<div dir="ltr">Apologies for cross-posting,<div><br></div><div>Dear all,</div><div><br><br></div><div><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div id="gmail-:20n" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt" style="direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:0.875rem"><div id="gmail-:20o" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aiL msg-3354576678947792392" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:hidden"><div style="height:2283.67px;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:796px"><div id="gmail-:1zj" style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div class="gmail-qQVYZb"></div><div class="gmail-utdU2e"></div><div class="gmail-lQs8Hd"></div><div class="gmail-btm"></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div class="gmail-aHl" style=""></div><div id="gmail-:201" tabindex="-1"></div><div id="gmail-:20n" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt" style="direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:0.875rem"><div id="gmail-:20o" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aiL msg-3354576678947792392" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:hidden"><u></u><div style="height:2283.67px;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:796px"><center><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%" id="m_-3354576678947792392bodyTable" style="height:2264.17px;width:796px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" id="m_-3354576678947792392bodyCell" style="height:2264.17px;width:796px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" id="m_-3354576678947792392templateHeader" style="background-image:none;background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="m_-3354576678947792392templateContainer"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="m_-3354576678947792392headerContainer" style="background-image:none;background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="m_-3354576678947792392mcnTextContentContainer" style="max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="m_-3354576678947792392mcnTextContent" style="line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><h1 style="line-height:60px">Nominations for FORCE11 Board of Directors now open</h1></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" id="m_-3354576678947792392templateBody" style="background-image:none;background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="m_-3354576678947792392templateContainer"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="m_-3354576678947792392bodyContainer" style="background-image:none;background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:9px"><table align="left" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0px 9px;text-align:center"><img align="center" alt="" src="https://mcusercontent.com/5e2d2ee75f2d3afd1d39a666d/images/8b225232-3992-81e2-4c50-49c22f16a118.jpg" width="564" class="m_-3354576678947792392mcnImage gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; max-width: 1200px; padding-bottom: 0px; display: inline;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="m_-3354576678947792392mcnTextContentContainer" style="max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="m_-3354576678947792392mcnTextContent" style="line-height:24px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:24px">Dear FORCE11 Members, </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:24px">The FORCE11 Board of Directors is seeking several FORCE11 members to join the Board for a three-year term starting in January 2024. We are seeking leaders and future leaders from our diverse worldwide community. We need leaders who can organize the grassroots of our organization and coordinate the teams of volunteers that make our organization so vibrant. We welcome and champion the diversity of our membership and seek to replicate that in many ways on our Board. Interested members are invited to self-nominate by submitting <a href="https://force11.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5e2d2ee75f2d3afd1d39a666d&id=3efeae2c53&e=30807f836d" target="_blank">this form </a>by <strong>Friday, October 27, 2023, at 21:00 pm UTC (23:00 CEST/5:00 PM EST).</strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:24px">The Board of Directors leads all operational and strategic activities. A large part of this work involves engaging the volunteers who participate in the activities of FORCE11, such as working groups, the annual conference, FSCI, fundraising, and other communications activity.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:24px">Requirements: Board members are committed to the success of FORCE11. They show this by contributing 5-10 hours per month to support the organization’s success, participating in its monthly meetings, and actively engaging in the activities of the Board and activities of at least one subgroup. Due to the geographic diversity of our Board, its members are expected to be willing to have flexibility in their schedules to be able to participate in online meetings that are scheduled to facilitate equitable worldwide involvement. For a detailed description of Board activities and requirements, please visit<a href="https://force11.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5e2d2ee75f2d3afd1d39a666d&id=deae35aff3&e=30807f836d" target="_blank"> this page</a> on the FORCE11 website.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:24px">We welcome your nominations and future involvement in our activities. If you have any questions or would like more specific information, please feel free to contact me or other members of the FORCE11 Board.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:24px">With kindest regards,</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:24px">Todd Carpenter<br>President, FORCE11 Board of Directors</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:24px"> </p><h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height:33px">About FORCE11</h3><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:24px"><em>FORCE11 (Future of Research Communication and e-Scholarship) is an amazing organization that draws on members from the researcher, publisher, library and software communities. We’re committed to transforming scholarly communications, making them more open, more responsive, more trustworthy, more useful and ultimately more effective. We do this through outreach, through convening, through education and through working groups that produce community guidance on transformational elements of our ecosystem. FORCE11 has been a leader in conversations around data citation, data sharing, software sharing, researcher rights and ethical elements of the community. </em></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" align="center" style="padding:0px 18px 18px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-radius:3px;background-color:rgb(0,159,199);border-collapse:separate"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:18px;padding:18px"><a class="m_-3354576678947792392mcnButton" title="Nomination Form" href="https://force11.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5e2d2ee75f2d3afd1d39a666d&id=3522ed2c6d&e=30807f836d" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-0.5px;line-height:18px;text-decoration-line:none">Nomination Form</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="m_-3354576678947792392mcnDividerBlock" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:100%;padding:18px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" id="m_-3354576678947792392templateFooter" style="background-image:none;background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="m_-3354576678947792392templateContainer"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="m_-3354576678947792392footerContainer" style="background-image:none;background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:9px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="min-width:100%"><tbody><tr>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