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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>26 March 2013<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You were recently invited to attend the EarthCube Modeling Workshop for Geosciences, April 22-23, 2013 in Boulder, CO. As a member of the modeling community even if you have not registered, we strongly urge you to participate in the associated NSF funded social science study. <span style='color:black'>This study of the multi-disciplinary research and cyber support associated with EarthCube – now and over time – will better enable success across the earth sciences. It has the potential to be a groundbreaking study tracing how very complex communities such as ours advance to tackle the “grand challenge” and associated research questions facing our field.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>We are writing to request your participation in this research by completing the on-line survey which is at:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><a href="http://sgiz.mobi/s3/R2-EarthCube-Stakeholder-Consent-Community-Modeling">http://sgiz.mobi/s3/R2-EarthCube-Stakeholder-Consent-Community-Modeling</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Participation in the survey is voluntary and all responses will be kept confidential. It is important to have as many workshop invitees as possible complete the survey before the workshop (even those invited, but who are unable to attend). At the workshop, we will share preliminary survey responses. The survey is comprehensive and takes about 25-30 minutes to complete.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You may have completed other surveys in advance of the workshop, but this is different and as important. If you have questions about the survey or other aspects of the research on “stakeholder alignment for EarthCube,” you can contact the PI, Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, at 217-979-2771 or<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:joelcg@illionois.edu"><span style='color:windowtext'>joelcg@illionois.edu</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>After the meeting, the researchers may follow-up with a much shorter post-workshop survey.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As you know, our field is large and very complex in its makeup and that makes it all the more important to capture your views so that our interests will be documented and so that our needs can be best addressed.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Workshop registration is currently open (See: <a href="http://geodynamics.org/cig/community/workshops/Earthcube13/e3index.html">http://geodynamics.org/cig/community/workshops/Earthcube13/e3index.html</a> ). We look forward to coming together at the Workshop.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for your consideration.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lorraine<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On behalf of:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#0F243E'>__________________________________________________________</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#0F243E'> <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#0F243E'>Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#0F243E'>, </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#0F243E'>Professor</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#0F243E'> <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#0F243E'>School of Labor and Employment Relations, 223A</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#0F243E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#0F243E'>University of Illinois<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#0F243E'>504 East Armory Avenue</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#0F243E'> <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#0F243E'>Champaign, IL 61820</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#0F243E'> <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#0F243E'>217/333-1454 (office)</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#0F243E'> <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#0F243E'>217/979-3771 (cell)</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#0F243E'> <br><i><a href="mailto:joelcg@illinois.edu"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#0F243E'>joelcg@illinois.edu</span></a></i></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0F243E'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#FF3300'><a href="http://www.ler.illinois.edu/alumni/givenow.html"><b><span style='color:#FF3300'>Invest in LER</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#3B5DA4'>************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#3B5DA4'>Lorraine Hwang, Ph.D.</span></b><span style='color:#0099CC'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#365F91'>Associate Director</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#365F91'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#365F91'>Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#365F91'>2215A EPS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#365F91'>One Shields Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#365F91'>Davis, CA 95616<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#365F91'>w: 530.752.3656<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#365F91'>e: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'><a href="mailto:ljhwang@ucdavis.edu"><span style='color:blue'>ljhwang@ucdavis.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><a href="http://www.geodynamics.org/cig"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.geodynamics.org/cig</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#025B04'>Conserve </span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Webdings;color:#007F00'>P</span><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#025B04'> Print Sparingly</span></b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif";color:green'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>