<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted0" style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit !important;">Dear all,</span></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted0" style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit !important;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Unfortunately we had no responses to our call for nominations. We will proceed with a reduced Steering Committee until the next elections.</font></span></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted0" style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit !important;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted0" style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit !important;"><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px;">I will be sending an endorsement ballot soon, so that Steering Committee members (including co-chairs) who have agreed to extend their mandates can have them endorsed.</span></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted0" style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit !important;"><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px;"><br class=""></span></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted0" style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit !important;"><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px;">Very best wishes,</span></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted0" style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit !important;"><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px;"><br class=""></span></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted0" style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit !important;"><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px;">Minda</span></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted0" style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit !important;"><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px;"><br class=""></span></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="x_x_ContentPasted0" style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit !important;"><span class="" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px;">IRPC SC Election Officer 2026</span></span></div></div></body></html>