<div dir="ltr">Dear CDF,<div><br></div><div>I'm writing to you about the opportunity to volunteer at the Open Science & Data Help Desk at AGU23. CDF members are often some of our most valuable contributors at these events, offering helpful answers to data and software-related questions and showcasing tools and resources from your organizations that researchers can leverage to enhance their work. You can join us again at AGU23 for time slots of 1-2 hours at a time. Please read on to learn more and do reach out if you have any questions (<a href="mailto:megancarter@esipfed.org">megancarter@esipfed.org</a>).<div>  <p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">The </span><a href="https://www.esipfed.org/data-help-desk-at-agu-2023" 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;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Open Science & Data Help Desk</span></a> <b>will be back</b><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline"> at the </span><a href="https://www.agu.org/Fall-Meeting" 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;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">2023 AGU Fall Meeting</span></a><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline"> (December 11-14</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;background-color:transparent;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline">) and <b>YOU can </b></span><b><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdGeUAnZ1pI1mnZh6CKIxKg4GY7dNTal51vMXZHmf3gtkDi2A/viewform?usp=sf_link" 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;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">volunteer</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"> as a data or so</span></b><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">ftware expert!</span></font></p><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;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><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;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">This program of the </span><a href="https://www.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;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"> and the American Geophysical Union (AGU), along with their partners, provides researchers with opportunities to engage with informatics experts in their domains. Through the last 20+ Help Desks, researchers have learned skills and techniques to further their research and make their data and software more open and FAIR. The Open Science & Data Help Desk coming up at AGU23 will again be staffed with experts from the Earth science informatics community to answer data-related questions and to demo useful resources and we encourage you to <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdGeUAnZ1pI1mnZh6CKIxKg4GY7dNTal51vMXZHmf3gtkDi2A/viewform" target="_bl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l resource gallery.</span></p></li></ol><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-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">To volunteer, please complete </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdGeUAnZ1pI1mnZh6CKIxKg4GY7dNTal51vMXZHmf3gtkDi2A/viewform?usp=sf_link" 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;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">this brief form</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, as soon as possible by Nov. 30, 2023. Learn more about specific options for participating </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1piRyCePvhrgPVWf30FVb5oIxHZKZ1DNVR_GENfCgSFU/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;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">here</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Note: you do not have to be registered for the AGU Fall Meeting to participate virtually. You do have to be registered to participate in-person.</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-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Over 20 virtual and in-person Data Help Desks have been held at professional meetings over the last several years, including at the AGU Fall Meeting, the GSA Annual Meeting, the ESA Annual Meeting, the European Geosciences Union General Assembly, the Ocean Sciences Meeting, and more. Don't miss this chance to help others with data and software-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"><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;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Questions?</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> 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;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">megancarter@esipfed.org</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p></div></div></div>