<div dir="ltr"><div><div><font>Happy Thursday/Friday (timezone sensitive).<br><br></font></div><div><font>We had our first new HOT Board meeting on Tuesday, March 18, 2014. <br></font><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="docs-internal-guid-f003e34f-e1f5-5022-08ec-703a2ba88864">

<font><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">We voted for Board roles:</span></font></p>

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">President-Mikel</span></font></p>

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<font><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">VP-Jaakko</span></font></p></li>

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<font><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Treasurer-Schuyler</span></font></p>

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</ul><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font>The draft Board minutes are on this Google Doc (view only): <br><a href="https://docs.google.com/a/hotosm.org/document/d/1AFlG82KAknSz8VXU4dVT3E7N53ZQ1EExTfN17SHJo88/edit#">https://docs.google.com/a/hotosm.org/document/d/1AFlG82KAknSz8VXU4dVT3E7N53ZQ1EExTfN17SHJo88/edit#</a><br>

<br></font></div><div><font>Note: Some items are not public facing as they fall into categories of HR, Operations or Pending items (funding/partner discussions) not for release. We will try to be as transparent as possible. <br>

</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font>The process will have the final approval of these minutes at the next Board meeting. <br></font></div><font> <br></font></div><div>Thank you, <br><br>Heather <br></div>
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<br><br clear="all"><div><div><div><div>Heather Leson<br><a href="mailto:heather@textontechs.com" target="_blank">heather@textontechs.com</a><br>Twitter: HeatherLeson <br>Blog: <a href="http://textontechs.com" target="_blank">textontechs.com</a></div>


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