<div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite" style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="min-height:1782px;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:791px;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><center><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;height:1782px;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:791px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="height:1762px;padding:10px;width:771px;border-top-width:0px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;border:0px;max-width:600px!important;width:600px!important"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;padding-top:9px;padding-bottom:9px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="366" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(101,101,101);line-height:18px;padding:9px 0px 9px 18px">Seeking DOAJ Ambassadors for the developing world (10 month contract)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="197" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(101,101,101);line-height:18px;padding:9px 18px"><a href="http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=141fd45c93b5bc53ee45a6b86&id=067ec4d24b&e=" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(101,101,101)">View this email in your browser</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;padding-top:9px;padding-bottom:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:9px"><table align="left" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0px 9px;text-align:center"><img align="center" alt="" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/141fd45c93b5bc53ee45a6b86/images/8c5344c4-bfef-497c-9349-c4fc867a45c6.png" width="564" class="" tabindex="0" style="outline-style: none; 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We are grateful if you could forward this announcement also to chinese citizens living in China.</p><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px"><br>Many thanks,<br>The Managing Editors</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></center></div></blockquote><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Tom Olijhoek PhD<br><span style="font-size:12.8px">Editor in Chief, Directory of Open Access Journals </span><a href="http://DOAJ.ORG" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">DOAJ.ORG</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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