<div dir="ltr"><div><div><span id="gmail-m_7065272646420516294docs-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 the second batch of 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><div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="white-space:normal">Stay tuned for more candidate statements in the days to come. </span></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div></div><div><div><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qc-2prTooG9JvT64xf1m2aB1g-4XoVGvz" target="_blank">REGISTER for the GA as an official observer or a community member</a></div></div><div><div><br></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><span id="gmail-m_-670037292335746273gmail-m_3032706467219687589docs-internal-guid-68568f42-7fff-a49b-9e39-d7af1b8416d0" style="background:transparent;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Audrey Masizana,</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"> nominated by Botswana: </span><a href="https://codata.org/blog/2021/11/05/audrey-masizana-candidacy-for-codata-executive-committee/" style="background:transparent;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;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-baa8d77d-7fff-cbdd-bc98-c4df2be9f208" style="background:transparent;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Ernie Boyko,</span><span style="background-color:transparent"> nominated by Canada: </span><a href="https://codata.org/blog/2021/11/05/ernie-boyko-candidacy-for-codata-executive-committee-2/" style="background:transparent;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">statement in support of candidacy</a><br></li><li><span id="gmail-m_-670037292335746273gmail-m_3032706467219687589docs-internal-guid-9303063e-7fff-ec4f-143b-5d753542be5b" style="background:transparent;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Tyng-Ruey Chuang,</span><span style="background-color:transparent"> nominated by Taipei: </span><a href="https://codata.org/blog/2021/11/05/tyng-ruey-chuang-candidacy-for-codata-executive-committee-2/" style="background:transparent;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">statement in support of candidacy</a></li></ul>Thanks,<br>Asha<br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">___________________________<br></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">Asha Law | Program Assistant, CODATA | <a href="http://www.codata.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.codata.org</a></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">E-Mail: <a href="mailto:asha@codata.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">asha@codata.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">Tel (Office): +33 1 45 25 04 96</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">CODATA (Committee on Data of the International Council for Science), 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie, 75016 Paris, FRANCE</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>