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Dear NPWG Members,</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">There were two nominations for the open position of the NPWG Chair; therefore,</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">we are holding an election, which
</span><span style="color: black;">will close at 23:59 EDT on Wednesday, July 30<sup>th</sup>.</span></div>
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Full and Term Members of the Collaboration who are also declared Members of the NPWG are eligible to vote in this election.</div>
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The candidates are Raphael Dupre and Axel Schmidt, whose bios and candidature statements are provided under "Additional Information" in the election link below. </div>
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The election is posted on the membership page == Phonebook, Opt-in Database ==</div>
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<a href="https://clasweb.jlab.org/membership/phonebook.php" target="_blank" id="OWAcd3df89a-8422-44da-0c66-3e73ccd26086" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://clasweb.jlab.org/membership/phonebook.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" data-ogsc="" style="margin: 0px;">https://clasweb.jlab.org/membership/phonebook.php</a> (JLab
CUE login required), in which please follow "GoToVote: Proceed To Voting Page" to cast your vote as follows:</div>
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1) Click to check the box for your selection, followed by "Submit" </div>
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2) Once done, you will receive a "Vote registered" confirmation email</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">By the end of the election period mentioned above, the result will be announced
</span><span style="color: black;">in a couple of</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> days.</span></div>
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If you are not eligible to vote, this email serves as an announcement only.</div>
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Best regards, </div>
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Lamiaa El Fassi</div>
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(on behalf of Hovanes Egiyan and Mohammad Hattawy)</div>
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