<html><head><base href="x-msg://34/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>FYI / please see below. Collection HQ is not a conference sponsor. The session they advertise is not part of our program. We believe they may have harvested email addresses from the evergreen-ils list for this mass mail. We note that not all registrants received this message, but some certainly did. <div><br>Collection HQ has inquired WRT their potential participation as a sponsor, and has consistently been referred to the sponsorship agreement. </div><div><br></div><div>I have corresponded with Tony at SFC, who suggested that the EOB be made aware and that we not engage in any further sponsorship conversations with Collection HQ. Further, he suggested:</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">I'm not sure if there's a lightweight solution to stop this. Do you think these emails and the parallel event pose a significant threat, or is it all a minor nuisance? I'd also like to get the EOB's opinion on this as well. There might be some heavier-weight solutions to mitigate any damage, but it's only worth pursuing if Evergreen is truly bothered by Collection HQ's actions. </blockquote></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>I indicated to Tony that I didn't think there was a significant threat, and that its more of a nuisance of the inappropriate variety at this point. Please advise if you feel strongly otherwise.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Ben</div><div><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true">
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letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Ben Hyman <br>Managing Director | BC Libraries Cooperative<br><a href="mailto:ben.hyman@bc.libraries.coop">ben.hyman@bc.libraries.coop</a> | </span></span><a href="http://bc.libraries.coop">bc.libraries.coop</a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">(tf) 1.855.383.5761 ext 1001</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Twitter: @ben_hyman70</span></span></div><div><br></div><div><div>Join us in Vancouver April 10-13, 2013 for the Evergreen International Conference<br><a href="http://eg2013.evergreen-ils.org/">eg2013.evergreen-ils.org/</a> | Follow us on twitter @egcon2013</div></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span>
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<div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Fiona Syme <<a href="mailto:Fiona.syme@collectionhq.com">Fiona.syme@collectionhq.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Evergreen 2013: Register Here for 'Improving Your Collection with Evidence' with collectionHQ</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">21 March, 2013 10:52:20 AM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"<a href="mailto:ben.hyman@bc.libraries.coop">ben.hyman@bc.libraries.coop</a>" <<a href="mailto:ben.hyman@bc.libraries.coop">ben.hyman@bc.libraries.coop</a>><br></span></div><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Dear Ben,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Are you attending Evergreen 2013, Vancouver on April 10-13?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">If so, don’t miss collectionHQ’s ‘Improving Your Collection With Evidence’ session which will feature experiences of guest speaker Alene Moroni from King County Library System and discuss how applying ‘evidence’ to collection management and development decisions at BC Library Cooperative can:</p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN-US">Improve turnover rates<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN-US">Achieve more with less<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN-US">Make more effective use of collection dollars<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN-US">Make replacement ordering easier and more focused<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span lang="EN-US">Identify usage trends to improve buying<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The session is being held on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Thursday, April 11 at 11:00am – 12:30pm</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>at the Delta Vancouver Suites (Innes Thompson Room), 550 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 1L6. Refreshments will be available.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b>To attend, please register via this link</b><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13px; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://chqeg2013.eventbrite.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><b>http://chqeg2013.eventbrite.com</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b>Spaces are limited so please register early to avoid disappointment.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Kind regards,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Fiona</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Fiona Syme</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Sales Support Executive</p></div><br><br><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; "><hr width="100%">This email message has been delivered safely and archived online by Mimecast.<br>For more information please visit<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.mimecast.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.mimecast.com</a><hr width="100%"></span></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>