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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">The SOA Membership & Awards Committee seeks nominations for the 2024
</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><b><a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/committees/membership-awards/merit_award/" id="OWA6788a57f-1a04-7f9a-2022-7880888c7e70" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;">Society
of Ohio Archivists Merit Award</a></b></span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">The award is given to individuals or organizations that have by excellence in deeds, actions, or initiatives improved the state of archives in Ohio
over the past year. The award will be announced at the SOA </span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/annual_conference/" id="OWA33c8df97-df8b-8d86-1ef6-5fc04dcaf57c" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;">Annual
Meeting</a></span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">, which will be held on Friday, May 17, 2024, at Capital University in Bexley, Ohio. <b>Applications are due by March 18, 2024.</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Nominations should include the following information:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 1.71429;">Name of nominee;</span></li><li style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 1.71429; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.57143rem;">
<span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 1.71429;">Nominee’s employer or institution;</span></li><li style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 1.71429; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.57143rem;">
<span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 1.71429;">Nominee’s mailing address, phone number, and email address;</span></li><li style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 1.71429; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.57143rem;">
<span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 1.71429;">Brief reason for nomination;</span></li><li style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 1.71429; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.57143rem;">
<span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 1.71429;">The nominator’s contact information so that the awards committee may contact you for additional information.</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">See the
</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/committees/membership-awards/merit_award/#awardees" id="OWA569a5c9e-2911-3034-29b8-2768e3aae14c" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;">list
of past awardees</a></span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> on the
</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><a href="https://ohioarchivists.org/committees/membership-awards/merit_award/" id="OWA942a640f-d280-2b2e-7e35-1ddf6f402088" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;">Merit
Award page</a></span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><i>Applications and inquiries can be sent via email to Membership & Awards Committee co-chairs
</i></span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><i><a href="mailto:jmoreha@bgsu.edu" id="OWA2ea22b1d-a633-c27b-3ca4-6694dc9449fc" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;">Jennifer
Long Morehart</a></i></span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><i> and
</i></span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><i><a href="mailto:helen.conger@case.edu" id="OWA6d55d615-7bd9-b63f-e511-5b9e5bf4c710" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;">Helen
Conger</a></i></span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><i>.</i></span></p>
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