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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">The
</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.midwestarchives.org/">Midwest Archives Conference</a></span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129"> will hold its 2020 Annual
Meeting May 6-9, 2020 in Des Moines, Iowa. </span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129"> </span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">An election year presents an opportunity for choice in leadership, but it is also about the power of decisions. Who makes
them, where they are made, when they are made, and most importantly what decisions you make as an archivist. The Program Committee invites session proposals touching on the theme "Decision 2020" from all areas of archival practice and research and from allied
fields. The Program Committee particularly encourages submissions from early professionals, Archivists of Color and members of the LGBTQ+ community.</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129"> </span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">Topic Possibilities Include But Are Not Limited To:</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">·</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129"> Collections acquisition/accession representing a group(s) story that is missing
from the archival record.</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:24.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:13.5pt;background:white">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">·</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129"> Collaborating with, starting, or otherwise participating in community archives</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:24.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:13.5pt;background:white">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">·</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129"> Decisions regarding collections management tools and cleaning up legacy metadata.</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:24.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:13.5pt;background:white">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">·</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129"> Research on diversity- and inclusion-related topics.</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:24.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:13.5pt;background:white">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">·</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129"> Methodology and approaches to, and/or studies of decolonizing the archives</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:24.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:13.5pt;background:white">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">·</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129"> Collections management decision-making.</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:24.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:13.5pt;background:white">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">·</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129"> Centennial of women's suffrage.</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:24.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:13.5pt;background:white">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">·</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129"> Decision-making and archival labor: lone arrangers, appropriate compensation
in the archives and appropriate use of temporary positions, and acknowledgement of archival labor, from students through professionals (also unpaid labor).</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:24.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:13.5pt;background:white">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">·</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129"> Archivists' voice (Make your voice be heard!): Archival advocacy, both for
your own archives and advocating for communities represented in your archives.</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:24.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:13.5pt;background:white">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">·</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129"> Getting things done when you are the only archivist in the room or when making
major decisions is not in your job description.</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:9.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:24.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:13.5pt;background:white">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">·</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129"> Archivists' choice: why did you pick the archives profession?</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">The Program Committee will also consider outstanding proposals not related to this theme or these topics.</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129"> </span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">The deadline for submitting proposals for the 2020 MAC Annual Meeting is
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#4B4F56">Friday, August 30</span></b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129"> at 5 p.m. EST.</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129"> </span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">If you have any questions about the proposal process, please contact the 2020 Program Committee co-chairs, Marcella Huggard
(<a href="mailto:mdwiget@gmail.com" title="mailto:mdwiget@gmail.com"><span style="color:#385898">mdwiget@gmail.com</span></a>) and Benn Joseph (<a href="mailto:benn.joseph@northwestern.edu" title="mailto:benn.joseph@northwestern.edu"><span style="color:#385898">benn.joseph@northwestern.edu</span></a>).</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">For more information about possible session types, proposal evaluation, and the submission process visit the
</span><u><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.midwestarchives.org/call-for-proposals-2020">MAC 2020 Call for Session Proposals website</a></span></u><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">.</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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