<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear VGTC Community,</span><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Happy New Year! </span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Two VGTC Executive Committee members are reaching the end of their tenure, and we are seeking nominations (<i>including</i> self-nominations!) to fill their roles. Nominations are sought from active participants of any VGTC-sponsored conference (<a href="https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/conferences/currently-sponsored-events/" target="_blank">https://tc.computer.org/vgtc/conferences/currently-sponsored-events/</a>) at any career level, from industry or academia.</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The available positions include:</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- Online Communities Chair<br></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#4c1130">(manages VGTC's social media accounts and publicity)</font></span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Ethics and Diversity Chair</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#4c1130">(works with IEEE, VGTC, and associated conferences to develop ethics and diversity guidelines and serve on review boards that address ethics issues in the VGTC community)</font></span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">To learn more about the VGTC, please visit:</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://vgtc.org/" target="_blank">http://vgtc.org/</a> </span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">If you would like to self-nominate, please complete the survey at:</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://forms.gle/AbLBWH2cG6tmgDvw8" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/AbLBWH2cG6tmgDvw8</a></span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Self-nominations are due <b>Jan 31st AOE</b>.</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You may direct any questions to me (<a href="mailto:secretary@vgtc.org" target="_blank">secretary@vgtc.org</a>) or the chair of the VGTC executive committee Bongshin Lee (<a href="mailto:chair@vgtc.org" target="_blank">chair@vgtc.org</a>).</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u>Warm regards,</p><p class="MsoNormal">Cindy Xiong</p><p class="MsoNormal">Secretary, on behalf of VGTC ExCom <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">--</span><u></u><u></u></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Cindy Xiong Bearfield, Ph.D. </span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Assistant Professor</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">School of Interactive Computing, CoC</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Georgia Institute of Technology</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(61,133,198)"><a href="http://www.cyxiong.com/" target="_blank">www.cyxiong.com</a></span></u></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>