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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This is the second announcement regarding the invitation to attend our
</span><a href="https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/ccmc-workshops/ccmc-2024-workshop/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">11th Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC) Workshop</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
to be held at </span><a href="https://www.thehotelumd.com/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">The Hotel at the University of Maryland</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, College Park,
Maryland on June 3 – June 7, 2024. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are pleased to inform you that a tentative
</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18GzqSAHGnrv7kpGOcxbbjMTb375kzvCvcYLM6-YdDvc/edit?usp=sharing"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">block agenda</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
is<b> now available</b> on the</span><a href="https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/ccmc-workshops/ccmc-2024-workshop/#agenda"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC"> workshop website</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This year, in addition to these topics, we will hold several discussion sessions focused on open science in modeling. These sessions include advancing the open use
of models and simulation outputs, open model validation and R2O2R, and open science infrastructure in modeling for heliophysics. The goal is to hold discussions on opportunities and challenges and then follow up with a community recommendation report. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Additionally, we have a limited amount of
<b>travel funding available</b> for those participants interested in contributing to Open Science sessions and the community report. Please see the
</span><a href="https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/ccmc-workshops/ccmc-2024-workshop/#travel-support-application"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Travel Support Application</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
page for more details and the </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/19bGzLUk_Bd88OZnnlYLxdNwAwBNCcXOcO5-TCGXnBJ0/viewform?edit_requested=true"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">form</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
to apply. Please note that this funding only covers flights and hotel accommodations, booked by our booking agents. This
<b>does not include reimbursement</b> for travel already booked.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you have not done so already, please let us know if you are able to attend the workshop
<b>as soon as possible</b> via this </span><a href="https://forms.gle/wdeakqJP1CCSpdkHA"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">RSVP/registration form</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.
There will be no registration fee, however <b>RSVP/registration is required for attendance</b>. We appreciate early RVSPs for workshop planning as well as in-person and virtual attendee limit purposes. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">As a reminder, a limited number of rooms have been blocked at
</span><a href="https://www.thehotelumd.com/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">The Hotel at the University of Maryland</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. The discounted
</span><a href="https://reservations.thehotelumd.com/book/dates-of-stay?groupID=4205169"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">group rate of $199 per night</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
(plus applicable taxes) is available to workshop attendees. <b>You must reserve your room no later than May 14, 2024
</b>in order to receive the special rate. More details about registration/RSVP and the hotel can be found on the
</span><a href="https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/ccmc-workshops/ccmc-2024-workshop/#accommodation"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">workshop website</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please contact Elana Resnick (</span><a href="mailto:elana.m.resnick@nasa.gov"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">elana.m.resnick@nasa.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">)
and cc Leila Mays (</span><a href="mailto:m.leila.mays@nasa.gov"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">m.leila.mays@nasa.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">) if you have questions about
the hotel and other logistics information.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We hope you will be able to participate.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Best Regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Masha Kuznetsova, Elana Resnick, Leila Mays, Chiu Wiegand & CCMC Team </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Jia Yue (he/him/his)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">ITM Research Scientist at CCMC Senior Scientist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Space Weather Lab, Code 674 Department of Physics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD Catholic University of America, DC
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sed/bio/jia.yue"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sed/bio/jia.yue</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Office: 301-286-1070 Cell: 970-213-5715
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