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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi All, I was just about to send the same message Max sent. Thanks, Max! Here’s an article if anyone would like to read more about the issue: .
<a href="https://reporter.rit.edu/tech/bigotry-encoded-racial-bias-technology">https://reporter.rit.edu/tech/bigotry-encoded-racial-bias-technology</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Libs-Or <libs-or-bounces@omls.oregon.gov> <b>On Behalf Of
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 9, 2020 10:49 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Rhonda Alderman <RAlderman@clatsopcc.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> LIBS-OR@omls.oregon.gov<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Libs-Or] WARNING: touchless hand sanitizer machine alert!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#FF3333">EXTERNAL EMAIL:</span></strong> This email originated from outside the University of Portland. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">You should check your machines and make sure they work with dark skin tones.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Max Macias <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 10:41 AM Rhonda Alderman <<a href="mailto:RAlderman@clatsopcc.edu">RAlderman@clatsopcc.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Omigosh, thank you for that, Dan... I really needed a laugh today. (Though it probably wasn't a laugh for y'all at the time...)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Rhonda Alderman</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Dora Badollet Library, Technical Services</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Clatsop Community College</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Libs-Or <<a href="mailto:libs-or-bounces@omls.oregon.gov" target="_blank">libs-or-bounces@omls.oregon.gov</a>> on behalf of dan cawley via Libs-Or <<a href="mailto:libs-or@omls.oregon.gov" target="_blank">libs-or@omls.oregon.gov</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 9, 2020 10:34 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:LIBS-OR@omls.oregon.gov" target="_blank">LIBS-OR@omls.oregon.gov</a> <<a href="mailto:LIBS-OR@omls.oregon.gov" target="_blank">LIBS-OR@omls.oregon.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Libs-Or] WARNING: touchless hand sanitizer machine alert!</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Part of our morning protocol is to test the touchless hand sanitizing dispensers. Oddly, neither machine was functioning this morning.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">In the past, we had several new boxes of worthless/expired C batteries. Maybe we were putting bad batteries back into the machines?*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Our office hand soap dispensers are also touchless and run on C batteries. Oddly, neither of the hand soap dispensers were working this morning, either.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">After trying every battery in the building, we made a special trip to Rite-Aid for fresh, fancy, Duracell C batteries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Even with Duracells, all four dispensers still not working!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">To make a long story longer....we miraculously deduced that the touchless laser switches do not respond to jet-black nitrile gloves.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Fun fact: they work just fine with blue gloves.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Don't be like Seaside. Test your soap and sanitizer machines without black gloves.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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