<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-be042457-7fff-88dd-5573-7b67514c6c25"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="">Dear NAPPN Members,</font></span></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Nominations for the North American Plant Phenotyping Network (NAPPN) Executive Board are now open.</font></span></p><div dir="ltr"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/ZZYan8pSw0o7H7EW2" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://iastate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1NE52vKjl0Ipwvb</span></a><span><br></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(67,70,77)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">In an effort to enable upcoming board members to get involved before their terms, we are nominating and electing members to both the 2019 and the 2020 Executive Boards. To accommodate both years, we are soliciting nominations in the following categories:</font></div><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(67,70,77)"><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">2 from Private Sector/Industry (one for 2019-2021, one for 2020-2022)</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">1 from Academic – Biology  (2019-2021)</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">1 from Academic – Engineering (2020-2022)</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">1 from Academic – Computation (2020)   </font></li></ul><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(67,70,77)"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(64,64,64);text-align:center"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The link above can be used as many times as need up until to the nomination closing date:</font></strong></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(64,64,64);text-align:center"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(165,42,42)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> January 7th, 2019</font></span></span></strong></div></div></div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">All nominated individuals will be contacted to determine whether they are willing to serve. The election will be held between January 7 and 28, with the first voting period to set the ballot at 2 nominees per open position and the second voting period serving as the official election to choose board members.</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Thank you for your help in this and for your continued support of our organization!  </font></span></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><div><span class="gmail-m_4335128655725462215gmail-m_5316848501128610090gmail-m_-5437122316200134984gmail-il"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sincerely,</font></span></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="gmail-m_4335128655725462215gmail-m_5316848501128610090gmail-m_-5437122316200134984gmail-il">NAPPN</span> Executive Board<br><i><span class="gmail-il">April</span> Agee Carroll (Chair 2018)<br>David Ertl<br>Jian Jin<span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><span class="gmail-m_4335128655725462215gmail-HOEnZb"><span class="gmail-m_4335128655725462215gmail-m_5316848501128610090gmail-HOEnZb"><br>Carolyn Lawrence-Dill<br>Charlie Messina</span></span></span></i></font></div><div><i><span class="gmail-m_4335128655725462215gmail-m_5316848501128610090gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Seth Murray</font></span></i></div><div><i><span class="gmail-m_4335128655725462215gmail-m_5316848501128610090gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Chris Topp</font></span></i></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div>