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Dear Global Ranavirus Consortium (GRC) Members and Colleagues: We are opening nominations for election of GRC Board members. Positions that are up for election are: Associate Director Secretary/Treasurer, and 5 Regional Representatives (nominees must be located in the region where they are nominated) 1. Asia 2. Australia 3. Europe & Africa 4. Central & South America 5. North America. The responsibilities of each of these positions are described in the GRC bylaws (see below). http://www.ranavirus.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/GRCBylawsFinal-1-8-2015.pdf Current GRC Board members are: http://www.ranavirus.org/resources/grc-board/ The duration of all positions is 4 years, except for the Associate Director who will become the Director after 4 years (in 2021). After 4 years, the Director remains on the Board for 4 more years as immediate Past Director. In accordance with our bylaws, all positions begin on 1 July of the election year OR at the end of the International Symposium on Ranaviruses (ISR), whichever comes first. For 2017, positions will begin 11 June, because the ISR is 7-10 June. On 11 June, Dr. Jesse Brunner (current Associate Director) will become Director, and I will move into the Past Director position. Nominations begin today and will remain open for approximately 3 weeks (28 February). Nominations should be emailed to: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Our goal is to have at least two individuals nominated per position. Please consider nominating a colleague (with their permission) or yourself. After nominations are received, we will hold elections (in March) via an online confidential ballot. Only current GRC members are allowed to vote; 2016 memberships ended on 31 December 2016. A list of current (2017 paid) and past members is located here: http://www.ranavirus.org/resources/members/. You can renew your membership at http://www.ranavirus.org/store/. Thank you very much for considering serving the GRC in a leadership role! All the Best, Matt ______________________________________________________________ Matthew J. Gray, Ph.D., Professor Director, Global Ranavirus Consortium<http://www.ranavirus.org/> Co-chair, PARC National Disease Task Team<http://www.parcplace.org/parcplace/resources/disease-task-team.html> Associate Director, Center for Wildlife Health<https://ag.tennessee.edu/cwh/Pages/default.aspx> University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture 274 Ellington Plant Sciences Building Knoxville, TN 37996-4563 865.974.2740 [ofc] [log in to unmask]<mailto:[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 _____________________________________________________________