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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello RDAP community!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am writing on behalf of RDAP leadership to give a progress report &#43; solicit community input on RDAP&#8217;s value statement. &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none">&nbsp;</span></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Progress<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none">&nbsp;</span></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]>Conference: Call for proposals for RDAP19: <a href="http://rdapassociation.org/cfp/">
http://rdapassociation.org/cfp/</a> . Proposals will be accepted through <b><span style="color:red">November 16, 2018</span></b><u><o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]>Sponsorship: We are starting to reach out to sponsors for RDAP 19, if you have ideas for potential sponsors, please reach out to Trisha Adamus (<a href="mailto:adamus@wisc.edu">adamus@wisc.edu</a>)
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]>Community communication: Revisit our blog: <a href="http://rdapassociation.org/blog/">
http://rdapassociation.org/blog/</a> , we&#8217;ve started with a post about the history of RDAP, a &#8220;newbie&#8221; experience at RDAP, and more!
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]>Advocacy: RDAP submitted <a href="http://rdapassociation.org/rdap-response-federal-data-strategy/">
a statement for the Federal Data Strategy</a> and provided talking points for attendees of the APLU/AAU &#8220;<em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">Workshop on Accelerating Public Access to Research Data&#8221;</span></em>
 &nbsp;Oct 29-30<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]>Publishing: JeSLIB RDAP issue is in the works <o:p>
</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]>Education: Participate in our first in a series of RDAP webinars called
<a href="http://rdapassociation.org/rdap-webinar-where-the-data-repo-meets/">&#8220;Where the Data Repo Meets the Road&#8221;</a>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]>Community Merger: We are in the process of folding NDIC into the RDAP association, and look forward to discussing issues of data ethics and integrity at RDAP19<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]>Business: The RDAP Association is incorporated in Ohio. We will be finishing our bylaws in the next few weeks and submitting these with our 501c-3 status
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<p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>RDAP Values Statement<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none">&nbsp;</span></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please take a look at the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/19ungO1mwJUuwnwZfF3cTIvRbPh-yMLkxKIkXMKE3ThE/edit?usp=sharing">
RDAP Values statement</a> that has been constructed by the RDAP leadership team (Executive Board and Chairs of Action Committees) and
<a href="https://cornell.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3U9EjuXzJG3C9tb">provide feedback</a> by
<b><span style="color:red">Nov 30, 2018</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As always, please let us know if you have any questions or concerns that we can help to address.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Erica <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">President, RDAP Association Executive Board<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Andalus&quot;,serif;color:#2F5496">Erica M. Johns<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Andalus&quot;,serif;color:#2F5496">Research Data &amp; Environmental Sciences Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Andalus&quot;,serif;color:#2F5496">Liaison to&nbsp;BEE, EEB, FSAD, NTRES</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quot;Segoe UI&quot;,sans-serif;color:#2F5496"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Andalus&quot;,serif;color:#2F5496;background:white"><a href="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3068-3143"><span style="color:#2F5496">http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3068-3143</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Andalus&quot;,serif;color:#2F5496"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Andalus&quot;,serif;color:#2F5496">Albert R. Mann Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Andalus&quot;,serif;color:#2F5496">Cornell University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Andalus&quot;,serif;color:#2F5496">Ithaca, NY 14853<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Andalus&quot;,serif;color:#2F5496">Tel: (607) 255-0158<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Andalus&quot;,serif;color:#2F5496">Email:
<a href="mailto:emj73@cornell.edu"><span style="color:#2F5496">emj73@cornell.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Andalus&quot;,serif;color:#2F5496">Website:
<a href="http://data.research.cornell.edu/"><span style="color:#2F5496">http://data.research.cornell.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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