<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello all,</div><div><br></div><div>As someone who will be going off the Evergreen Project Board soon and has served on both this board and its precursor, the Evergreen Oversight Board, I highly encourage you to consider this. My time on the board was not only time spent on behalf of the Evergreen Project and the software and community it supports. I also found the experience invaluable to my own roles in libraries and consortia in Indiana and further abroad. I have been able to build connections that informed and improved the way I approached service to the libraries and public I served. I really can't overstate how important and positive my experience on the Evergreen Project Board has been. I know I'm not the only one who has had this experience. I hope you sincerely consider participation in this manner. It truly is, like our software, feature rich and evolving in generative and positive ways.</div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><b>Ruth Frasur Davis, Coordinator</b></div><div><b><i>Evergreen Community Development Initiative</i></b></div><div><a href="https://evergreencdi.org" target="_blank">https://evergreencdi.org</a></div><div>(650) 265-1193</div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM Jeanette Lundgren via Evergreen-general <<a href="mailto:evergreen-general@list.evergreen-ils.org">evergreen-general@list.evergreen-ils.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="https://forms.gle/f7shkbDzxZEqspAq7" target="_blank"></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">The Evergreen Project Board nomination process is underway! </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">We need to <b>fill five (5) open positions</b>, three are for three-year terms and two are for a one-year term that will complete the term of seats being vacated early.</span></div><span id="m_-4126437072314647789m_8334541376445224183gmail-docs-internal-guid-fe589e7f-7fff-0986-f7f3-fd95e0ceb44a"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Any individual who has contributed to the Evergreen open-source ILS community or is employed by an institution that uses the Evergreen ILS is eligible to be nominated as a candidate for an Evergreen Project Board seat. The deadline for nominations is <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">11:59pm EST on </span>M<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">onday, February 24, 2025</span>. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">You may nominate another person or nominate yourself by filling out the form at<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf3XCtn-MEq_eJhzP-RAX4JfMceRpwLaXzZ1JUje7mQI1mQIg/viewform?usp=header" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf3XCtn-MEq_eJhzP-RAX4JfMceRpwLaXzZ1JUje7mQI1mQIg/viewform?usp=header</a>. </span></span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Self-nominations </span><i style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">are encouraged</i><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">.</span></p></span><span id="m_-4126437072314647789m_83345413764452241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