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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Master Gardeners,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It is time for the Leadership and Nominations Committee to formulate a slate of officers for 2016, to be voted on at our annual business meeting in November. The officer positions are president, vice-president, treasurer, and secretary. We also have four positions for member-at-large. If you are interested in serving in such a manner or have a nomination, please contact me. According to our bylaws, you may contact anyone on the committee (Debbie Day, Kathryn Fletcher, Steven Mullen, and June van Vorst), but for efficiency I request that you contact me. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We are also responsible for selecting standing committee chairs. You may nominate yourself or others for chair of Communications, Membership, Office Operations, or Program. There are four more committees for which we will not be taking names: Finance, Leadership Development and Nominations, Garden Walk, and Idea Garden. The first two have chairs specified in our bylaws, and the last two are selected entirely within those committees.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>The deadline for nominations is 5:00 pm on September 18<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Steven L. Mullen, Chair<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Leadership Development and Nominations Committee<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>