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Hi all:</div>
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We are looking to schedule a one-day, in-person, all-hands meeting for the faculty involved in DesignSafe Use Cases, plus relevant DesignSafe/TACC staff. This will allow us to best discuss paths forward for the use cases and other DesignSafe activities.</div>
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We are looking at scheduling something on Tues or Thursday in Oct, Nov, or Dec, but sooner would be better. One of the dates is the day before the SimCenter symposium, which is taking place at TACC on November 4.</div>
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Please fill out the poll below by Thursday, August 18 regarding your availability to attend the meeting in person in Austin.</div>
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<span style="margin:0px"><b><span style="margin:0px">Ellen M. Rathje, Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE </span></b></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">Janet S. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering </span></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">Director,<span> </span></span></span><a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px; color:rgb(5,99,193)">DesignSafe</span></span><span style="margin:0px"></span></a><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span> </span>Cyberinfrastructure
for Natural Hazards Research </span></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering </span></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">University of Texas at Austin </span></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">Phone: 512-232-3683 </span></span></p>
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