Dear ICGI members,

Tomorrow (March 20) will be the end of the 30 day period for the ICGI 2013 election. At present, only about 30% (108 of 349) of members have voted, so that it is very unlikely that we will reach 50% by the end of tomorrow.

Per our bylaws, we will therefore extend the election for two weeks, to the end of the day on April 3. Also per our bylaws, balloting will close after April 3, regardless of the % of the membership that has voted.

Please exercise your most important right and responsibility -- vote!

Thanks, Andrew Paterson, Chair

________________ Andrew Paterson Regents Professor and Head, Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory (Dept #398) University of Georgia 111 Riverbend Road, Rm 228 Athens GA 30605 (for UPS deliveries the zip code is 30605)

Phone 1-706-583-0162; Fax 1-706-583-0160; Email paterson@plantbio.uga.edu Web site: http://www.plantgenome.uga.edu/

Program Coordinators: Anne A. Ogden, 706-583-0166, ogden@uga.edu Melissa D. Brock, 706-583-0161, mbrock@uga.edu