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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Dear IGALA Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">A gentle reminder that there’s ONE MORE WEEK left to cast your votes, if you haven’t done so already.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Thanks and best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Michelle Lazar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Michelle M Lazar
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 20, 2015 7:04 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> gala-l@listserv.linguistlist.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> IGALA Advisory Council Elections - NOW OPEN FOR VOTES!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">International Gender and Language Association (IGALA)
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Voting for Advisory Council Posts now OPEN!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">We are pleased to announce the list of nominees for the IGALA Advisory Council Posts in the two categories of ‘Graduate Student Representative’ (1 post) and ‘Ordinary Member’ (5 posts). We wish
to thank all candidates for their willingness to run for elections! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Attached are the names and bios of all the candidates.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Voting is now open from
<b>20 January until 20 February 2015</b>. You MUST be a current IGALA member in order to vote. If you have not renewed your membership for 2015 with Equinox, you can do so at
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.equinoxpub.com/journals/index.php/GL/membership">http://www.equinoxpub.com/journals/index.php/GL/membership</a> </span><span lang="PT-BR" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Besides the right to vote, IGALA membership includes a subscription to the Gender and Language journal, allows you to submit abstracts and present at IGALA conferences, and to be involved in
the Association's activities. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Notes on how to vote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">You can vote for up to TWO candidates in the ‘Ordinary Member’ category, and ONE candidate in the ‘Graduate Student Representative’ category.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">NB: As some Ordinary Member roles are also open to current graduate students, a graduate student can run for both an Ordinary Post and a Graduate Student Representative post, but will be elected
to one post only, depending on the highest number of votes received in either category. Three graduate students are running for in both categories: Roberta Iacovelli, Ernesto Cuba Garcia, and Benedict Rowlett.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Candidates may vote for themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">To vote, please go to the following link and complete the form:
<a href="http://goo.gl/forms/KZ1xwEA2mJ">http://goo.gl/forms/KZ1xwEA2mJ</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Please do not reply to this message. If you have any queries, please contact Agnes Kang, IGALA Secretary (<u><span style="color:#386EFF"><a href="mailto:makang@LN.edu.hk">makang@LN.edu.hk</a></span></u>).
Please ensure that your email has the subject header 'IGALA AC Elections'.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">We look forward to your votes and to your continued support of IGALA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Michelle Lazar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">IGALA President<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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