We are pleased to announce that as of today, the Entomological Collections Network (ECN) and the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) are officially organizational partners through a Memorandum of Understanding between the two organizations. Under the auspices of the MoU, ECN and SPNHC have agreed to automatically grant a place on the Council (ex-officio) of each organization for the President (or a selected delegate) for the purposes of keeping both organizations informed about the activities of the other, to promote cooperation and perhaps even co-located or co-sponsored meetings and symposia in the future (for example, next year’s SPNHC and ECN meetings are both being held in Denver, CO), and to work on higher level policy related topics of mutual concern when the need arises. We will also be working together to encourage increased participation by the entomological collections community in submitting and publishing papers in Collection Forum, SPNHC’s journal, particularly with regards to papers related to entomological collections topics, policies, procedures, etc.
As the Presidents of SPNHC and ECN, we are delighted to form this partnership and to create a mechanism for our two organizations to work together on behalf of our respective constituents and collectively on behalf of collections and those who work in collections. We hope you will embrace every opportunity that this new partnership affords the members of each organization and that it will lead to many more collaborative projects between the two groups in the future. Please help us spread the word about this new partnership on the various ECN social media platforms and on your own social media sites. Have a pleasant weekend and please let us know if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Linda S. Ford, Ph.D.
President, Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
Floyd W. Shockley, Ph.D., F.R.E.S.
President, Entomological Collections Network
