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    <p>Hi all,</p>
    <p>The results from our recent election have been announced.</p>
    <p>Please read about it here: <a
href="https://www.sugarlabs.org/community/2024/12/19/election-results/"
        class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.sugarlabs.org/community/2024/12/19/election-results/</a><br>
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    <div class="moz-signature">Highlights from the article:</div>
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      <blockquote type="cite">The winners are Devin Ulibarri, Sumit
        Srivastava, and Sebastian
        Silva. They have all been notified and have agreed to serve on
        the
        Board of Directors for the 2025-26 cycle.</blockquote>
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    <div class="moz-signature">and<br>
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      <blockquote type="cite">The next election for three seats to the
        2026-27 cycle is planned for
        August of next year. All Sugar Labs members may vote, and
        members can
        run for election to the Board of Directors, vote in the
        elections for
        the Board of Directors, and suggest referenda. As indicated in
        the
        <a href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Governance">Sugar
          Labs Inc. bylaws</a>, anyone with “significant and sustained”
        contributions to Sugar Labs is eligible for membership. If you
        believe
        you qualify for membership based on this criteria and are
        interested
        in <a href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members">becoming
          an official member of Sugar Labs</a>, you are encouraged
        to send an email to <a href="mailto:members@sugarlabs.org"
          class="moz-txt-link-freetext">members@sugarlabs.org</a>. And
        if you were a member
        in the past, but <a
href="https://www.sugarlabs.org/community/2024/11/22/elections-extension/">did
          not vote in this election</a>, you will need to
        reapply for membership in order for your membership status to be
        reinstated. (If you voted in this election, no further action is
        required.) Registering for membership early will help ensure
        that you
        will be ready for the next election.</blockquote>
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    <div class="moz-signature">(since we encourage those making
      contributions to become members)</div>
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    <div class="moz-signature">Thank you again to everyone who voted!<br>
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    <div class="moz-signature">Best,</div>
    <div class="moz-signature">Devin<br>
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    <div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
      <p>Learn more: <a href="https://sugarlabs.org"
          class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://sugarlabs.org</a></p>
      <p>Help us grow: <a
          href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Donate"
          class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Donate</a></p>
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