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for Nominations for the 2025 MEI Board Elections</font></b></span></div>
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MEI Community,</span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 14.666667px;">On
31 December 2025, the terms of three MEI Board members will end. In the name of the entire MEI community, the MEI Board expresses its gratitude to Johannes Kepper, Anna Plaksin, and David M. Weigl for their service and dedication to MEI.</span></div>
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the 2025 MEI Board elections, the MEI community will determine three MEI Board members for the term 2026\u20132028. The election process will take place in accordance with the Music Encoding Initiative By-Laws.[1]</span></div>
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nominate candidates, please do so via this form:</span></div>
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timeline of the elections will be as follows:</span></div>
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phase</b> (28 October \u2013 11 November 2025 [2])</span></div>
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You can submit nominations by filling in the form linked above.</span></div>
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Any person who today is a subscriber of the MEI-L mailing list has the right to nominate candidates.</span></div>
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Any individual is eligible for nomination, including those who have previously served on the MEI Board. Candidates in the election must be members of the MEI-L mailing list but may register until 26 November 2025.</span></div>
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Self-nominations are welcome.</span></div>
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Individuals will be informed of their nomination when received and asked to confirm their willingness to serve on the MEI Board.</span></div>
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Acceptance of a nomination requires submission of a short CV and a personal statement of interest in MEI (a maximum of 200 words each) to elections@music-encoding.org by 26 November 2025.</span></div>
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Candidates who have been nominated but have not confirmed their willingness by 26 November 2025 will not be included on the ballot.</span></div>
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phase</b> (28 November \u2013 16 December 2025)</span></div>
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The election will take place using OpaVote and the Scottish STV Ranked Choice Voting method (</span><a href="https://www.opavote.com/methods/single-transferable-vote#scottish-stv" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.opavote.com/methods/single-transferable-vote#scottish-stv</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">).</span></span></div>
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We will inform you in separate emails about the start of the election and your individual voting tokens.</span></div>
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phase</b></span></div>
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Election results will be announced after the elections have closed.</span></div>
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The term of the elected candidates starts on 1 January 2026.</span></div>
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The first meeting of the new MEI Board will be held in January, 2026 (precise date tbc).</span></div>
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election of Board members is an opportunity for each of you to have a voice in determining the future of MEI.</span></div>
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you for your support,</span></div>
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E. Thomae and Laurent Pugin</span></div>
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election administrators 2025</span></div>
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appointment of the MEI Board</span></div>
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The By-laws of the Music Encoding Initiative are available online at: </span><a href="http://music-encoding.org/community/mei-by-laws.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://music-encoding.org/community/mei-by-laws.html</span></a></span></div>
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All deadlines are 11:59 pm (AoE)</span></div>
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