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<p>Dear Colleagues,</p>
<p>On Friday, Oct 29, we held the first workshop to plan for various
white paper submissions to the upcoming Solar and Space Physics
decadal survey. Thank you to all who joined and facilitated
discussions on a short notice, and apologies to those who couldn't
make it due to the short notice. The <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/decadalsurvey2021/">workshop
agenda</a> included several topics that were discussed for about
half hour each. During the workshop the following two documents
were created - <br>
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<p>1. <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eMQJZh8YHtQY9sw6Bd23NbDARGkHzbDw7KO-Pv3Fveg/edit?usp=sharing">A
notes document</a> - where everyone's thoughts were penned down.
This document is open to everyone to put their thoughts in. <br>
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<p>2. <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QQwLTlUqdm5WkUnUl7SQ0reoWLJYNM8SVa38i4GKeo8/edit?usp=sharing">A
spreadsheet of white paper ideas </a>- the white paper topics
are separated by categories on the workshop agenda. We encourage
everyone to add new topics, put themselves as lead authors to new
topics and/or join existing efforts as contributors. <br>
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<p>The white paper submissions are due by March 2022, and the
community will be given at least a couple months notice before the
submissions are due. The CSSC and USRA are facilitating this
process in two ways: <br>
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<p><b>a) facilitating collaborative writing sessions for identified
white paper ideas</b> - We request people or teams who are
working on white paper efforts to reach out to us if they need
such support. <br>
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<p><b>b) organizing two more workshops in the coming months on
topics that need further discussions</b> - The next workshop
will be on outlining science questions and research infrastructure
needs for the Mesosphere-lower thermosphere/Ionosphere research
for the next decade. We will announce the exact date shortly, but
it will likely be in early December or early January. <br>
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<p>Please reach out to us with any questions or concerns. <br>
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<p>Thank you,</p>
<p>Asti Bhatt, Doug Rowland, Tzu-Wei Fang, Lindsay Goodwin, Julio
Urbina, Larisa Goncharenko<br>
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Asti Bhatt
Center for Geospace Studies
SRI International
Menlo Park, CA
(650)859-3424</pre>
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