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Hi all,</div>
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Just a reminder about the <a href="https://wiki.esipfed.org/Biological_Data_Standards_Cluster" title="https://wiki.esipfed.org/Biological_Data_Standards_Cluster" id="OWAe7bc331c-1cac-19f5-7599-dcd91595b75e" class="OWAAutoLink">
ESIP Biological Data Standards (BDS) cluster</a> meeting:</div>
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<li style="list-style-type: disc;"><span>This Thursday, Nov. 2 at 2 pm ET/11 am PT. </span></li><li style="list-style-type: disc;"><b class="ContentPasted1" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;">Zoom Meeting:</b><span class="ContentPasted1" style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87392729191?pwd=UzdUMWFIenBGMUF5eG1PYjNZMytYdz09" id="OWA9f38d08b-1663-5a72-afb7-1157836a63b8" class="OWAAutoLink">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87392729191?pwd=UzdUMWFIenBGMUF5eG1PYjNZMytYdz09</a></span></li><ul style="list-style-type: circle;">
<li style="">Meeting ID: 873 9272 9191 </li><li style="">Passcode: 708422<span class="ContentPasted0" style="font-family: Lato, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; display: inline !important; color: rgb(33, 37, 41);"> </span></li></ul>
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The agenda is:</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Introductions to re-orient the cluster to one another (5-10 min)</span>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">What do people hope to get out of the cluster?</span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Cluster Logistics (10 min)</span>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Reminder of open co-chair position</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.1em; font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="ContentPasted2">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Standing item of introductions for new people</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.1em; font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="ContentPasted2">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Add monthly summaries to Slack to describe what cluster is about</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.1em; font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="ContentPasted2">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Agenda for next few months</span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Updates from other clusters (5-10 min)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0in 0in 0in -0.25in; font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="ContentPasted2">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">January Meeting Session ideas (15 min)</span>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Proposal due Nov 13</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.1em; font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="ContentPasted2">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Work session on Primer Guidelines</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.1em; font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="ContentPasted2">
<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Last year we got some input from people who don’t normally attend the cluster</span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Updates from the TDWG / GEO BON eDNA connect meeting (15 min)</span></li></ol>
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<span style="display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted3">The agenda is also published on the<span class="ContentPasted3"> </span></span><a href="https://wiki.esipfed.org/Biological_Data_Standards_Cluster/BDS_cluster_agendas" title="https://wiki.esipfed.org/Biological_Data_Standards_Cluster/BDS_cluster_agendas" style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" id="OWAee46146f-6f6f-9127-657d-cbd1dda72ede" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted3">BDS
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See you soon!</div>
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