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<div style="DIRECTION: ltr"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif"> Warren Joubert [mailto:warrenjou@gmail.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 23, 2017 1:35 PM<br>
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<div style="DIRECTION: ltr"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif"><b>Subject:</b> OA-Africa Logo competition</span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have some exciting news regarding developments of an ocean acidification network in Africa (OA-Africa). At a recent ocean acidification capacity building and networking workshop in Dakar, Senegal (13 - 16 February 2017), prominent researchers
representing several (not all) African coastal countries discussed the coordination and regional priorities for ocean acidification activities on the continent. The meeting was jointly supported by Future Earth Coasts, Kosmos Energy, IAEA and SOLAS. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Broadly, the network aims to coordinate on OA related research and monitoring, provide information and guidance to stakeholders and policy makers, and promote and advance OA research through outreach and capacity building initiatives. At
the meeting, a workplan of priorities was adopted in the short to medium term (next 6 months) such as identifying vulnerabilities and needs, operationalising and promoting the network to stakeholders, and develop information material (info sheets and slides)
and establishing an online presence for information sharing. The domain for the latter is being registered as we speak so watch this space. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With this in mind we would like to invite the creatives among us to develop a logo for OA-Africa. We have a blank slate and will take any suggestions for a logo. All suggestions will be combined on a webpoll and the logo with the highest
number of votes take the crown. Not only will you be able to have your work of art on all OA-Africa material (and the website) going forward, but we have an incentive of a portable pH set including the electronic valve (sponsored by Sam Dupont) for the winning
logo (see specifications here: <a href="http://www.aqua-medic.de/index.php?r=catalog/product&id=163" target="_blank"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri",sans-serif">http://www.aqua-medic.de/index.php?r=catalog/product&id=163</span></a>).
<span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt">This competition will be running till the 10</span><sup>th</sup><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt"> March and voting will take place from the 11-17 March.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please feel free to distribute this email in your respective countries, to widen the reach. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Looking forward to your contributions</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Warren and Chibo</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">on behalf of the teering comittee (OA-Africa)</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ps. Apologies for broadcasting. It is not meant to cause offense. If you are in the cc list, it is because you have previously interacted with the OA-Africa network. </p>
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