<div dir="ltr"><div><span id="gmail-m_-3651281691617629410docs-internal-guid-6baa3478-7fff-ef22-c1a3-9b8c606db7c4"><b><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The </span><a href="https://codata.org/events/general-assembly/general-assembly-2021/codata-elections-2021/" target="_blank">CODATA Elections 2021</a><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> are approaching, please see below first statements from </span><a href="https://codata.org/events/general-assembly/general-assembly-2021/candidates-for-the-2021-codata-elections/" target="_blank">the candidates</a></b><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">to learn more about their background and motivation to contribute to the CODATA governance. </span></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The elections will be organised </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">on 15 November, the first day of the <a href="https://codata.org/events/general-assembly/general-assembly-2021/" target="_blank">Virtual General Assembly 2021</a>. </span></div><div><br></div><div>Stay tuned for more candidate statements in the days to come. </div><div><br></div><div></div><div><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 23px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;list-style-position:initial;line-height:26px;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><span id="gmail-m_-670037292335746273gmail-m_3032706467219687589docs-internal-guid-6624137e-7fff-a7df-0932-ea31b363e8bf" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Toshihiro Ashino, </span>nominated by Japan: <a href="https://codata.org/blog/2021/11/03/toshihiro-ashino-candidacy-for-codata-executive-committee-2/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">statement in support of candidacy</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><span id="gmail-m_-670037292335746273gmail-m_3032706467219687589docs-internal-guid-172e9a5f-7fff-1119-5e1d-c11fd68e9636" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Richard Hartshorn,</span> nominated by IUPAC: <a href="https://codata.org/blog/2021/11/03/richard-hartshron-candidacy-for-codata-executive-committee/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">statement in support of candidacy</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><span id="gmail-m_-670037292335746273gmail-m_3032706467219687589docs-internal-guid-73f74d6d-7fff-8123-c925-9bc71280e455" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Giri Prakash, </span>nominated by USA: <a href="https://codata.org/blog/2021/11/03/giri-prakash-candidacy-for-codata-executive-committee/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">statement in support of candidacy</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><span id="gmail-m_-670037292335746273gmail-m_3032706467219687589docs-internal-guid-7f074534-7fff-c467-863f-61b923e3af7c" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Virginia Murray, </span>nominated by UK: <a href="https://codata.org/blog/2021/11/03/virginia-murray-candidacy-for-codata-executive-committee-2/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">statement in support of candidacy</a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><span id="gmail-m_-670037292335746273gmail-m_3032706467219687589docs-internal-gu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