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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=3>HERITAGE BULLETIN OFFERS TIPS FOR TOURISM<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond"><FONT size=3 face=Garamond>Visiting tourists can build the vitality of an organization and the community in which it resides. </FONT><A href="http://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/pages/bulletins.aspx"><FONT color=#0000ff size=3 face=Garamond>Heritage Bulletin 18: Pay Attention to Tourist Needs</FONT></A><FONT size=3 face=Garamond>, provides tips on ways to successfully attract and serve visitors while supporting your organization’s mission and meshing with your community’s welcoming efforts. Tips include using ‘word of mouth’; coordination and collaboration; and participation in established tourism efforts. Visit </FONT><A href="http://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/pages/bulletins.aspx"><FONT color=#0000ff size=3 face=Garamond>http://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/pages/bulletins.aspx</FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=3> to access and download this and other Heritage Bulletins. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond"><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=3>‘TIS THE SEASON FOR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLANNING<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond"><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=3>We all have a list this time of year in preparation for the holidays; however, are you ready for an emergency? Have you created a list of informational resources in case disaster strikes?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond"><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=3>Oregon Heritage offers online and phone resources that provide information about preparing for and responding to many types of emergencies. You may also want to contact your local emergency response center.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond"><FONT size=3 face=Garamond>For example, there is a link to the IMLS </FONT><A href="http://www.imls.gov/collections"><FONT color=#0000ff size=3 face=Garamond>Connecting to Collections</FONT></A><FONT size=3 face=Garamond> </FONT><A href="http://www.imls.gov/collections/prepare_prep.aspx"><FONT color=#0000ff size=3 face=Garamond>Guide to Online Resources</FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=3>. It provides links to sites that provide information about preparing for and responding to disasters and emergencies. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond"><FONT size=3 face=Garamond>Start creating your disaster preparedness and emergency response plan with a list – and keep checking it to keep it current. For more information, visit Oregon Heritage, </FONT><A href="http://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/OHC/pages/disaster_list.aspx"><FONT color=#0000ff size=3 face=Garamond>Disaster Planning and Response</FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=3>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond"><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=3>DOES YOUR LIST INCLUDE THE CULTURAL TRUST?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond"><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=3>About that holiday list – does yours include the Oregon Cultural Trust?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Garamond><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond">During December, the Trust will reach out and ask Oregonians for contributions that will support our state's unique cultural life and heritage with a goal of raising $4 million and dramatically increasing the number of donors from across the state by the end of the year. </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Now is the time for heritage organizations to promote the value of the Trust and its tax credit for donations to their members. Oregon’s unique cultural tax credit is a powerful incentive and it helps sustain Oregon’s cultural heritage. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoPlainText><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=3>Visit </FONT><A href="http://www.culturaltrust.org/tool-kits"><FONT size=3>www.culturaltrust.org/tool-kits</FONT></A><FONT size=3> for helpful materials. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Garamond>IMLS OFFERS NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS FOR MUSEUMS<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond"><FONT size=3 face=Garamond>The Institute of Museum and Library Services’ (IMLS) National Leadership Grants for Museums </FONT><A href="http://heritagepreservation.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=00cbcc194404641e545c4b972&id=1c6c561989&e=3fb7245c72" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><FONT size=3 face=Garamond>guidelines</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT size=3><FONT face=Garamond> are now available. The deadline to apply is January 15, 2013.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Garamond><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang=EN>As stewards of cultural heritage with rich, authentic content, libraries and museums provide learning experiences for everyone. </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond">IMLS 2012 – 2016 </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang=EN><A href="http://www.imls.gov/about/strategic_plan.aspx" target=_blank><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT color=#0000ff>strategic plan</FONT></SPAN></A>, “Creating a Nation of Learners”, envisions a democratic society where communities and individuals thrive with broad public access to knowledge, cultural heritage and lifelong learning. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang=EN><FONT size=3><FONT face=Garamond>In 2013, each National Leadership Grant for Museums award will focus on achieving positive public outcomes for communities and individuals; support the unique role of museums and libraries in preserving and providing access to collections and content; and promote library, museum, and information service policies that ensure access to information. Successful proposals will generate results such as models, new tools, research findings, services, practices, and/or alliances that can be widely used, adapted, scaled, or replicated to extend and leverage the benefits of federal investment.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang=EN><FONT size=3 face=Garamond>Application categories include projects focused on Learning Experiences, Community Anchors and Collections Stewardship. Projects must begin on October 1, November 1, or December 1, 2013. To review the guidelines, seek answers to questions about the grant program and apply, see </FONT><A href="http://www.imls.gov/applicants/2013_nlg_museums_guidelines.aspx#toc1"><FONT color=#0000ff size=3 face=Garamond>National Leadership Grant for Museums</FONT></A><FONT size=3 face=Garamond> at the </FONT><A href="http://www.imls.gov/"><FONT color=#0000ff size=3 face=Garamond>IMLS</FONT></A><FONT size=3><FONT face=Garamond> website.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Garamond><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang=EN>PNLHA SETS 2013 ANNUAL CONFERENCE, CALLS FOR PROPOSALS</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang=EN><FONT size=3><FONT face=Garamond>The Pacific Northwest Labor History Association (PNLHA) will hold its 2013 annual conference in Portland May 3 – 5, 2013. The conference theme, “Labor Under Attack: Learning from the Past and Preparing for the Future” recognizes the 75<SUP>th</SUP> anniversary of the founding of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). PNLHA is calling for proposals for presentation, panels, workshops and papers related to this theme.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang=EN><FONT size=3><FONT face=Garamond>The CIO’s organization in the northwest resulted in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia being one of the most strongly unionized regions of the US and Canada by the end of World War II. The conference will explore how organizations will preserve the gains of the CIO era, <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>and build a new labor movement, as well as connections between the CIO and progressive political movements, and today’s unions’ connections with movements like Occupy. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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