<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Dear IYRP International Support Group (ISG) members and regional (RISG) members*</font><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" color="#ff2600" class=""><i class="">(*RISG co-chairs: please circulate this in your respective RISGs, as not all members of the RISGs are in our ISG listserv; they are included only if the RISG co-chairs sent me the addresses)</i></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">The Society for Range Management (SRM) is holding its annual meeting (<a href="https://rangelands.org/annual-meeting-2024/" target="_blank" class="">https://rangelands.org/annual-meeting-2024/</a>)<span class=""> </span></font><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;" class="">in the week of 29 January</span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;" class="">in Sparks, Nevada, USA, which is in the <b class=""><i class="">Pacific Time Zone (PT = UTC-8:00)</i></b>.</span></div></div><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
</font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">The SRM International Affairs Committee has made complimentary <b class=""><i class="">virtual</i></b> registrations available for members of the global and regional support groups of the IYRP to encourage international participation in the meeting (see details below for registering). All virtual sessions will have closed caption translations provided by Zoom in 26 languages; instructions on how to use this translation service are attached.</font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Below are several IYRP-related activities that will be held during the SRM annual meeting and may be particularly interesting for you:</font></div><div class=""><b class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></b></div><div class=""><b class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Monday 29 Jan </font></b></div><div class=""><span class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">-10:20-11:40 PT: Southern Pacific B; Global Producers (this is not explicitlyon the IYRP, but the submitted talks come from around the world)</font></span></div><div class=""><span class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">-15:20-17:00 PT: Cascade 3; IYRP Film Fest (led by Courtney Buchanan)</font></span></div><div class=""><b class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></b></div><div class=""><b class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Tuesday 30 Jan</font></b></div><div class=""><span class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">-10:20-17:00 PT: Southern Pacific E; Women Making a Change on the Range (led by Leslie Morris)</font></span></div><div class=""><span class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">-13:00-17:00 PT: Alpine 1; IYRP workshop (led by Layne Coppock)</font></span></div><div class=""><b class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></b></div><div class=""><b class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Wednesday 31 Jan </font></b></div><div class=""><span class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">13:00-15:00 PT: Southern Pacific D; IYRP Elevating voices (led by Lauren Svejcar)</font></span></div><div class=""><b class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></b></div><div class=""><span class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Additionally, on 31 Jan at 10:00-12:00 PT, Nick Padilla is leading a symposium on "Sustaining Indigenous Natural Resources" and it would be great if people could attend this one as well. </font></span></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><b class=""><i class="">Access to complimentary virtual registration</i></b></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">The following link will take you directly to a GoogleSheet where you can enter your information (first and last name, email address, institutional affiliation)</font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NUjk-DRzrkGWWlxbO7yLGVnuFZInvgqAA-5i5BH4FOE/edit?usp=sharing" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><b class=""><i style="background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);" class="">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NUjk-DRzrkGWWlxbO7yLGVnuFZInvgqAA-5i5BH4FOE/edit?usp=sharing</i></b></font></a></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Please fill out each field included in the sheet in order to be granted virtual access to the 2024 SRM conference. </font><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;" class="">Once you have completed the information, you will receive </span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;" class="">a welcome email that will give you to access the virtual site.</span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;" class=""> </span><b class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><span class="" style="background-color: yellow; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The deadline to sign up for your complimentary access is Tuesday 22 January.</span></b></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Your welcome email will be sent from Cadence, the virtual site provider that SRM uses for its online meetings. Once you are logged in, you will be able to view the full programme and plan which sessions you would like to join virtually. In order to access the Zoom link for each meeting at its scheduled date and time, you will need to “Add” the schedule item to your personal schedule. This will allow you to see and access the Zoom link for each meeting. Please do not attempt to click on any of the Zoom links until the scheduled date and time of the respective session. </font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">If you have any questions, please contact <b class=""><i class="">Laurens Svejcar</i></b>, the coordinator of the SRM International Affairs Committee (<a href="mailto:laurensvejcar@gmail.com" class="">laurensvejcar@gmail.com</a>), and/or <b class=""><i class="">Kelly Fogarty</i></b>, SRM Senior Director of Operations (<a href="mailto:operations@rangelands.org" class="">operations@rangelands.org</a>).</font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Cheers,</font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Ann</font> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""><font size="1" class=""><i class="">Dr Ann Waters-Bayer</i></font></span></div><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><font size="1" class=""><i class="">Agrecol Association for AgriCulture & Ecology</i></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><font size="1" class=""><i class="">German Institute for Tropical & Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL) Research Fellow</i></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><font size="1" class=""><i class="">Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP) Core Group</i></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><font size="1" class=""><i class="">International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists (IYRP2026) Global Secretariat</i></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><font size="1" class=""><i class="">E: <a href="mailto:waters-bayer@web.de" class="">waters-bayer@web.de</a> / <a href="mailto:waters-bayer@agrecol.de" class="">waters-bayer@agrecol.de</a> / <a href="mailto:a.waters-bayer@ditsl.org" class="">a.waters-bayer@ditsl.org</a></i></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><font size="1" class=""><i class="">W: <a href="http://www.agrecol.de" class="">www.agrecol.de</a> / <a href="http://www.ditsl.org" class="">www.ditsl.org</a> / <a href="http://www.celep.info" class="">www.celep.info</a> / <a href="http://www.iyrp.info" class="">www.iyrp.info</a></i></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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