<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Hello everyone,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">My name is Chad Blevins and today I was elected as the new
Voting Member Chairperson for HOT taking over from Matt Gibb. A big shout out
to Matt for his past two years in this position and he can rest assured that I
will be calling for advice. I’ve been a long-time supporter of HOT and have had
the pleasure of working with many of you through the years and I’m excited at
the opportunity to meet and work with more of you over the next 12 months. This
is my first time serving a formal position within HOT and I have much to learn
and appreciate your patience as I discover my new role. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Today at HOT's Annual General Meeting the HOT Voting
Membership elected 5 members to the Board of Directors, approved 4 amendments
to the organization's Bylaws, and elected me as the new Voting Membership
Chairperson. I would like to ask everyone to help me welcome new members to the
Board of Directors: (please hold your applause)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><a href="https://www.hotosm.org/people/kate-chapman" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Kate Chapman</a></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><a href="https://www.hotosm.org/people/courtney-clark" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Courtney Clark </a></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><a href="https://www.hotosm.org/people/kuo-yu-slayer-chuang" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Kuo-Yu slayer Chuang</a> </p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><a href="https://www.hotosm.org/people/shoaib-burq" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Shoaib Burq</a></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><a href="https://www.hotosm.org/people/nate-smith" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Nate Smith</a> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A big thank you to <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_2021#Nominations_for_Humanitarian_OpenStreetMap_Team_Board_of_Directors" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">everyone
who stepped forward</a> to be part of the election process this year. It was a
great turnout with very qualified candidates which wouldn’t have happened without
participation from all the voting members who cast their ballots. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I would like to send my sincere appreciation to the outgoing
Board of Directors. HOT has grown significantly over the past 12 months and
your guidance through this time has been incredible. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.hotosm.org/people/miriam-gonzalez" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"></a></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="https://www.hotosm.org/people/miriam-gonzalez" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext;text-decoration-line:none">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Miriam Gonzalez</a></span> </p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><a href="https://www.hotosm.org/people/ben-abelshausen" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Ben Abelshausen</a> </p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><a href="https://www.hotosm.org/people/rob-baker" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Rob
Baker</a> </p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><a href="https://www.hotosm.org/people/maning-sambale" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Maning Sambale</a> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">And Voting Membership Chairperson, <a href="https://www.hotosm.org/people/matthew-gibb" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Matthew Gibb</a> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Full election results can be found on the <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections_2021" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Election
Wiki Page</a>. Vacant seats for HOT's Board of Directors are elected by the
Voting Membership, if you are interested in joining HOT's Voting Membership and
taking an active role in the organization's governance, please reach out to me
or a current <a href="https://www.hotosm.org/voting-members" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Voting Member</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">All the best,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Chad Blevins</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
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