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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">Dear RDAP community,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">As you may know, the RDAP Future Vision Task Force (FVTF) has been formally investigating possible professional alignments and models for
the future of <span style="background:white">RDAP since the Fall of 2016, under the original charge of the RDAP 2017 conference planning committee. The FVTF was formed to address community concern over RDAP’s logical professional home and the way to support
growing needs for training, educational resources, professional development opportunities, publishing venues, etc. Throughout the process, the FVTF has solicited community feedback to inform the direction of our research.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0B5394;background:white">Today, we are pleased to share the
</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V9jzWgrqcZXIyge6UBdAUdM2gszyk2IVfodJGowbqN8/edit?usp=sharing"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0B5394;background:white">report</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0B5394;background:white">
that describes the work we have done, the processes we have used, and the recommendations we suggest for the RDAP community going forward.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0B5394;background:white">We are releasing the report in advance of the RDAP conference to give people a chance to become familiar with the report
and to consider the recommendations. We will be holding a Business Meeting on Thursday, March 22 at 8 a.m. during the RDAP conference to discuss the recommendations. After this meeting we will send the community (via listserv, twitter) a link to do the following:
vote on future direction, nominate members of the community for the executive committee, and volunteer for 2019 action committees. We need your participation folks and look forward to a lively discussion!
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0B5394;background:white">If you are unable to attend the conference or have concerns about the report in advance, please contact FVTF chair, Erica
Johns, at </span><a href="mailto:emj73@cornell.edu"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0B5394;background:white">emj73@cornell.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0B5394;background:white"> .</span>
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Thank you for your interest in the work of the FVTF and we look forward to your feedback.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0B5394;background:white">Sincerely,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">RDAP Future Vision Task Force (FVTF)
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">Erica Johns (chair)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">Caitlin Bakker</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">Kristin Briney</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">Jake Carlson</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">Matthew Harp</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">Andrew Johnson</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">Amy Koshoffer</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">Paula Lackie</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">Regina Raboin</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">Yasmeen Shorish</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">Qianjin Zhang</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Andalus;color:#2F5496">Erica M. Johns<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Andalus;color:#2F5496">Research Data & Environmental Sciences Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#2F5496">emj73@cornell.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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