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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:30.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear CODATA members; Dear
Participants in CODATA activities (Task Groups, Working Groups and other
initiatives); Dear Colleagues in the CODATA Community;</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:30.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A virtual CODATA General
Assembly is being convened on 15 December 2020, 11:00-13:00 UTC. Please find
the related letter from the CODATA President Barend Mons attached. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:30.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To join the Virtual General
Assembly as an observer, please register for GoToWebinar using the following
link: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2613823224107663631"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00c2ff">https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2613823224107663631</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The first purpose of the virtual General Assembly will be to
review the outcomes of the matters for voting. These include constitutional
changes recommended by the Officers and Executive Committee (as outlined in the
appendix to the letter from the CODATA President); and approval of proposed
composition of the Nominating Committee. All these matters for voting will be
handled via an online voting platform ahead of the virtual General Assembly.
Delegates to the virtual General Assembly received detailed information on the
matters for voting and have been invited to cast their votes. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The second purpose of the virtual General Assembly will be to
provide an opportunity to update the delegates and membership on CODATA’s
activities and achievements in 2020 and to highlight key activities and dates
in 2021.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:30.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Draft Agenda for 15
December: </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">11:00 - 11:02 Housekeeping
for Webinar and Virtual GA (Simon Hodson)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">11:02 - 11:05 Opening
the Virtual GA (Barend Mons)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">11:05 - 11:15 Short
Statement of the Matters for Voting and the Voting Results (Bonnie Carroll)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">11:15 - 12:10 <b>Highlights
from 2020</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Decadal Programme Progress
(Simon Hodson)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">UNESCO Recommendation on
Open Science (Simon Hodson)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Report from the FAIR
Convergence Symposium</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Task Group, Working Group
and Project Highlights</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Data Science Journal (Mark
Parsons)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">CODATA Connect Early Career
Group (Shaily Gandhi and Felix Enyiam)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Data Policy Committee (Mark
Leggott)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">National Committees Activity
(Ernie Boyko and Bonnie Carroll)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Finance
and Membership Report (John Broome)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Questions and comments</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">12:10 - 12:20 <b>Vision
for CODATA</b> (Barend Mons)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Data
Together</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Questions
and comments</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">12:20 - 12:40 <b>The
Year Ahead</b> (Simon Hodson)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Decadal Programme Next Steps</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Global Open Science Cloud</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Review of CAS Earth Data
Policy</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Call for TGs (for action)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Nominations for ExComm (for
action) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">IDW 2021 (Seoul, Nov 2021),
call for sessions, call for papers (for action)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">12:40 - 13:00 Q&A,
Discussion (Barend Mons)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:30.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are looking forward to
‘see you’ during the virtual GA. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:30.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Best regards, </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:30.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Asha Law on behalf of Hana
Pergl, CODATA Secretariat</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">International (Virtual) FAIR
Convergence Symposium, 27 Nov, 30 Nov-4 Dec: </span></b><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/international-fair-convergence-symposium-registration-105931185026">Register</a> | <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ypREvrzo5E-k3wxoCCC_xMNVLtWH4NIJ/view">Programme
Overview</a> and <a href="https://conference.codata.org/FAIRconvergence2020/programme/">Full
Programme</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Open Science for
a Global Transformation:</span></b><span style="color:black"> <a href="https://codata.org/open-science-for-a-global-transformation-call-for-papers-for-a-special-collection-in-data-science-journal/">Call
for Papers for a Special Collection in Data
Science Journal in relation to the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Data for Resilient Cities
Podcast Series: </span></b><span style="color:black"><a href="https://codata.org/initiatives/strategic-programme/codata-connect/cag-cept-and-codata-podcast-series-on-data-for-resilient-cities/">CAG-CEPT and
CODATA Podcast Series</a> | <a href="https://crdf.org.in/podcast/data-for-resilient-cities">Subscribe</a> | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dataforresilientcities">SoundCloud</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Register for CODATA Connect
Webinar:</span></b><span style="color:black"><span style="word-spacing:0px"> </span><a href="https://codata.org/register-now-webinar-on-better-software-better-data-handling/">Shoaib
Sufi, Software Sustainability Institute on 'Better Software, Better
Data Handling’, Friday 20 November, 15:00-16:00 UTC</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">UN Data Forum Session
'Multi-Stakeholder Data Bridges - making data work
for cross-domain grand challenges’:</span></b><span style="color:black"> <a href="https://vimeo.com/465263347">Pre-Recorded
Session</a> in <a href="https://ve.attendify.com/index/e19y30/s_e19y30/schedule/9yx2dgHJCUx0XFsM09/9yx6rE0JWGcUiEIChV">UN
Data Forum Attendify</a> | <a href="https://vimeo.com/469702557">Recording
of Live Discussion Session</a> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://codata.org/october-2020-publications-in-the-data-science-journal/"><b>October
2020 publications</b></a> in the <a href="https://datascience.codata.org/">CODATA Data Science Journal</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">___________________________<br>
Asha Law | Program Assistant, CODATA | <a href="http://www.codata.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">http://www.codata.org</span></a></span></p>
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