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RDAP community,</span></p>
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New Year! As we embark on 2018, the Future Vision Task Force (FVTF) of RDAP would like to communicate some of our findings. The FVTF was started in the 2016 to formalize the investigation into possible future directions of RDAP after several years of community
discussion about where we - as a community - belong. </span></p>
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purpose of this email is to briefly describe a general direction that the FVTF will be considering for recommendation, with a full report that will be distributed early February 2018, including a survey for community feedback.
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In
2017, the RDAP community was surveyed twice: first to review our mission, community, and annual summit statements; second to garner feedback about the future direction of RDAP (see
</span><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2oVOvfoM2yDMG1Sb0p0eVBkaWc" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">RDAP
2017 </span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">presentation to learn more). As the 2017/2018
FVTF began to sift through this feedback, the general sentiment was that the community is ready to grow and establish itself as an improved, more focused RDAP that offers a breadth of professional development opportunities. The more the FVTF dug into professional
models or possible alignments, the more we realized that in order for RDAP to continue to mature and meet community needs, we
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">may</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
need to become our own professional organization. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Before
we pursue this option fully, we want to touch base with you. Our concerns as we consider a shift of this magnitude is the commitment from the community to take RDAP to the next level and become *the* data librarian association of North America. We know this
would be a learning process, but we feel that the community is up to the challenge...are we right?
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We
would like your feedback on the possibility of RDAP becoming an independent professional organization. This would entail the following:
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becomes a professional organization</span></p>
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structure is formed (includes governance board, conference planning committee, marketing, sponsorship, education, etc.)</span></p>
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board = elected members</span></p>
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= volunteer members</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">RDAP
works towards becoming a non-profit by 2020</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">RDAP
seeks a higher education institution host for the 2019 Summit</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</span>to lower conference costs (that year only)</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unite floating
communities: Datacure forum + slack, regional data librarian conferences, Data Information Literacy Resources
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Align with
</span><a href="http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/jeslib/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Journal
of eScience Librarianship (JeSLIB)</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for Annual Summit curated conference
proceedings (maintain OSF conference repository)</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Website/CMS
with archived webinars, trainings</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The
above isn’t very granular, but you can expect the fullest level of detail we are capable of providing by early February 2018.
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please let us know if you are supportive
or unsupportive of this possible general direction by January 16, 2018 (via </span>
<a href="https://cornell.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7V57x3Z8P4raoDP" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">this
survey</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; 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; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Note that we are not committing to a particular direction at this time; this is one of several possible directions.</span></p>
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you have never attended RDAP, please peruse our <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SELh9qD9fBPM1jMeGMccoVClyvHDjcY_ZHjRa-89VgY/edit?usp=sharing" class="OWAAutoLink">
vision, mission, community, and Annual Summit statements</a> for more information. </span></p>
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the best,</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The
Future Vision Task Force</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Caitlin
Bakker</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kristin
Briney</span></p>
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Carlson</span></p>
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Harp</span></p>
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Johns</span></p>
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Johnson</span></p>
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Koshoffer</span></p>
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Lackie</span></p>
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Raboin</span></p>
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Shorish</span></p>
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Van Tuyl</span></p>
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Zhang</span></p>
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