<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-780b2e96-7fff-1d7d-c6dc-2d137d612543"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">Voter registration for the Evergreen Project Board election is </span><i style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">now open</i><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">. Anyone who has contributed to Evergreen or is employed by an institution that runs Evergreen is eligible to vote. </span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">Please register to vote here</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: <a href="https://forms.gle/UyYQcfSjphFcS1rv9">https://forms.gle/UyYQcfSjphFcS1rv9</a> | </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Voter registration will end on March 31st</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b style=""><font size="4">2022 Evergreen Project Board Nominees</font></b><span style="font-size:11pt">

</span></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I am pleased to announce the nominees for the 2022 election:</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
</span></p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" dir="ltr" border="1" style="table-layout:fixed;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;width:0px;border-collapse:collapse;border:none"><colgroup><col width="150"><col width="208"><col width="573"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:21px"><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;border:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)"><b>Name of Nominee</b></td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;border:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)"><b>Employer or Affiliation of Nominee</b></td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;border:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)"><b>Brief Statement of Nominee's Experience and Qualifications </b></td></tr><tr style="height:21px"><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;border:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)">Ruth Frasur</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;border:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)">Evergreen Indiana</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;border:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)">14 years of experience using Evergreen ILS working as front-line end user, director of shared ILS consortial member library, several years of governance experience within Evergreen Indiana and the Evergreen Oversight Board.  Involvement with several conference, events, and interest groups.</td></tr><tr style="height:21px"><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;border:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)">Galen Charlton</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;border:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)">Equinox Open Library Initiative</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;border:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)">I am a long-time contributor to the Evergreen Project as a developer, committer, board member, board chair, and most recently board treasurer. I have also been active in various committees, including the online conference committee for 2021.<br><br>If elected, I will use this, my final term on the Evergreen Project Board, to work on the following goals:<br><br>- Create additional procedures and documentation regarding the project's finances<br>- Document some of the lore of the project's history and governance for use by future board members and contributors<br>- Take steps to promote a healthy base of contributors to the project</td></tr><tr style="height:21px"><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;border:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)">Chris Sharp</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;border:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)">GPLS/PINES</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;border:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)">I have been a member of the Evergreen Community since 2008 when I joined GPLS administering PINES.  I have served of the Evergreen Oversight Board three times and assisted with the early phases of the transition from the Software Freedom Conservancy to an independent non-profit.  I have been a core committer with the Evergreen project since 2018 and have served on many many committees over the years.  I hope to bring this experience back to the Evergreen Project Board for the coming term.  Thank you for your consideration.</td></tr><tr style="height:21px"><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;border:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)">Kate Coleman</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;border:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)">Missouri Evergreen Consortium, Jefferson County (MO) Library</td><td style="overflow:hidden;padding:2px 3px;vertical-align:bottom;border:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)">Kate is currently on the board of the 58-member Missouri Evergreen Consortium, and a member of the Cataloging Committee. She is the Technical Services Manager at Jefferson County Library, and is active in contributing to the Evergreen community. </td></tr></tbody></table><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>The Election</b></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><br></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The election will begin on April 1st. If you are registered, you will receive an email from Opavote.com with information on how to cast your vote. Voting will end on April 11th and results will be announced that week. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Information on the Evergreen Project board and its function in the community can be found here: </span><a href="https://evergreen-ils.org/governance/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://evergreen-ils.org/governance/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Feel free to contact me or any board member with questions about the board or the election process.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Jeanette (On behalf of the Evergreen Project Board)</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="border-right:0.5pt solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;display:inline"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1NE0oeX8Lo4M0lr2GfrG2n5tX7TW-gLv9&revid=0B2q06UoJ-n-RVHY3Z3IrcHNWWFJJMENORmtTTHFkeDFsMXhBPQ"></div><p></p></td><td style="border-left:0.5pt solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Jeanette Lundgren | CW MARS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Executive Director</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:jlundgren@cwmars.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">jlundgren@cwmars.org</a> | <a href="tel:(508)%20755-3323" value="+15087553323" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">508-755-3323 x 120</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.9872;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://www.cwmars.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_bl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