<div dir="ltr"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0.357143em;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.42857em;color:rgb(77,87,99);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Dear Haskellers,</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0.357143em;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.42857em;color:rgb(77,87,99);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.357143em 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.42857em;color:rgb(77,87,99);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I'm putting out a call for new nominations (typically but not necessarily self-nominations) to the Core Libraries Committee.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.357143em 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.42857em;color:rgb(77,87,99);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We've had two open slots for a while, and technically at least a couple of members of the committee are due to rotate off.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.357143em 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.42857em;color:rgb(77,87,99);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">To nominate yourself, please send an email to core-libraries-committee at <a href="http://haskell.org">haskell.org</a> by December 1, 2018. The retiring members are eligible to re-nominate themselves. Please feel free to include any information about yourself that you think will help us to make a decision.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.357143em 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.42857em;color:rgb(77,87,99);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Being a member of the committee does not necessarily require a significant amount of time, but committee members should aim to be responsive during discussions when the committee is called upon to make a decision. Strong leadership, communication, and judgement are very important characteristics for committee members.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.357143em 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.42857em;color:rgb(77,87,99);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The core libraries committee acts as the maintainer of the core libraries mentioned on <a href="https://wiki.haskell.org/Library_submissions" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(125,93,138);margin:0px">https://wiki.haskell.org/Library_submissions</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.357143em 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.42857em;color:rgb(77,87,99);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">For the most part members maintain individual libraries under the maintainer guidelines for Haskell, but there are occasional "barn-raising" style calls for discussion and decision whenever things need a broad enough mandate.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.357143em 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.42857em;color:rgb(77,87,99);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We seek a broad representation from different segments of the Haskell world -- including but not limited to those focused on education, those focused on industrial applications, those with background in organizing users-groups, and those focused directly on our technical infrastructure.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.357143em 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.42857em;color:rgb(77,87,99);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">More details about the committee's roles and responsibilities are on</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.357143em 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.42857em;color:rgb(77,87,99);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://wiki.haskell.org/Core_Libraries_Committee" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(125,93,138);margin:0px">https://wiki.haskell.org/Core_Libraries_Committee</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.357143em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.42857em;color:rgb(77,87,99);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">If you have any questions about the process, please feel free to e-mail us at core-libraries-committee at <a href="http://haskell.org">haskell.org</a>, or contact one of us individually.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.357143em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.42857em;color:rgb(77,87,99);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.357143em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.42857em;color:rgb(77,87,99);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">-Edward Kmett</p></div>