailto:saaleaders@forums.archivists.org" class="">saaleaders@forums.archivists.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">SAA Leaders:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Today and tomorrow we will be launching Kathleen’s Challenge #3 for “The Year of Living Dangerously for Archives” – and we hope that you will both spread the word to your colleagues and participate yourself!<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Challenge #3: A Seasonal Toast to Archives<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">As we approach the holiday season – replete with wishes of good cheer and year-end toasts, let’s take an opportunity to share the thoughts we all encounter that remind us of the value of archives.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Why do archives matter? This month’s challenge is simple: Think about the “quotable” statements you’ve heard or read – perhaps in a professional presentation, an archives class or workshop, a newspaper, magazine, or journal article, a novel or play. The statement may have been made by someone with international recognition, a local “everyday” person, one of your professors, or a friend. Whatever she or he wrote or said, it made you think, “Yes, that’s why archives are important, that’s why what I do matters….” <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Share your quote with us—</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">by tweeting #A<span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35);" class="">rchivesQuotes or via email to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="mailto:saahq@archivists.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">saahq@archivists.org</span></a></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">.</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""> We’ll add it to the resources on which we can draw as we move forward in our efforts to raise awareness of and to advocate for archives. In this season of giving,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u class="">let’s share with each other some insights about the value of archives</u>.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Examples:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(20, 24, 35);" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">“…records are crucial to hold us accountable…They are a potent bulwark against human rights violations.” <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><i class="">‒Bishop Desmond Tutu</i><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 3pt 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(20, 24, 35);" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">“Without archives many stories of real people would be lost, and along with those stories, vital clues that allow us to reflect and interpret our lives today.”<br class=""><i class="">‒Sara Sheridan</i><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 3pt 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">“Of all our national assets, Archives are the most precious; they are the gift of one generation to another and the extent of our care of them marks the extent of our civilization.”<br class=""><i class="">‒Arthur G. Doughty, Dominion Archivist, 1904‒1935</i><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 3pt 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(20, 24, 35);" class=""><span class="">·<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">“As archivists appraise records, they are doing nothing less than determining what the future will know about its past:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;" class="">who will have continuing voice and who will be silenced</span></strong><b class="">.<span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">” <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></span></b><i class=""><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">‒Terry Cook<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">To view the challenge on the SAA website: <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www2.archivists.org/living-dangerously/archivesquotes" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://www2.archivists.org/living-dangerously/archivesquotes</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class="">Go ahead – live dangerously for archives and encourage others to do the same!<br class=""><br class="">Best regards – Nancy<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Nancy P. 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We are the preeminent source of professional resources and the principal communication hub for American archivists.<br class=""><br class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The SAA Foundation is the nation's leading source of nonprofit funding dedicated solely to the interests of archives and archivists. To make your tax-deductible contribution online, go to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.archivists.org/membership/funds.asp" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: windowtext;" class="">http://www.archivists.org/membership/funds.asp</span></a>. Thank you! <o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></div></div></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">�</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">�</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">�</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">---</p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">You are currently subscribed to the SAA Leader List as:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:ntallman@gmail.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">ntallman@gmail.com</a></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">To unsubscribe or to change your list settings, please visit:<br class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a a="" href="http://saa.archivists.org/scripts/4disapi.dll/4DCGI/person/ListServ.html?" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://saa.archivists.org/scripts/4disapi.dll/4DCGI/person/ListServ.html</a></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">The SAA Leader List is a moderated forum. 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