Dear Rosaceae GGB community,

Only one day left for voting for five new U.S. RosEXEC members and two RosEXEC international liaisons. Polls close 5:00 pm PST (Friday April 4). Anyone that is U.S.-based and interested in genomics, genetics, and/or breeding of rosaceous crops is eligible to vote. Conceivably, this includes about 200 million people, but it at least includes industry personnel, educators, extension agents, administrators, students, and avid consumers, in addition to the 25 mostly genomicists, geneticists, and breeders who have already voted.

So if you have not yet expressed your preferences, please hop on to www.bioinfo.wsu.edu/cgi-bin/gdr/gdr_rosexec_membership_2008_vote_form.cgi and vote! Please also direct your Rosaceae GGB colleagues to this site (and encourage them to also sign up for the GDR mailing list if they aren’t already on it).

Across the country, we all have a voice in future directions of the U.S. Rosaceae genomics, genetics, and breeding initiative. Currently, only one vote separates U.S. candidates running 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th and 6^th. Only one vote also separates 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd positions for international liaison candidates. Each new vote WILL COUNT!

The RosEXEC Membership Committee