<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-bae34181-7fff-a4e2-e62e-477ae0721834"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Scientific Appointment Modernization (SAM) Co-Design Team is hosting three staff listening sessions to hear from staff during the Discovery Phase of the SAM initiative. These sessions will provide an opportunity for staff to share their experiences and perspectives regarding the current scientific appointment system. The Co-Design Team will use input provided at these sessions and the rest of the Discovery Phase to inform the initial design process that will take place in the subsequent Ideation Phase of SAM.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The sessions will be held virtually using zoom on the following dates. Use the following links to add a session to your calendar and attend the session with Zoom:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(56,58,66);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/eventedit/copy/NGUwbW9pbnBvMjVpZmQwajduMHFuZjg3OWggY18xODhlZ2hmOXJzZ2t1anByZzJnZG83djdlYzJxMDRnOGVsaG0yc2hlY2xpN2FAcmVzb3VyY2UuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(47,110,169);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Monday, September 27, 2 - 3:30 p.m.</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(56,58,66);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/eventedit/copy/MzRxODk1MzhmZXFhcWYxaDE3aDE1MDgxNGsgY18xODhlZ2hmOXJzZ2t1anByZzJnZG83djdlYzJxMDRnOGVsaG0yc2hlY2xpN2FAcmVzb3VyY2UuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(47,110,169);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wednesday, October 6, noon - 1:30 p.m. </span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(56,58,66);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt" role="presentation"><a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/eventedit/copy/N2Q5ZDJvZTJhZGJlYnJuaDc5MjdldDlya3QgY18xODhlZ2hmOXJzZ2t1anByZzJnZG83djdlYzJxMDRnOGVsaG0yc2hlY2xpN2FAcmVzb3VyY2UuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(47,110,169);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thursday October 14, 10 - 11:30 a.m.</span></a></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We invite all interested staff to attend at least one of these three sessions, in which they will be assigned into breakout rooms for small-group discussion based upon their job category. (Some categories will be further broken down by career stage to optimize group sizes for open discussion.)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">These sessions are being planned by the SAM Stakeholder Engagement and Communications (SEC) subteam of the Co-Design Team, which is made up of scientists from across NCAR and UCP. The SAM SEC subteam looks forward to engaging with staff in these sessions, which we think will be a valuable component of the SAM process.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please plan to attend one of these sessions for your valuable input to be heard!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks for your support, </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sarah Tessendorf and Mike Wiltberger</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SAM Co-Chairs</span></p></span><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">--</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">Sarah Tessendorf, Ph.D. (she/her/hers)</span><br><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">Project Scientist</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">National Center for Atmospheric Research</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">Research Applications Laboratory</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">3090 Center Green Drive</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">Boulder, CO 80301</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">303-497-2708 (office)</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto">303-497-8386 (fax)</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto"><a href="mailto:saraht@ucar.edu" target="_blank">saraht@ucar.edu</a></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto"><br></div></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;text-align:-webkit-auto"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">My working day may not be your working day. Please do not feel obliged to reply to this email outside of your normal working hours.</span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>