<div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Dear HoT community,</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:14px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Thank you to all who participated in the election of our new IG/SG leadership team. And a special thank you to all the candidates who stood for election. </div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:14px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">We proudly present the new co-chairs: </div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">SMT:</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">2023: Danny Walden</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">2024: William O'Hara</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:14px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">AMS:</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">2023: Siavash Sabetrohani</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">2024: Giulia Accornero</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:14px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">This selection reflects the fact that 96 % of voters approved the proposed change in our bylaws to reduce the leadership from 6 to 4 people. </div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:14px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all those who offered to guide the future of our IG/SG through their candidacy in this election, and we hope you’ll continue to engage with the community in the coming years. </div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:14px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Best of luck to the new team and best wishes for the summer to you all, </div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:14px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">The current HoT leadership </div></div>