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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Dear colleagues and ACLA Members,<br>
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I am writing you today on behalf of the ACLA/CAAL Nominating Committee, whose responsibility it is to oversee the nomination of new members to ACLA/CAAL’s Executive Council. This year, the following mandates come to end:</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Vice-President (NOTE that this means
<i>ideally</i> becoming president in 2024 and holding that position until 2026)</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#201F1E;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Indigenous Languages Advocate (See attached document)</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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If any of you are interested in this role, you are asked to please get in touch with Francis Bangou, </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="mailto:fbangou@uottawa.ca"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white">fbangou@uottawa.ca</span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white">
</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;background:white">attaching your statement of interest (200-250 words), by Friday May 6, 2022. Please note that you need to be a member of ACLA to be nominated
 and to be able to vote in the election. We invite you to renew your membership as soon as possible: </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.aclacaal.org/membership/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white">http://www.aclacaal.org/membership/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">We will inform the membership of your candidature. Any interested ACLA members should go to </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.aclacaal.org/acla-constitution/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">http://www.aclacaal.org/acla-constitution/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"> and
 read it before confirming their interest to the Nominating Committee.</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">If there is more than one interested person, we will hold an election. The ballot, in case of an election, will be electronic and will be
 open for a period of one week immediately after the Annual Meeting  <br>
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Francis Bangou<br>
Past President, ACLA on behalf of ACLA Nominating Committee<br>
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Chers et chères membres de l’ACLA,<br>
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Je vous écris aujourd’hui au nom du Comité des candidatures de l’ACLA. </span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Quand un poste au Conseil exécutif de l’ACLA se
 libère, c’est nous qui veillons à la nomination des nouveaux membres. Cette année, </span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#222222;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">les mandats suivants prennent fin:</span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Vice-président.e (NOTEZ que cela signifie devenir président.e en 2024 et occuper ce poste jusqu'en 2026)</span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#201F1E;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Défenseur.euse des langues autochtones (voir le document ci-joint)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Si vous êtes intéressé.e par ce rôle, veuillez contacter Francis Bangou,
</span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="mailto:fbangou@uottawa.ca"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">fbangou@uottawa.ca</span></a></span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">
 en joignant votre déclaration d'intérêt (200-250 mots), d'ici <b>le 6 mai 2022</b>. Veuillez noter que vous devez être membre de l'ACLA pour être nommé.e et pouvoir voter aux élections. Nous vous invitons à renouveler votre adhésion dès que possible: </span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.aclacaal.org/membership/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">http://www.aclacaal.org/membership/</span></a></span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Nous informerons les membres de votre candidature. Tous les membres de l'ACLA intéressés doivent se rendre sur </span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.aclacaal.org/acla-constitution/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">http://www.aclacaal.org/acla-constitution/</span></a></span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"> et
 lire la constitution avant de confirmer leur intérêt au Comité de nomination.<br>
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S'il y a plus d'une personne intéressée, nous tiendrons une élection. Si nous devons procéder à une élection, le vote sera électronique; l’élection débutera après le congrès de l'ACLA et restera ouverte pour une période d’une semaine.<br>
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Francis Bangou<br>
Ancien président, ACLA, de la part du Comité des candidatures, ACLA<br>
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