<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-m_8947214270386764390gmail-docs-internal-guid-254b04b6-7fff-90db-ae6a-fc722311905d"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Still a few days left to volunteer! No mandatory time commitment - answer data or software questions and/or share a recorded demo or one-pager related to making data or software more open and FAIR and we will promote it for you during the week of the event.</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="text-decoration-line:underline;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"><a href="https://forms.gle/KfdwZRHZH6CxEyUF9" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none">Volunteer</a></span><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"> to be a <span class="gmail-il">data</span> or software expert for the upcoming </span><a href="http://bit.ly/DataHelpEGU21" 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 <span class="gmail-il">Data</span> <span class="gmail-il">Help</span> <span class="gmail-il">Desk</span></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"> to be hosted during the first week of the 2021 European Geosciences Union General Assembly (</span><a href="https://www.egu21.eu/" 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">#vEGU21</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">: Gather Online; 19-23 April 2021). The <span class="gmail-il">Data</span> <span class="gmail-il">Help</span> <span class="gmail-il">Desk</span>, which is a program of </span><a href="http://esipfed.org/" 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">ESIP</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">, the European Geosciences Union (EGU), the American Geophysical Union (AGU), and their partners, connects </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">researchers with informatics experts familiar with their scientific domain to learn about skills and techniques that will <span class="gmail-il">help</span> further their research and make their <span class="gmail-il">data</span> and software more open and FAIR</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">. You can volunteer to take part in 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">Answer earth science <span class="gmail-il">data</span> (and software) questions (monitor platform and answer where you can);</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">Share a recorded demo (share a brief recorded demo 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">Share a one-pager 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/KfdwZRHZH6CxEyUF9" 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 5 April 2021. More details on how you can contribute are provided in the </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1wYyoHB-COUNRKP7fyxB5jzLwvasnz4vDbL3_qV6xmks/edit" 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">Volunteer Guidelines</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">. NOTE: You do not have to be attending vEU21 to take part in this event.</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/DataHelpEGU21" 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"><span class="gmail-il">Data</span> <span class="gmail-il">Help</span> <span class="gmail-il">Desk</span></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 again after several successful virtual and in-person events at society meetings over the last few years at the AGU Fall Meeting, EGU General Assembly, ESA Annual Meeting, Ocean Sciences Meeting, and more. Don't miss this chance to <span class="gmail-il">help</span> others with <span class="gmail-il">data</span>-related questions and to demo your tool or platform!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><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><a href="mailto:megancarter@esipfed.org" 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">megancarter@esipfed.org</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></span><div class="gmail-yj6qo"></div><div class="gmail-adL"><br></div></div>