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[Gary Zank]

Dear Colleagues,



As part of an effort to address current challenges facing plasma physics, a
number of us who were involved with the NSF 2020 Plasma Decadal have
drafted a letter advocating for the support of plasma physics, which will
be shared shortly with Congress and other federal decision makers. We would
like the space and solar plasma physics community (who were represented in
drafting the letter) to be part of this advocacy.



My purpose in writing is to ask you to post the letter and email link below
that is requesting signatures of support from the space and solar physics
communities.



Many thanks for considering this.



All the best,



Gary



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Subject:  Plasma Science and Engineering – Position Paper



Dear Colleague,

With impending challenges to federal support of plasma science and
engineering (PSE), we ask for your support in promoting the value of PSE
research and development to federal decision makers.  The position
paper *Plasma
Science and Engineering: A Foundational Asset For National and Economic
Security *describes the benefits of federal support of PSE.  We ask you to
be a signatory of the position paper that will be used in advocating for
PSE.

Link to the position paper and sign-on:  Link
<https://forms.gle/Ajw7DF71SawwUMnz6>  ( https://forms.gle/Ajw7DF71SawwUMnz6
)

We encourage you to use the position paper (1 and 2 page versions are
available at the link) in your own advocacy, and in working with your
institution's government affairs offices.

Peter J. Bruggeman, U. of Minnesota

Christopher Deeney, U. of Rochester

Franklin Dollar, U. of California-Irvine

Thomas C. Killian, Rice U.

Uwe Kortshagen, U. of Minnesota

Evdokiya Kostadinova, Auburn U.

Karl Krushelnick, U. of Michigan

Carolyn Kuranz, U. of Michigan

Mark J. Kushner, U. of Michigan

Selma Mededovic-Thagard, Clarkson U.

David A. Schaffner, Bryn Mawr College

Earl Scime, West Virginia U.

Uri Shumlak, U. of Washington

Edward Thomas, Auburn U.

Petros Tzeferacos, U. of Rochester

John Verboncoeur, Michigan State U.

Thomas White, U. of Nevada-Reno

Gary Zank, U. Alabama


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-- 
Gary P. Zank
(he, him, his)
Aerojet-Rocketdyne Chair in Space Science
University of Alabama Board of Trustees Trustee Professor
Director, Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR)
Distinguished Professor, Department of Space Science
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
AL, 35899
TEL: 1-256-961 7401
FAX: 1-256-961 7730
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