<div dir="ltr"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://forms.gle/j1WVcW1Eo9mdgbfr8" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none">Volunteer</a></span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> by 10/9 to be a Data Expert for the </span><a href="http://bit.ly/DataHelpGSA20" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Virtual Data Help Desk at GSA 2020</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, to be hosted during the week of </span><a href="https://community.geosociety.org/gsa2020/home" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">GSA 2020 Connects Online</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (October 26th-October 30th, 2020)</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. This event, which is a program of <a href="http://earthcube.org/">EarthCube</a>, <a href="https://www.esipfed.org/">ESIP</a>, and the <a href="https://community.geosociety.org/geoinformaticsdivision/home">GSA Geoinformatics & Data Science Division</a>) connects </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">researchers with informatics experts familiar with their scientific domain to learn about skills and techniques that will help further their research and make their data and software open and FAIR</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">YOU can volunteer to take part in one or more of the following ways:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:decimal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Answer data questions</b> (monitor question forums and answer where you can during the week of October 26th)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:decimal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Share a recorded demo</b> of a tool or resource (ideally <5 min)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:decimal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Share a one-pager</b> about your tool or resource</span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To volunteer, please complete </span><a href="https://forms.gle/j1WVcW1Eo9mdgbfr8" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">this brief form</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> as soon as possible by October 9th. Learn more about specific options for participating </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/11REYVLDJ-8lEde1H1Kcj5Dep0nn5Gs3ehITiXNlPzxE/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The </span><a href="http://bit.ly/DataHelpGSA20" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Data Help Desk</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> is happening virtually for the second time after several successful (mostly in-person) events at professional meetings over the last few years, including AGU Fall Meeting, the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, the Ocean Sciences Meeting, the EGU General Assembly, and more. <b>Don't miss this chance to help others with data-related questions and to demo your tool or platform!</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> <br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Questions?</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Contact </span><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:megancarter@esipfed.org" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none">megancarter@esipfed.org</a>.</span></p></div>