<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote" style=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Dear DDI community,<br></div><div dir="ltr"><input name="virtru-metadata" type="hidden" value="{"email-policy":{"state":"closed","expirationUnit":"days","disableCopyPaste":false,"disablePrint":false,"disableForwarding":false,"enableNoauth":false,"persistentProtection":false,"expandedWatermarking":false,"expires":false,"isManaged":false},"attachments":{},"compose-id":"275","compose-window":{"secure":false}}"><div><br></div><div>The DDI Scientific Board election closed yesterday. The election was decided on the basis of those candidates receiving the most votes. We had 13 very qualified candidates, who were described in an earlier announcement: <a href="https://ddialliance.org/announcement/ddi-scientific-board-candidates-election" target="_blank">https://ddialliance.org/announcement/ddi-scientific-board-candidates-election</a>. Twenty-four member organizations voted in this election.</div><div><br></div><div>The top seven candidates who received the most votes have been elected to the Scientific Board. The candidates (and vote counts):</div><div><ul><li><b>Ingo Barkow (19)</b></li><li><b>Carsten Thiel (18)</b></li><li><b>Darren Bell (17)</b></li><li><b>Flavio Rizzolo (16)</b></li><li><b>Simon Hodson (15)</b></li><li><b>Hilde Orten (15)</b></li><li><b>Joachim Wackerow (15)</b></li><li>Trisha Kunst Martinez (11)</li><li>Larry Hoyle (9)</li><li>Knut Wenzig (9)</li><li>Christophe Dzikowski (7)</li><li>Dan Gillman (6)</li><li>Nicolas Sauger (6)</li></ul><div>My sincere thanks to all thirteen candidates for their willingness to serve. I look forward to the elected Scientific Board members' terms starting in January 2021!<br></div></div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,<br>Jared</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-CH"><font color="#000000">Jared Lyle<br>Executive Director, <a href="https://ddialliance.org/" target="_blank"><span id="m_86494221426807489m_707156789132436738gmail-m_3909072039795705896gmail-m_4762175954782216410m_-7173036272154285788gmail-m_4733858839372711956gmail-m_-3387988494985437205:fmz.5">DDI</span> Alliance</a><br><a href="https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/" target="_blank"><span id="m_86494221426807489m_707156789132436738gmail-m_3909072039795705896gmail-m_4762175954782216410m_-7173036272154285788gmail-m_4733858839372711956gmail-m_-3387988494985437205:fmz.6">ICPSR</span></a>, University of Michigan<br><a href="mailto:lyle@umich.edu" target="_blank"><span id="m_86494221426807489m_707156789132436738gmail-m_3909072039795705896gmail-m_4762175954782216410m_-7173036272154285788gmail-m_4733858839372711956gmail-m_-3387988494985437205:fmz.7">lyle</span>@<span id="m_86494221426807489m_707156789132436738gmail-m_3909072039795705896gmail-m_4762175954782216410m_-7173036272154285788gmail-m_4733858839372711956gmail-m_-3387988494985437205:fmz.8">umich</span>.<span id="m_86494221426807489m_707156789132436738gmail-m_3909072039795705896gmail-m_4762175954782216410m_-7173036272154285788gmail-m_4733858839372711956gmail-m_-3387988494985437205:fmz.9">edu</span></a></font><br></span></p><div><font color="#999999"><br></font></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-CH"></span></p><div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><i>Follow the <span id="m_86494221426807489m_707156789132436738gmail-m_3909072039795705896gmail-m_4762175954782216410m_-7173036272154285788gmail-m_4733858839372711956gmail-m_-3387988494985437205:fmz.10">DDI</span> Alliance on <a href="https://www.twitter.com/ddialliance" target="_blank">Twitter</a></i></font></div></div></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><div><img src="cid:ii_1769323d1d5e15954231" alt="DDI-tagline2.png" width="202" height="72"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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