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Society Reports
(ABM) in Denver, and the updated document has been uploaded to the website
(http://www.spnhc.org/5/bylaws).

Leadership manual

The SPNHC Leadership Manual
documents the workings of the society
through its Executive Council, Committees and Members-at-Large. Work
continues on updating the Leadership Manual for consistency
and content, led by committee member Laura Abraczinskas.
Committee chairs and officers as well as Executive Council
have been engaged to provide updated materials, and these
are in the process of being incorporated and updated on the
website (http://www.spnhc.org/7/leadership-manual).
Respectfully submitted,
Andrew Bentley, Chair

Conference Committee
The SPNHC Conference Committee
met June 18, 2017, in Denver, CO. The
2017 SPNHC meeting hosted jointly by
the Denver Museum of Science & Nature and the Denver Botanic Gardens,
with leadership from Kelly Tomajko,
was a tremendous success. There were
439 attendees from 11 countries at the
meeting. They attended 4 fieldtrips,
6 special interest group meetings, 11 workshops, 116 oral
presentations, and viewed 45 poster presentations. The total
budget for the meeting was $204,157, of which sponsorships
raised $70,731.
Plans are well along in development for the 2018 joint meeting of SPNHC and TDWG in Dunedin, New Zealand. The
meeting will be held from August 25 - September 2, 2018,
and will be hosted by the Otago Museum in collaboration
with the University of Otago. The call for papers and symposia will be issued in late 2017.
A formal offer from the Field Museum has been proffered
and accepted for the 2019 meeting, which will be held in
early June of that year. Elspeth Haston and Nick Fraser,
representatives of the Edinburgh Botanic Garden and the
National Museum of Scotland, attended the Conference Committee meeting to express an interest in co-hosting SPNHC in
July 2020.
Respectfully submitted,
Barbara M. Thiers, Chair

Conservation Committee
Food in Museums

The Food subcommittee published
"Beyond 'No Food and Drink in the
Gallery': Writing a Best Practices Document for Food Management in Museums" in Collections Forum Volume 30.
They have submitted an abstract to the
2018 IIC meeting and plan to submit a
session proposal to the 2018 AAM annual meeting on the topic as well. If you
would like to contribute case studies to
the wiki, please contact Rebecca Newberry at rnewberry@smm.org

Resource Display Unit

The committee made new progress in
reimagining the RDU at the Denver
meeting. The next generation RDU will include a digital template for basic materials info, hopefully hosted by the SPNHC
wiki; decision-tree posters to help museum professionals
understand how to choose the best materials and resources for
collections; physical material samples for the SPNHC Membership booth; and customized material and vendor lists for
different world regions. This ambitious project is looking for
volunteers! Please contact Rebecca Newberry if you would
like to help.

Loss in Value Estimation

Rob Waller and Jane Henderson published "Effective conservation decision strategies" in Studies in Conservation 61(6).

Preservation Environments

The committee will write a summary of recent museum
industry standards for preservation environments with additional information on the unique temperature and relative
humidity needs of natural history collections.

Best Practices for Labeling Natural
History Collections

Be sure to check out Labeling Natural History Collections on
the SPNHC wiki, submitted by Erika Range, Luci Cipera, and
Carolyn Leckie.

Leadership Change

Armando Mendez regretfully stepped down as committee
co-chair. Fran Ritchie was elected as the new co-chair at the
Denver meeting. Thank you for your service, Armando. We
look forward to working with you again in the future.
Respectfully submitted,
Rebecca Newberry and Fran Ritchie, Co-chairs
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