<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yiv2259489234"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480069"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480068"><div><span></span></div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480070"> </div><div tabindex="0" style="outline: none 0px; display: table; width: 1383px; box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 12px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480128"><div style="display: table-cell; width: auto; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480129"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480130"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480131"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue Light", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480132"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480133">HOT Community</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480133"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480136"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480137">In a few hours, we will open nominations for Board and Chair elections! These are the key governance roles for HOT Voting Members, a very significant way to contribute to HOT.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480138"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480139"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480140"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480141">Nominations will be open until March 14 -- followed by a week of discussion til March 21, and then voting until April 4. Voting Members are eligible to run and nominate.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480142"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480143"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480144">Nominations are made on the OSM wiki: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_2017" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480148" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(25, 106, 212);">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_2017</a><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480149"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480150"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480151">Board Primer has details on the commitment <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ze85KMCa39KIzQPPTQL5EGZgDS84OC1j2sNNDPFNo2Y/edit" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480152">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ze85KMCa39KIzQPPTQL5EGZgDS84OC1j2sNNDPFNo2Y/edit</a></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480153">Same for Chair <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Az1frA4OQx0KagLj5RQVaiK1bad2sAyw-My1ZIbEwPM/edit" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480154">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Az1frA4OQx0KagLj5RQVaiK1bad2sAyw-My1ZIbEwPM/edit</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480155"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480156"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480157"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480158">Let me know if you have any questions.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480159">-Mikel</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480159"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="yiv2259489234signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1488308181909_480067">* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron</div></div></div></div></div></body></html>