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Hi ! I nominate myself for Continental Representative (South America). Best regards for all. Rolando On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 8:54 PM, Gray, Matt <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > GRC:**** > > ** ** > > When you submit nominations, please indicate which position:**** > > ** ** > > **(1) **Director**** > > **(2) **Associate Director**** > > **(3) **Secretary/Treasurer**** > > **(4) **Five Continental Representatives (North America, South America, > Europe, Asia, and Australia)**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Gray, Matt > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 19, 2013 6:33 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* FW: Formation of GRC Executive Board > *Importance:* High**** > > ** ** > > GRC:**** > > **** > > A reminder that we’re taking nominations to form an Executive Board of the > GRC. Please submit your nominations to me ([log in to unmask]) by this *Friday, > 22 March*. As mentioned below, you can nominate yourself!**** > > **** > > All the Best--- Matt **** > > **** > > *From: *<Gray>, Matt Gray <[log in to unmask]> > *Date: *Thursday, March 7, 2013 4:55 PM > *To: *Global Ranavirus Consortium <[log in to unmask]> > *Cc: *Matt Gray <[log in to unmask]> > *Subject: *Formation of GRC Executive Board**** > > ** ** > > Dear GRC:**** > > **** > > In discussion with other GRC scientists, we thought that it would be wise > to form an Executive Board for the GRC to help organize global and > continental initiatives and provide guidance for future hosts of the > biennial ranavirus symposium. **** > > **** > > Initial tasks of the Board would be to:**** > > **** > > **(1) **Develop a charter and bylaws for the GRC,**** > > **(2) **Secure non-profit (501c) status in the USA so gifts can be > received,**** > > **(3) **Establish continental discussion groups that annually report > and share new research findings, and**** > > **(4) **Create a new website.**** > > **** > > Following the typical structure of many non-profit organizations, we are > proposing the following initial positions on the Executive Board:**** > > **** > > **(5) **Director**** > > **(6) **Associate Director**** > > **(7) **Secretary/Treasurer**** > > **(8) **Five Continental Representatives (North America, South America, > Europe, Asia, and Australia)**** > > **** > > As with most organizations, these positions will be filled by nomination > and election. The first Board will be tasked with specifying in the bylaws > position duration and function, and determining whether additional > positions are needed. **** > > **** > > To jumpstart formation of the GRC Executive Board, I will take * > nominations* for each the aforementioned positions through *Friday, 22 > March* (please send to [log in to unmask]). Nominations can be self- > submitted. After receiving at least one nomination per position, I will > organize confidential voting via www.surveymonkey.com, with the intent of > forming the Executive Board by 1 May 2013, which will provide the > opportunity for the Board to meet during the symposium and begin conceiving > and assigning tasks.**** > > **** > > We envision that formation of an Executive Board for the GRC will > strengthen unity and collaborations among GRC scientists, permit the GRC to > establish partnerships with conservation organizations, and provide a point > of contact for the public, biologists and veterinarians that have questions > about ranaviruses.**** > > **** > > Please consider serving the GRC as an Executive Board member.**** > > **** > > All the Best---**** > > Matt**** > > ______________________________________________________________ > Matthew J. Gray, Ph.D. > Center for Wildlife Health**** > > University of Tennessee > 274 Ellington Plant Sciences Building > Knoxville, TN 37996-4563 > 865.974.2740 [ofc] [log in to unmask] > 865.974.4714 [fax] > http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/personnel/mgray.htm**** > > > For more information about Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries at UTK, > Please visit http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/ or call 865.974.7126 > _____________________________________________________________ > > > **** > > **** > > **** > > **** > -- Rolando Mazzoni DVM/PhD Pesquisador de Pós-doutorado CPA/EVZ/UFG Tel: (62) 35211576 Cel: (62) 81786489