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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hello RDAP community,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Happy 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><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The 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. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">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><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2oVOvfoM2yDMG1Sb0p0eVBkaWc"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">RDAP 2017
</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">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 <b>may</b> need to become our own professional organization. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">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?
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We would like your feedback on the possibility of RDAP becoming an independent professional organization. This would entail the following:
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">RDAP becomes a professional organization</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Governance</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">structure is formed (includes governance board, conference planning committee, marketing, sponsorship, education, etc.)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Governance</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">board = elected members</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Other committees= volunteer members</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">RDAP works towards becoming a non-profit by 2020</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1F497D;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">RDAP seeks a higher education institution host for the 2019 Summit</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">to lower conference costs (that year only)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1F497D;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Unite floating</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">communities: Datacure forum + slack,
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(maintain) </span>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">regional data librarian conferences</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Data Information Literacy Resources</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1F497D;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Align with</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/jeslib/"><span style="color:#1155CC">Journal of eScience Librarianship (JeSLIB)</span></a> for Annual Summit curated conferenceproceedings
(maintain OSF conference repository)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1F497D;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Website/CMS</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">with archived webinars, trainings</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The above isn’t very granular, but you can expect the fullest level of detail we are capable of providing by early February 2018.
<b>Please let us know if you are supportive or unsupportive of this possible general direction by January 16, 2018 (via
</b></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://cornell.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7V57x3Z8P4raoDP"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">this survey</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">)
.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Note that we are not committing to a particular direction at this time; this is one of several possible directions.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you have never attended RDAP, please peruse our
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SELh9qD9fBPM1jMeGMccoVClyvHDjcY_ZHjRa-89VgY/edit?usp=sharing">
vision, mission, community, and Annual Summit statements</a> for more information. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Future Vision Task Force</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Caitlin Bakker</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Kristin Briney</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Jake Carlson</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Matthew Harp</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Erica Johns</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Andrew Johnson</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Amy Koshoffer</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Paula Lackie</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Regina Raboin</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Yasmeen Shorish</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Steve Van Tuyl</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Marina Zhang</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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