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Non-NU Email Dear ECN Membership, *Please vote! *An email was sent today around 10am PST/1pm EST from Election Buddy, please check your inboxes (maybe SPAM) and take a moment to vote for your next board officers. *Registration *for the ECN annual conference remains open - visit our webpage <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ecnweb.net/ecn2021/registration/__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!R0ENVPOE0f390XiodWnf_O2noQAWr_gdigO_9qKE9HkXlEBpc-cGyKTlwMvPWSUCLPNe$ > or Eventbrite <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-ecn-virtual-meeting-tickets-161254477483__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!R0ENVPOE0f390XiodWnf_O2noQAWr_gdigO_9qKE9HkXlEBpc-cGyKTlwMvPWZJZyHV-$ > to register today. The meeting will be *Monday** 25th—Wednesday 27th October 2021.* The conference will feature four exciting symposia, with live Q&As with presenters following talks, a session with quick talks supplementing virtual posters, and more. Our program schedule will be released very shortly with a planned start time around 4PM (UTC)/11AM (EST)/8AM (PST). The symposia included are: - *Entomological Collections of the World*, *brief virtual collection tours*: organized by Nicole Gunter ([log in to unmask]) - *General Member Submissions*: organized by Oliver Keller and Karen Wright ([log in to unmask]) - *Mass-digitization of insect collections to support research: State of the art and challenges*: organized by Hannu Saarenmaa ([log in to unmask]), Erica Krimmel ([log in to unmask]), and Deborah Paul ([log in to unmask]) - *From the cabinet to the people*: organized by Alyssa DeWaele ( [log in to unmask]) and Jennifer Girón ([log in to unmask]) Submissions have now closed. Thank you to all our speakers who have offered talks, if you have any queries relating to your submissions please contact our Program Co-Chairs, Karen Wright and Oliver Keller ([log in to unmask]). *Cost: *Registration fees for the virtual meeting are priced at $20 USD for regular members and $5 USD for students. A third category professional/ sustaining members are for those who wish to contribute additional support to ECN, and we always welcome tax-deductible donations. This year we are offering our friends at EntoPOC <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.entopoc.org/__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!R0ENVPOE0f390XiodWnf_O2noQAWr_gdigO_9qKE9HkXlEBpc-cGyKTlwMvPWTjebmy4$ > free registration, as well as a donation of 10% of the proceeds from this meeting . For information on group pricing, or if you do not have the budget to support attendance, please don't hesitate to contact ECN President Chris Grinter ([log in to unmask]). *ECN 2020 Recordings*: videos from last year's conference are finally online. You can watch symposia via YouTube <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ecnweb.net/ecn2021/meeting/past-programs/ecn2020/virtual-program/__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!R0ENVPOE0f390XiodWnf_O2noQAWr_gdigO_9qKE9HkXlEBpc-cGyKTlwMvPWRxRg3m8$ >. Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to seeing you all virtually. -ECN Officers