<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-f64e342e-7fff-9dab-c2e7-434aa40471f5"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hello FOSS4G Organising Committee, </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;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></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;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please find my expression of interest below.</span></p><div></div><div><div style="font-family:garamond,serif;color:rgb(68,68,68)" class="gmail_default"><br id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-0513feba-7fff-2b0f-097a-a3d93c0a83fa"><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;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks,</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;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dionne Hansen</span></p></div><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;color:#444444"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;color:#444444"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-5180b14c-7fff-7898-0a30-2a3496ab793e"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1. The area you're interested in leading</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;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Design and Communication Lead</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;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2. Why it interests you and what you'll bring to the organisation effort</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;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I’m keen to fill this spot on the organizing committee as I’ve had fun developing these skills in recent years while being on the New Zealand Women In Spatial organizing committee. In addition to event organization, I have been writing for the Women In Spatial blog for over a year now - and run the committee’s comms in collaboration with one of the other committee members.  </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;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I'm an enthusiast by nature and I believe in the philosophy of FOSS4G so I'm excited to be a cheerleader and advocate for this conference. I'm eager to help give the conference an outward identity in the form of social media engagement, website content, merch, and printed materials. I'll bring tenacity and humour to the role and a desire to problem solve, collaborate, and learn from others. I’m highly organized and will ensure the design and comms deadlines are met. I’ve already begun the FOSS4G SotM 2019 comms with an official email announcement and several tweets promoting the logo competition and voting rounds with great response so far.</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;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3. If there are any responsibilities that you're uncertain about</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;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I have a solid understanding of what the role requires of me and I have plans for how I will address the items I have not specifically carried out before i.e. Signage. I will enlist the help of the committee member who held the role before me or people within my own organisation with relevant experience to enlighten me of potential roadblocks or tips for getting these things done.  </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;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As I’ve got experience putting on events in the past I’m also happy to help out on any of the other teams needing an extra set of hands. </span></p></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;color:#444444"><br></div></div>