<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear MEI community,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">we finally managed to get the 2016 MEI Board elections up and running!</div><div class="">I thank all of those involved in preparation and especially the 7 great candidates that announced their willingness to serve on the MEI Board for 2017–2019!</div><div class="">You can find the candidates statements at:</div><div class=""><a href="http://music-encoding.org/community/mei-organization/elections/candidates/" class="">http://music-encoding.org/community/mei-organization/elections/candidates/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The election phase starts this moment and will stop 31 Jan 2017 at 23:59 CET</div><div class="">Your individual voting link should have reached you in a separate email by "<a href="mailto:noreply@opavote.com" class="">noreply@opavote.com</a>" with the subject "2016 MEI Board elections”.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">With all the best wishes for a smooth election</div><div class="">Benjamin W. Bohl</div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252);" class="">— </span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252);" class=""><font color="#666666" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif" size="2" class="">MEI Elections Officer 2016</font></span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252);" class="">by appointment of the MEI Board</span></div></body></html>