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IMPORTANT NOTE: The purpose of the election current election process is to elect eight members for the Contributing Organizations category and the . The nomination and voting processes are open only to the Contributing Organizations.The MAB Bylaws specify up to five voting members from the High Contributing Organizations category. As of October, 2012, there are only four eligible consortia for this group. Therefore, there will not be an election process for the High Contributing Organization seats as each eligible High Contributing Organization will be invited to appoint a representative to the Board.
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