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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Save the Date: Second STEVE Community Workshop - October 6-8, 2022</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">On behalf of the organizing committee, I would like to invite you to participate in the Second
</span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">STEVE</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> Community
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">Workshop</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">: Advancing Understanding of A New Atmospheric
Phenomenon</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">. The workshop will be hosted at MIT Haystack Observatory on Thursday October 6 to Saturday October 8, 2022, and is sponsored by a National Science Foundation
grant.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The Second STEVE workshop will be hybrid. The in-person component will be held at MIT Haystack Observatory in Westford, Massachusetts, USA
(</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.haystack.mit.edu"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://www.haystack.mit.edu</span></a><span style="color:black">). The virtual component will be open to the whole
community via Zoom and will be simulcast on YouTube. Note that capacity is limited for in person attendance at the MIT Haystack facilities.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Funding possibilities are available upon request and availability. We plan to prioritize funding for students, citizen scientists, and early
career attendees. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">To help us plan the next workshop, we have created a
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://forms.gle/o5EmN8LJQapU5Dud6"><span style="color:#1155CC">quick survey</span></a><span style="color:black">. </span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
This allows us to determine if you plan to attend the workshop, in which format, and whether you may need funding to attend in-person.
<b>Please respond to the survey not later than Monday, August 8th 2022.</b></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">** Workshop goals:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">As you are well aware,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">STEVE</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> has passed beyond an initial discovery period and is now recognized
as a <i>bona fide </i>geophysical phenomenon with numerous observational sightings and recent enlightening studies. The purpose of this
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">workshop</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> is to maintain community momentum on
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">STEVE</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> research. Observational and theoretical geospace scientists
and stakeholders will gather to disseminate </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">STEVE</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> research findings,
identify outstanding questions about the phenomenon, and to continue formulation of future research plans and collaborative studies on the topic.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">** Workshop structure:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The 3 day
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">workshop</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> will have two general foci: (1) serve as a venue for developing
observation strategies, experimental campaigns and associated observation modes to fill in both synoptic and event-based data gaps; (2) organize modeling efforts, guided by known phenomenological characteristics to date, to answer key and evolving community
questions about the physical morphology and dynamics of </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#070706;background:#FFEE94">STEVE</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">** Questions?</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me or any member of the organizing committee.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Organizing Committee:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Phil Erickson, MIT Haystack Observatory</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Gareth Perry, New Jersey Institute of Technology</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Carlos Martinis, Boston University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Bharat Kunduri, Virginia Tech</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Bea Gallardo-Lacourt, NASA/CUA</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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