<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Hello everyone,</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">It is less than two weeks until the deadline for nominations, and so far we have received 2 nominations for 5 open seats...but there is still plenty of time!</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><span style="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 <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf3XCtn-MEq_eJhzP-RAX4JfMceRpwLaXzZ1JUje7mQI1mQIg/viewform?usp=header">filling out the nomination form</a><span class="gmail_default" style="">. </span></span><span style="background-color:transparent">Self-nominations </span><i style="background-color:transparent">are encouraged</i><span style="background-color:transparent">.</span></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Serving on the board is a great way to become more involved in the community and these next few years will be very important in shaping our future.  Join us!</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Jeanette (on behalf of the Evergreen Project Board)</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div></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 <<a href="mailto:jlundgren@cwmars.org">jlundgren@cwmars.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 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 style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><br></span></div><div 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_-5207645591940878994m_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"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></span>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_-5207645591940878994m_8334541376445224183gmail-docs-internal-guid-64fd9490-7fff-df8f-1ba3-a3a3fbbc77ea"><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="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline">Information about the Board and what it does for the community can be found on the governance page: </span><a href="https://evergreen-ils.org/governance/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><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;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://evergreen-ils.org/governance/ </span></a></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">Please feel free to contact me or any other member of the Board if you have any questions about serving on the board or about the nomination process.</span></p></span><br><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Thank you,</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Jeanette (on behalf of the Evergreen Project Board)</div></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt" align="left"><span><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt" align="left"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed;width:468pt"><colgroup><col><col width="492"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="border-width:1pt 1.5pt 1pt 1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255) rgb(22,65,111) rgb(255,255,255) rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;overflow:hidden"><br><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:139px;height:95px"><img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/O2HbneBYFPxEfnxnrw7ITv9-LTX6V-7QPm3Zzg74s-2mJjVeRwt_Y_3QmhwSrADcTptgwsP8rjSWPD3Z1WjcJ7hRQEIJIRU7_tcc0-ExwRiQZsDxSCgzQj21HXvxdNEe-0tzDqeoAVZDLkya34jhz24" width="139" height="95" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></td><td style="border-width:1pt 1pt 1pt 1.5pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255) rgb(255,255,255) rgb(255,255,255) rgb(22,65,111);vertical-align:top;padding:12.168pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.62;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(22,65,111);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">Jeanette Lundgren</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(22,65,111);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(22,65,111);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">(she/her/hers)</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(22,65,111);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Executive Director, C/W MARS, Inc.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.62;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><hr><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:0.891;margin:1pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:20px;height:20px"><img alt="icon" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/bWuUh9UUz-i4fiZZYGQHU2p_h5a89S35zkKve4bP6m9YbYGXrYnBm-gkW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