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<div class="">As you may know, the Xenopus community is now represented by the <i class="">
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<div class="">The International Xenopus Board would therefore like to nominate a Xenopus researcher for the GSA Board of Directors in the upcoming election.</div>
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<div class="">Details of the election are provided below, and we’d like to hear from anyone interested in representing our interests in this way.</div>
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<div class="">Thanks, John Wallingford</div>
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<font face="'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif" class="">Nominations are now open for the election of new members of the Genetics Society of America (GSA) <a href="http://www.genetics-gsa.org/cgi-bin/rdg.pl?u=101&e=3350&uid=C5825EE66E061014B519F57C43075F8B" target="_blank" class="">Board
of Directors</a>. The Board represents GSA's members and sets the direction for the Society and its activities. This is an excellent opportunity for those with a big picture perspective to participate in national and international discussions on genetics,
scientific research, and the research community. Now more than ever, scientific societies like GSA serve to galvanize our communities and to represent your interests and concerns. We hope you’ll want to take part.</font></td>
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<font face="'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif" class="">All 2018 GSA members are invited to submit nominations for the following vacancies on the GSA Board of Directors, for terms beginning January 1, 2019:</font></td>
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<font face="'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif" class=""><strong class="">Vice-President (1 vacancy):</strong> One year as Vice-President (2019); one year as President (2020); and one year as Immediate Past President (2021).</font></td>
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<font face="'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif" class=""><strong class="">Directors (4 vacancies):</strong> Three-year term, 2019–2021.</font></td>
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<font face="'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif" class=""><a href="http://www.genetics-gsa.org/cgi-bin/rdgm.pl?u=102&e=3350&uid=C5825EE66E061014B519F57C43075F8B" target="_blank" style="border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; width: 200px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 50px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; background-color: rgb(195, 63, 41);" class="">Submit
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<font face="'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif" class="">As you nominate yourself or your colleagues, please keep in mind that being an officer or a director of GSA is an important responsibility to the entire genetics community. We welcome recommendations of nominees
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<font face="'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif" class=""><strong class="">Deadline for nominations is May 30, 2018 at 11:59 PM US EDT.</strong></font></td>
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<div class=""><font face="Helvetica" style="font-size: 12px;" class="">Professor, Molecular Biosciences</font></div>
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