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\uc1\pard\cf1\lang1033\ulnone\f0\fs20 I have to disagree with Sarah. Earlier this year, while working as a volunteer in an Archive, having just completed an MA which included Latin and Palaeography, and while job hunting for my first pre-archives course place, my application for membership of the SOA was turned down.\par
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\pard\cf0\f1\fs17 Phaedra Casey\par
Archive Assistant\par
Unilever Historical Archives\par
Unilever House\par
Blackfriars\par
London EC4P 4BQ\par
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020 7822 5879\par
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\pard\li360\protect -----Original Message-----\par
\protect0\pard\protect\fi-1440\li1800\tx1440\b From:\tab\b0 Flynn, Sarah [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]\par
\b Sent:\tab\b0 14 September 2001 15:32\par
\b To:\tab\b0 [log in to unmask]\par
\b Subject:\tab\b0 FW: Filling Posts\par
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sorry, old address again...\par
sjaf\par
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> ----------\par
> From: Flynn, Sarah\par
> Sent: 14 September 2001 15:30\par
> To: [log in to unmask]\par
> Subject: RE: Filling Posts\par
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> Good afternoon\par
> Further to messages from Zoe and Phaedra\par
> I understand (and I am sure the membership sec or anyone else who knows\par
> will correct me if I am wrong) that you can be a member of the SoA if you\par
> are not qualified. Persons employed or possibly just 'with an interest'\par
> in archives are permitted to be members. Its's just that only qualified\par
> archivists are allowed to be registered archivists nowadays (and no, even\par
> if it's Friday, let's not start on that one). And that, if employed, you\par
> have to pay employed person's membership rates rather than student rate\par
> which I seem to remember is as little as 10 pounds (!).\par
> So of some help to Zoe and lots of help to Phaedra.\par
> Have a good weekend folks\par
> Sarah\par
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> ----------\par
> From: Phaedra Casey[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]\par
> Reply To: Phaedra Casey\par
> Sent: 14 September 2001 15:24\par
> To: [log in to unmask]\par
> Subject: Re: Filling Posts\par
>\par
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