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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Greetings, good gentles and friends.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I write to you today as the Chair of the Selection
Committee for the Baronial Elections. We will have our nominating meeting
during the Baronial 12th-night celebrations (probably right after
court). The Selection Committee welcomes any nominations in
person at the nominating meeting, but you may also nominate someone by
sending me an email before the meeting. After the meeting ends,
there can be no further nominations, so if you're not sure whether you can
make it to that part of the 12th night event, please send me the email
now. You can certainly do both: send me an email now AND announce
your nomination at the meeting!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>You may nominate a pair of people for
Baron&Baroness, or you may nominate a single person to serve
as Baron or Baroness alone. People often nominate themselves.
Although some people enjoy announcing a nomination with a flowery speech, others
prefer a succinct statement of names, and others prefer to tell me their
nominations privately, without announcing it at the meeting. All of these
are acceptable.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>At the conclusion of the nominating meeting, I will
announce any names that were not spoken publicly during the meeting (i.e. emails
and private conversations). Thus, all potential condidates will have been
announced publicly by the conclusion of the nominating meeting.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>If you are nominated at the meeting, but do not
wish to serve, please accept the nomination; it is a compliment. I
will be contacting each nominee after the meeting to determine whether they feel
fit to serve as our next Baron or Baroness.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>If you have other questions about the election
process, there is lots of information on the Baronial web site ( </FONT><A
href="http://www.debatablelands.org"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>www.debatablelands.org</FONT></A><FONT size=2 face=Arial> ), or
you can write me an email.</FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial> </FONT><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>I look forward to seeing everyone at 12th night.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>In Service,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Byron</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><A
href="mailto:baron@debatablelands.org">baron@debatablelands.org</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>