<div dir="ltr"><span id="m_7610721559878154735gmail-docs-internal-guid-a864113a-ce52-1ecf-74c0-5d3d32c26895"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hello HOT community, how are you all?</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">It’s the time of year again where we develop and grow the HOT voting membership. The way this works is that each of the current members can nominate one new person to join. We are looking for people who are passionate about HOT’s work and who have made significant contributions.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This year, to try and increase the diversity of the HOT membership, we are also inviting people to express interest in being a member even if they do not have contacts within the current membership (i.e. don’t know any members who can nominate them). We will then offer members the opportunity to support these people expressing interest by formally nominating them. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">So, if you would like to express interest in becoming a HOT voting member, and you don’t know any current members, <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScklpA0cLTe1vh138zAfyKudWAF6_ninkx71HQQZ6xM_px8bQ/viewform" target="_blank">you can do so here</a> [1]. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you are interested and you do know current members, ask one of them to nominate you (go </span><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://www.hotosm.org/voting-members" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">here to see who the current members are</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> [2]).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="m_7610721559878154735gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The nominations are open until 10th March.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you have any other questions about the process or want to talk about any related matters, please feel free to get in touch.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cheers,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Pete & HOT election committee</span></p><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div></span><div><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">[1] </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScklpA0cLTe1vh138zAfyKudWAF6_ninkx71HQQZ6xM_px8bQ/viewform" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/forms/<wbr>d/e/1FAIpQLScklpA0cLTe1vh138zA<wbr>fyKudWAF6_ninkx71HQQZ6xM_<wbr>px8bQ/viewform</a></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">[2] </span><a href="https://www.hotosm.org/voting-members" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap" target="_blank">https://www.hotosm.org/voting-<wbr>members</a></p></div>-- <br><div class="m_7610721559878154735gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Pete Masters<div>Board Member</div><div><a href="https://www.hotosm.org/" target="_blank">Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team</a> (HOT)</div><div>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/pedrito1414" target="_blank">@pedrito1414</a></div><div>Skype: pedrito1414</div></div></div></div></div>
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