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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you to everyone (virtual and in-person) who participated in MEC 2024 in Denton, Texas (May 21-23) and made the conference possible!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Thank you especially to the Chairs (Margrethe and Maristella) and members of the Program and Organizing Committees, as well as local UNT volunteers who made sure we did not go hungry
and guided us around the library spaces!<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A few important updates that I’d like to share include:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>MEC 2025 will take place June 3-6 at City University of London, UK<o:p></o:p></b></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Organizing Committee Chair: David Lewis<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">Program Committee Chair: Anna Plaksin<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">You can view David’s
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RzEGvADqfpzK8nEFy-UwMbrp0zEVLF2n/view?usp=sharing">
video announcement</a> (also in the slides)<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Consider serving on the MEI Board – election cycle will begin in October 2024<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Updates from IG, Tech Team, and Board shared during the MEC 2024 Community Meeting are
<a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UxL0yHWWmUGF0y_iU0J6MS-G--2BTZQxKeyfHeZY6Co/edit?usp=sharing">
available online</a><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Over the next few months, we will share additional information about MEC 2025, elections, as well as calls for future conference hosts.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please reach out to me or the <a href="https://music-encoding.org/community/mei-board.html">
MEI Board members</a> with any questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Anna<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Anna E. Kijas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Head, Lilly Music Library</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Granoff Music Center</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> |
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Tufts University</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Pronouns: she, her, hers</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://tufts.libcal.com/appointments/kijas/lilly" title="https://tufts.libcal.com/appointments/kijas/lilly"><span style="color:#0563C1">Book
an appointment</span></a> | (617) 627-2846<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Co-founder of
<a href="http://sucho.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Administrative Chair,
<a href="https://music-encoding.org/community/mei-board.html"><span style="color:#0563C1">Music Encoding Initiative</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Editor,
<a href="https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/page/techreports"><span style="color:#0563C1">Technical Reports and Monographs in Music Librarianship</span></a> (MLA)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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