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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center">Request for IBPSA-USA Board of Directors Nominations for January, 2013 Elections</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"></span>Deadline for Submission: January 14, 2013</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">IBPSA-USA's current Board of Directors is looking to compile a diverse slate of candidates from a variety of backgrounds to support the following areas of IBPSA-USA activities:</p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in">Virtual Library and Publishing (ex. SimBuild)</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in">Networking Information and Exchange (ex. website, business meetings, newsletter, certain electronic publications)</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in">Scholarship and Student Development</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in">Education: Practitioners and Institutions (ex. SimBuild and BEM Workshop)</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in">Research & Development</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in">Standards Development</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in">Alliance Building</li></ol>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Internal (with IBPSA World and regional chapters)</p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>External (with professional organization and institutions)</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Board members may have backgrounds including but not limited to energy, lighting and daylighting simulation; software and simulation computer language development; academic research; consulting; non-profit fundraising and grant writing;
legal, financial, or educational; and building performance policy development. Specifically the current Board has identified the need for board members who have the ability to fundraise and have legal background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Positions for nomination are president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, member-at-large, and general members.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You may petition the Nomination Committee to become a nominee or nominate a person who will bring professional strength and experience in the areas mentioned above. The term of office is two years beginning in February, 2013. Each petition
to the IBPSA-USA Board for nomination will include a five sentence statement of purpose and one page resume from the candidate (pdf format only please). These will be posted on the IBPSA-USA website for review by voting members. The elections will take place
on January 26, 2013 in Dallas (location of ASHRAE’s Winter Conference) at the Annual Business Meeting of IBPSA-USA.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">PLEASE SUBMIT PETITIONS FOR NOMINATION BY JANUARY 14<sup>TH</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>Include contact information for the nominee along with statement of purpose and</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">resume to Suzanne Saucy at <a href="mailto:ssaucy@sbcglobal.net">
ssaucy@sbcglobal.net</a>. Questions regarding qualifications may be directed to Shanta Tucker, Board President at shanta.tucker@atelierten.com.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Also please note that the IBPSA-USA membership drive for becoming a voting</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>member is currently underway.</b><span style="font-weight:
normal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The deadline for signing up is January 16, 2013.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Go to </span><b>http://ibpsausa.wildapricot.org/</b><span style="font-weight:normal"> for registration and payment of newly established dues ($90 general members; $20 student members) that will contribute to operational costs of the organization.</span></p>
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