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                                  <p
                                    style="font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(68,
                                    68, 68);"><span
                                      style="letter-spacing:0px;"><font
                                        size="3">Dear Sugar Labs Members
                                        and Friends,</font></span></p>
                                  <p
                                    style="font-family:Courier;color:rgb(68,
                                    68, 68);min-height:14px;"><font
                                      size="3"><span
                                        style="letter-spacing:0.0px;"></span><br>
                                    </font></p>
                                  <p
                                    style="font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(68,
                                    68, 68);"><span
                                      style="letter-spacing:0.0px;"><font
                                        size="3">It looks like we are
                                        finally getting a slate of
                                        candidates for the upcoming
                                        SLOBs election. The Election
                                        committee has concurred that we
                                        will close both the candidate
                                        list and membership list on
                                        January 3, 2016. This is a firm
                                        deadline. The election will take
                                        place the week of January 17-23,
                                        with board members terms
                                        beginning the first week of
                                        February 2016. Candidates
                                        statements must also be posted
                                        on the wiki by the January 3
                                        deadline.</font></span></p>
                                  <p
                                    style="font-family:Courier;color:rgb(68,
                                    68, 68);min-height:14px;"><font
                                      size="3"><span
                                        style="letter-spacing:0.0px;"></span><br>
                                    </font></p>
                                  <p
                                    style="font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(68,
                                    68, 68);"><font size="3"><span
                                        style="letter-spacing:0.0px;">The
                                        election/membership committee is
                                        reviewing the membership list,
                                        using your responses to the
                                        survey sent out to all members.
                                        The official list for voting
                                        purposes will now include only
                                        those who have actually replied
                                        that they want to be active </span><span
style="text-decoration:underline;letter-spacing:0.0px;">or</span><span
                                        style="letter-spacing:0.0px;"> have
                                        applied to the committee for
                                        membership. You still have until
                                        Jan 3 to return your survey or
                                        apply for membership.</span></font></p>
                                  <p
                                    style="font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(68,
                                    68, 68);"><font size="3"><span
                                        style="letter-spacing:0.0px;"><br>
                                      </span></font></p>
                                  <p
                                    style="font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(68,
                                    68, 68);"><span
                                      style="letter-spacing:0.0px;"><font
                                        size="3">People who replied that
                                        they wish to cancel
                                        their membership will not appear
                                        on the voter list. People who
                                        have not responded have also
                                        been removed. But, if you are
                                        one of those people you can be
                                        added back to the list if we get
                                        your response by January 3. </font></span></p>
                                  <p
                                    style="font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(68,
                                    68, 68);"><span
                                      style="letter-spacing:0.0px;"><font
                                        size="3"><br>
                                      </font></span></p>
                                  <p
                                    style="font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(68,
                                    68, 68);"><span
                                      style="letter-spacing:0.0px;"><font
                                        size="3">Please check the list
                                        before January 3 and, if you
                                        find any errors with your name,
                                        contact the committee
                                        immediately so corrections can
                                        be made in time for the
                                        election. <i><br>
                                        </i></font></span></p>
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                                    <span style="letter-spacing:0.0px;"></span></p>
                                  <p
                                    style="font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(68,
                                    68, 68);"><a
                                      href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members/Survey2015"><span
                                        style="letter-spacing:0.0px;"><font
                                          size="3"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members/Survey2015">https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members/Survey2015</a></font></span></a></p>
                                  <p
                                    style="font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(68,
                                    68, 68);"><span
                                      style="letter-spacing:0.0px;"><font
                                        size="3"><i><br>
                                        </i></font></span></p>
                                  <p
                                    style="font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(68,
                                    68, 68);"><font size="3"><span
                                        style="letter-spacing:0.0px;">There
                                        have been some concerns about
                                        the candidates list, with people
                                        who are not members of the
                                        election/membership committee
                                        adding and taking away names. As
                                        with all wikis, ours allows
                                        this. </span><span
                                        style="text-decoration:underline;letter-spacing:0.0px;">Anyone
                                        who is an active member of Sugar
                                        Labs may add their own name as a
                                        candidate</span><span
                                        style="letter-spacing:0.0px;">.
                                        If you wish to run, and are
                                        having difficulties with the
                                        wiki, please contact the
                                        election/membership committee
                                        for help and we will make sure
                                        you are correctly entered.</span></font></p>
                                  <p
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                                    68, 68);"><font size="3"><span
                                        style="letter-spacing:0.0px;"></span></font><span
                                      style="letter-spacing:0.0px;"><font
                                        size="3"><br>
                                        The list of candidates who have
                                        declared intention to run is at
                                        the link below. Each candidate
                                        needs to make sure their
                                        platform is linked by January 3.</font></span></p>
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                                    68, 68);min-height:14px;"><font
                                      size="3"><span
                                        style="letter-spacing:0.0px;"></span><br>
                                    </font></p>
                                  <p
                                    style="font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(0,
                                    104, 207);"><span
                                      style="text-decoration:underline;letter-spacing:0.0px;"><font
                                        size="3"><a
href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2015-2016-candidates"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2015-2016-candidates">https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2015-2016-candidates</a></a><a
href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2015-2016-candidates"
                                          target="_blank"><span
                                            style="letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(0,
                                            104, 207);"></span></a></font></span></p>
                                  <p
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                                    68, 68);min-height:14px;"><font
                                      size="3"><span
                                        style="letter-spacing:0.0px;"></span><br>
                                    </font></p>
                                  <p
                                    style="font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(68,
                                    68, 68);"><span
                                      style="letter-spacing:0.0px;"><font
                                        size="3">We also hope that some
                                        of you, who have not yet applied
                                        for membership, will consider
                                        taking this opportunity to do so
                                        by January 3, so you will be
                                        able to cast your votes for your
                                        choices of candidates. To join,
                                        simply send a short email
                                        message to: </font></span><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;">samsongoddy
                                      at hotmail.com or caryl at
                                      laptop.org</span><span
                                      style="font-size:12pt;letter-spacing:0px;"> (from
                                      the election/membership
                                      committee), following the
                                      instructions you will find at this
                                      link: </span></p>
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                                    </font></p>
                                  <p
                                    style="font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(0,
                                    104, 207);"><span
                                      style="text-decoration:underline;letter-spacing:0.0px;"><font
                                        size="3"><a
href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members#Applying_for_membership"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members#Applying_for_membership">https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members#Applying_for_membership</a></a><a
href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members#Applying_for_membership"
                                          target="_blank"><span
                                            style="letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(0,
                                            104, 207);"></span></a></font></span></p>
                                  <p
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                                    68, 68);min-height:14px;"><font
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                                        style="letter-spacing:0.0px;"></span><br>
                                    </font></p>
                                  <p
                                    style="font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(68,
                                    68, 68);"><span
                                      style="letter-spacing:0.0px;"><font
                                        size="3">Sincerely,</font></span></p>
                                  <p
                                    style="font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(37,
                                    37, 37);"><span
                                      style="letter-spacing:0.0px;"><font
                                        size="3">Your Sugar Labs
                                        Membership and Elections
                                        Committee</font></span></p>
                                  <p
                                    style="font-family:Tahoma;color:rgb(37,
                                    37, 37);"><span
                                      style="letter-spacing:0px;"><font
                                        size="3">Sebastian Silva, Samson
                                        Goddy, and Caryl Bigenho</font></span></p>
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