<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black">Dear NHERI Users,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black">Please <a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/community/user-forum/ballot-2020/" target="_blank" style="color:blue">vote for new members</a> of the User Forum Committee! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black">The <a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/community/user-forum/" target="_blank" style="color:blue">User Forum</a> represents the needs of hazards researchers within the </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/facilities/nco/governance/" target="_blank" style="color:blue">governance </a><span style="color:black">of the NHERI program. Committee members are drawn from institutions which do not operate a NHERI network experimental facility or administrative office, to provide independence from the other governing bodies of NHERI.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;color:black">This year three members of the current committee will be reaching the end of their terms: Elaina J. Sutley, Nina Stark, and Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos. <br></span><br><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Six nominations have been made for new membership.</span><span style="font-size:14px"><br><br></span></font><a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/community/user-forum/ballot-2020/" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">https://www.designsafe-ci.org/community/user-forum/ballot-2020/</a><br><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br>The ballot will close </span><strong style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;box-sizing:border-box"><i><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">June 5, 2020</span></i></strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">.<br></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><br>Thanks, all!</span></p></div></div><font color="#888888">-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Stephanie M. Smallegan, Ph.D., P.E. </div>Assistant Professor<div>Department of Civil, Coastal, and Environmental Engineering<br><div>University of South Alabama</div></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">150 Student Services Drive, SH3122</span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Mobile, AL </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">36688</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">(251) 341-3998</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></font><div><br></div>-- <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=12XbEVKyTmNxWz2zhiLdBZVYuFfNlVaKQ&export=download" width="95" height="96"><br><br></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:center"><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1U6b8ybB1nOSy5YOpLZMx0Skjv2IyAi_R&export=download" width="200" height="66"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>