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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Nominations for the North American Plant Phenotyping Network (NAPPN) Executive Board are now open!</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We are currently opening elections to vote for seven inaugural members of the Executive Board. To start the election process, please submit up to two nominations including name and contact information for
yourself and the nominee at <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/ZZYan8pSw0o7H7EW2" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/forms/<wbr>ZZYan8pSw0o7H7EW2</a>
<b>no later than January 5</b>, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. CST. Self-nominations are encouraged. All nominated individuals will be contacted to determine whether they are interested in the position. The election will be held between January 22 and February <font color="#ff0000">8</font>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>About the Executive Board</b><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The NAPPN Executive Board is an elected body that fosters relationships among individuals and organizations involved in plant phenomics research and development as well as between individuals and other partners
such as funding agencies, growers organizations, industry partners, and governments at all levels. This is accomplished through executing on decisions made by the General Assembly, managing daily affairs, and preparing annual reports (including procedures,
budgets, and managing personnel.)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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Seats on the NAPPN are decided by election. This year the seven individuals are up for election, four academic and three members from industry. This elected Executive Board will replace the current NAPPN
<i>ad hoc</i> Board:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">April Carroll (AeroFarms)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jennifer Clarke (University of Nebraska)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Noah Fahlgren (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Malia Gehan (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Carolyn Lawrence-Dill (Iowa State University)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Argelia Lorence (Arkansas State University)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Mitch Tuinstra (Purdue University)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>About the Organization </b><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">NAPPN is currently made up of 488 individual members from 185 organizations. For a description of the network’s provisional governance and bylaws as well as to join NAPPN as a Member, visit
<a href="http://nappn.plant-phenotyping.org/" target="_blank">http://nappn.plant-<wbr>phenotyping.org/</a>.
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Vision: the field of phenomics will become so advanced that the tools that would enable researchers to analyze and quantify phenotypic data become turn-key, thus enabling plant biologists to treat phenotypic prediction as a routine component of plant biological
investigation and development. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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Mission: NAPPN seeks to achieve this vision by<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Accelerating the visibility and impact of advanced plant phenotyping research<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Maximizing existing synergies, identify and reduce potential bottlenecks, and facilitate collaboration spanning disciplines, locations and facilities across
the region and beyond<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Incentivizing mutually beneficial research between public and private sectors<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Promoting a framework for data standards that facilitate data access and sharing<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Increasing the visibility and impact of plant phenotyping as a tool to enable plant sciences research beyond its own current research community<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Facilitating the interdisciplinary training needed for effective basic and translational plant phenotyping research<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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Values: The NAPPN involves diverse stakeholders including, but not limited to, researchers, developers, and consumers of phenotyping technologies across all organizational dimensions. To do so, the organization relies on and encourages open communication and
welcomes all perspectives irrespective of stature.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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