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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 25/11/20 4:30 am, Alex Leith wrote:<br>
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              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-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We have had eleven nominations for six positions on the Board, which means that we need to have a vote for who will take up the positions on the Board.</span></p>
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              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-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The election will take place via ElectionBuddy and Tim Bowden has kindly taken on the role of the Returning Officer. Voting will open November 29th and will close December 6th at 11:59 pm, Perth time. We’ll announce the results on December the 7th.</span></p>
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            <div>Alex Leith<br>
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    <p>Election update: I've just updated the wiki again with more
      candidate statements (a few still incoming, but I'll update as I
      get them):
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Oceania_Elections#2020_Candidates">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Oceania_Elections#2020_Candidates</a></p>
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    <p>There are actually *9* candidates, not 11.  Sorry Alex, I didn't
      proof read that very well before you sent it!</p>
    <p>Voting will open around mid day this Sunday (depending on what
      time zone you're in).  It will close a week later on Sunday 6th
      December, 11:59pm Perth time (+8hrs), not 11:59:59pm as initially
      advised in case anyone was counting on those last 59 seconds to
      cast a vote.  Election Buddy will send you an email with a
      personal voting link when the election opens.<br>
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    <p>If anyone has any issues with voting, please get in touch via
      mailto:<span class="qu" role="gridcell" tabindex="-1"><span
          class="go"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:elections@osgeo-oceania.org">elections@osgeo-oceania.org</a></span></span></p>
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    <p>Cheers,</p>
    <p>Tim Bowden</p>
    <p>Returning Officer, 2020<br>
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