<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-97bacd06-7fff-5e9e-2acd-a15544b7b02c"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear SSL Community,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This is a call for transparency. We were saddened to see two committed members of the TC/OC members resign in recent weeks. The previous email chain between executives can only be seen as a signal to the community that we are in need of some clarity. We would like an explanation as to what has happened in the SSL governance community to have caused this series of unfortunate events. It’s concerning and inherently unsustainable to have the pillars of the organization, our members of the EC/TC/OC community, compelled to resign out of feelings of disrespect</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">while</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">in the pursuit of making the SSL better for all of us.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">RoboCup at its core involves community, sharing, and working together. Building upon the most recent email, we would like to involve the SSL teams in on the conversation, now rather than later.  </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are requesting to hear the background that led to these resignations so that we can come together to figure these issues out as a league.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you to the retired committee members for your years of service to the SSL. We will miss you.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Regards,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">UBC Thunderbots</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>---</div><div><b><br></b></div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b>UBC Thunderbots</b></span><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:small;line-height:21.3px">Faculty of Applied Science</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:small;line-height:21.3px">The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus </div></div><div><a href="mailto:robocup@ece.ubc.ca" target="_blank">robocup@ece.ubc.ca</a> | <a href="http://ubcthunderbots.ca/" target="_blank">http://ubcthunderbots.ca/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>