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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">Dear Colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></strong></h3>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">The African Open Science Platform (AOSP) is directed by CODATA (ICSU), through the ICSU
 Regional Office being hosted by the Academy of South Africa (ASSAf). Please consider membership, and also see invitations to nominate.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></h3>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></strong></h3>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">Ina<o:p></o:p></span></strong></h3>
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<strong><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></i></strong></h3>
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<strong><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#3B663C;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please note that the dates for the Election process below have been changed, in accordance with the CODATA
 Constitution and reflecting the changed dates of the CODATA General Assembly.  The deadline for the first round of nominations is now Friday 27 April 2018</span></i></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#3B663C"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Help CODATA deliver on its strategy to mobilise the data revolution for research!</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333">CODATA Members (National, Union, Co-Opted and Affiliate Members) as well as Task Groups are invited to nominate candidates for the following positions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#444444">President (to serve 2018-22)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#444444">Vice-President (1-2 positions, to serve 2018-22)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#444444">Ordinary Member (8 positions, to serve 2018-20)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333">Nominations will be considered for election at the 31st CODATA General Assembly, which will take place on 9-10 November 2018 in Gaborone, Botswana, following
 International Data Week 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;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"><strong><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#3B663C;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none">letter
 from CODATA Past President, Professor GUO Huadong</span></strong></a>, inviting nominations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333">Nominations should be submitted by CODATA Members and Task Groups on the <strong><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;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></strong>, to the Nominating Committee, c/o <strong><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;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></strong>,
 by the deadline of <strong><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">27 April 2018.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;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 <strong><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;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></strong> and strong record of delivery as attested in the<strong><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1034217" target="_blank"><span style="color:#3B663C;text-decoration:none"> CODATA
 Prospectus of Strategy and Achievement 2015-2017</span></a></span></strong>. The covering note to the <a href="http://www.codata.org/uploads/CODATA%20EC%20Nominations%202018-Form-v05.docx"><strong><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#3B663C;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none">nomination
 form</span></strong></a> and the <strong><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;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></strong> explain terms of eligibility.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#3B663C">About CODATA<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;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 <strong><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Strategic
 Plan 2015</span></strong></span></a> and <strong><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;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></strong> identify three priority areas:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#444444">promoting principles, policies and practices for Open Data and Open Science;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#444444">advancing the frontiers of data science;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#444444">building capacity for Open Science by improving data skills and the functions of national science systems needed to support
 open data.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333">5 October 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">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:#1155CC">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.165830</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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