<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">Dear Data Readiness Cluster member,<br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">It was great to see some of you at the AGU Fall meeting last week in Chicago. Due to the upcoming holidays and other events, we will cancel the December cluster meeting scheduled for Tuesday and reschedule our January cluster meeting to <b>January 4th (Wednesday) at 4 pm Eastern time.</b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><b><br></b></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Also, I would like to invite you to welcome the ESIP Community Fellow who just joined to support the clu</font><font size="4">ster, Chhaya Kulkarni from the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Chhaya will be supporting the cluster in the coming year. So if you see her at ESIP January Meeting or our cluster monthly meeting, please make sure to give her a warm welcome to the group! (You can <a href="https://www.esipfed.org/merge/community-fellow-blog/welcome-2023-community-fellows">read more</a> about Chhaya and this cohort of the community fellow).</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">Meanwhile, please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">-Douglas</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Geneva,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Douglas Rao (he/him/his)</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666">Research Scientist</font></span><br></div></div><a href="http://www.ncsu.edu" target="_blank">North Carolina State University</a><br><a href="http://www.ncics.org" target="_blank">Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies (CISESS)</a><br><a href="http://www.ncei.noaa.gov" target="_blank">NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information</a><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Geneva,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">151 Patton Ave. Asheville, NC 28801</div></div><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Geneva,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit">+1.828.271.4903</span><br></div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="padding:var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero);border:var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero);font-size:0.975em;vertical-align:var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);outline:var(--artdeco-reset-base-outline-zero)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#666666">I work on a flexible work schedule and across a number of time zones. Apologies for any out of hours email.</font></span><br></div><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#666666"><font face="inherit"><span style="font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit">"</span></font>Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.” – <i>Dr. Jane Goodall</i></font></div></div></div></div></div>