<div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hi Everyone,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I hope you had a great weekend, and if you’re attending AGU (in person or virtually) I hope you have a great meeting!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I am writing to invite you to </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">save the date and</span><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItf-2prjkqHdCZGJsY74Zb9v1o2auXa906" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">register</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to participate</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> in a focus group as part of our UCAR President’s Strategic Initiative Fund project “Creating a cross-institution strategy to effectively engage with Latinx/Hispanic Communities,” on </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thursday, January 6th from 2:00-3:00pm MT</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Our last attempt to host this meeting didn’t work out, so we have selected a new day and time. Please register by Tuesday, Jan 4th.  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This focus group supplements the survey that was sent out back in November. (Thank you to everyone who participated in the survey!) Please note that even if you weren’t able to take the survey, you can still participate in the focus group. Your feedback will be anonymously compiled into a report by our evaluator.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Some of the goals for the focus group are to gather more insight on how you arrived at your position at NCAR/UCAR/UCP, increasing visibility of our institution, and the role of education and outreach in engaging with Latinx/Hispanic communities.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:rgb(255,255,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