<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><b>Special request from AGU HQ to the Earth and space science research community</b></div><div><br></div><div>From: Mike Liemohn, SPA President-Elect (<a href="mailto:liemohn@umich.edu">liemohn@umich.edu</a>)</div><div><br></div><div>The American Geophysical Union has joined the lawsuit against the firing of probationary employees at federal agencies. <span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Here’s a link to the press release about AGU joining the lawsuit:</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://news.agu.org/press-release/agu-joins-suit-supporting-fired-federal-employees/&source=gmail-imap&ust=1741828122000000&usg=AOvVaw1ajSK2g2MriRmyDQFqhMvN" style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">https://news.agu.org/press-release/agu-joins-suit-supporting-fired-federal-employees/</a></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">AGU is</span> asking for your assistance to help them capture the <i>large-scale</i> harm due to these firings (i.e., beyond stories of individual employees or scientists), as well the societal harm from the disruption to federal grant funding. They<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> have a survey specifically asking you to share these impacts. AGU will use this input in a variety of ways, but definitely for their input to decision makers and in their contributions to the lawsuit. You can choose to share your name or submit your contribution anonymously. AGU will provide their supporting brief to the lawsuit by next week; therefore, the sooner you provide input the better (by Monday 3/10 would be most helpful). </span></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </span><br><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://forms.monday.com/forms/f553b2ba8138c257cd61e430b7aeb754?r%3Duse1&source=gmail-imap&ust=1741828122000000&usg=AOvVaw1pZT5gnbV4vqy3gnqRd79S">https://forms.monday.com/forms/f553b2ba8138c257cd61e430b7aeb754?r=use1</a></span><br><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Thanks in advance for all your input; AGU appreciates it very much.</div></div></div></body></html>