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style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#444444'>· </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#444444'>President (to serve 2018-22)</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:19.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:top'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#444444'>· </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#444444'>Vice-President (1-2 positions, to serve 2018-22)</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph 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Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:top'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Please find attached a <a href="http://www.codata.org/uploads/17-10-26-Request%20for%20CODATA%20EC%20Nominations-GUO%20CHAIR-v05.pdf"><b><span style='color:#3B663C;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'>letter from CODATA Past President, Professor GUO Huadong</span></b></a>, inviting nominations.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:top'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Nominations should be submitted by CODATA Members and Task Groups on the </span><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><a href="http://www.codata.org/uploads/CODATA%20EC%20Nominations%202018-Form-v05.docx"><span style='color:#3B663C;text-decoration:none'>form attached</span></a></span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'>, to the Nominating Committee, c/o </span><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><a href="mailto:simon@codata.org"><span style='color:#3B663C;text-decoration:none'>simon@codata.org</span></a></span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'>, by the deadline of </span><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>9 April 2018.</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:top'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'>The most important criteria for nomination is to be able to contribute strongly to the delivery of </span><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><a href="http://www.codata.org/about-codata/codata-strategic-plan-2013-2018" target="_blank"><span style='color:#3B663C;text-decoration:none'>CODATA’s strategy</span></a></span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'> and strong record of delivery as attested in the</span><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century 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The covering note to the <a href="http://www.codata.org/uploads/CODATA%20EC%20Nominations%202018-Form-v05.docx"><b><span style='color:#3B663C;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'>nomination form</span></b></a> and the </span><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><a href="http://www.codata.org/uploads/CODATA%20EC%20Nominations%20Process-17-10-26-v05.pdf"><span style='color:#3B663C;text-decoration:none'>procedure document</span></a></span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'> explain terms of eligibility.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:top'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:top'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.codata.org/uploads/images/codata_logo.png" style='position:absolute;margin-left:173.8pt;margin-top:0;width:225pt;height:174pt;z-index:251659264;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=300 height=232 src="cid:image002.png@59F1882C.DC210819" align=right hspace=12 alt="http://www.codata.org/uploads/images/codata_logo.png" v:shapes="_x0000_s1027"><![endif]><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#3B663C'>About CODATA</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:top'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'>CODATA exists to promote global collaboration to improve the availability and usability of data for all areas of research. CODATA supports the principle that data produced by research and susceptible to be used for research should be as open as possible a</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:top'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'>nd as closed as necessary. CODATA works also to advance the interoperability and the usability of such data: research data should be intelligently open or FAIR. By promoting the policy, technological and cultural changes that are essential to make research data more widely available and more usable, CODATA helps advance ICSU’s mission of strengthening international science for the benefit of society.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:top'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'>The updated <a href="http://www.codata.org/about-codata/codata-strategic-plan-2013-2018" target="_blank"><span style='color:#3B663C;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'>CODATA <b>Strategic Plan 2015</b></span></a> and </span><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1034217"><span style='color:#3B663C;text-decoration:none'>Prospectus of Strategy and Achievement 2015-2017</span></a></span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'> identify three priority areas:</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:top'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:25.5pt;line-height:150%;background:white;vertical-align:top'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'>1.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'>promoting principles, policies and practices for Open Data and Open Science;</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:25.5pt;line-height:150%;background:white;vertical-align:top'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'>2.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'>advancing the frontiers of data science;</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:25.5pt;line-height:150%;background:white;vertical-align:top'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'>3.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'>building capacity for Open Science by improving data skills and the functions of national science systems needed to support open data.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:top'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'>CODATA achieves these objectives through a number of standing committees and strategic executive led initiatives, and through its Task Groups and Working Groups. CODATA supports the Data Science Journal and collaborates on major data conferences like SciDataCon and International Data Week.</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:top'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:24.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:top'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#3B663C'>Timescales</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 style='background:white'><tr><td width=581 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:435.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:top'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Timescales back from 2018 General Assembly, Gaborone, Botswana</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=329 valign=top style='width:246.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'>General Assembly</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=252 valign=top style='width:189.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'>26-7 October 2018</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=329 valign=top style='width:246.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Deadline for Final Slate</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=252 valign=top style='width:189.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'>21 September 2018</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=329 valign=top style='width:246.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Deadline for Additional Candidates</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=252 valign=top style='width:189.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'>14 September 2018</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=329 valign=top style='width:246.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Deadline for Provisional List</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=252 valign=top style='width:189.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'>26 April 2018</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=329 valign=top style='width:246.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Deadline for nominations</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=252 valign=top style='width:189.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'>9 April 2018</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=329 valign=top style='width:246.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Call for nominations</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=252 valign=top style='width:189.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:4.5pt;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333'>26 October 2017</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Thanks!</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Asha</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222'>-------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222'>What has CODATA delivered recently? See the CODATA Prospectus: Strategy and Achievement, 2015-2016 <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.165830" target="_blank"><span style='color:#222222'>https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.165830</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Asha Law | Program Assistant, CODATA | <a href="http://www.codata.org/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#222222'>http://www.codata.org</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222'>E-Mail: <a href="mailto:asha@codata.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:#222222'>asha@codata.org</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Tel (Office): +33 1 45 25 04 96</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222'>CODATA (Committee on Data of the International Council for Science), 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie, 75016 Paris, FRANCE</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#222222'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>