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Dear Colleagues,
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<div>As I discussed in the 18 April Town Hall, it is prudent to
strategically plan for the future of NCAR in order to ensure it
remains a center of excellence with a balanced portfolio of
research, community facilities and service. Over the next year we
will have internal discussions around this issue, as well as with
the NSF, university and community leaders. As one part of that
proactive process, I have assembled an ad hoc "Blue Ribbon"
Advisory Panel of distinguished members of our community. This
panel will be meeting with the NCAR Executive Committee on 19-20
May. </div>
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<div>The panel members are:<br>
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<div>Mark Abbott (Oregon State)</div>
<div>Kelvin Droegemeier (Univ. Oklahoma)</div>
<div>Kerry Emanuel (MIT) - Chair</div>
<div>Inez Fung (UC Berkeley)</div>
<div>Bill Hooke (AMS)</div>
<div>Jim Kinter (George Mason Univ., COLA)</div>
<div>V. Ramanathan (Scripps, UC San Diego)</div>
<div>Thomas Zurbuchen (U. Michigan)</div>
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<div>A number of you asked after the Town Hall whether there might
be an opportunity to interact with the panel during their visit.
Therefore I am very pleased to invite you to a reception to meet
informally with the panel over a glass of wine and appetizers on
Monday 19 May at 5pm in the Damon Room at the Mesa Lab. To help
with planning, I ask that you RSVP to Susan Chavez (<a
href="mailto:chavez@ucar.edu">chavez@ucar.edu</a>) by no later
than 7 May if you are able to attend. </div>
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<div>I and the panel look forward to seeing many of you there.</div>
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<div>Best regards,</div>
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<div>Jim</div>
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