<font face="arial" size="2"><p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; word-wrap: break-word;">Forwarded on behalf of SPNHC President Linda Ford:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong>From:</strong> info [mailto:info@gbif.org] <br /><strong>Sent:</strong> Tuesday, June 12, 2018 10:46 AM<br /><strong>To:</strong> president@spnhc.org<br /><strong>Subject:</strong> Advertisement for GBIF Executive Secretary position</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Dear Linda Ford,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">I am writing to you as Chair of the Governing Board for the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.gbif.org_&d=DwMFAg&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=_EekXyDnqyDJbjUVvAb_UJolU-631fxKk78iqckD60k&m=QHbAVwclooVkYuatew0AVj8vFC27yR8S3RaH1i4r27o&s=keWByguwjEVEhhJfe_JqAY1v4pLEwe081Zg4MBG67hQ&e=">https://www.gbif.org/</a>) to request your assistance.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Our current Executive Secretary, Donald Hobern, whose leadership cemented the global position of GBIF and who set the bar high for his successor, plans to leave the GBIF Secretariat early in 2019, at the end of his current contract and we are seeking to recruit a visionary and capable leader to steer GBIF through the next phase of its development. Please take notice of this advertised position <span style="color: black;"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.gbif.org_news_Sw3gUiGs6aMIAkU86mACw&d=DwMFAg&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=_EekXyDnqyDJbjUVvAb_UJolU-631fxKk78iqckD60k&m=QHbAVwclooVkYuatew0AVj8vFC27yR8S3RaH1i4r27o&s=WcleMdsqzmnc9mMPMt4xUd82OLQ1iY44CzAROuBzAYk&e=">https://www.gbif.org/news/Sw3gUiGs6aMIAkU86mACw</a>. </span> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Given the range of links between GBIF's mission and the activities of SPNHC and all our shared interests in supporting data-driven biodiversity research, we hope you will be able to publicise this opportunity widely through your networks. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Please contact <a href="mailto:info@gbif.org">info@gbif.org</a> if you have questions on this matter.</span></p>
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