<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear IGS Colleagues, <div class="">kindly remember to submit your IGS Associate Membership applications by the end of this week. Current as well as prospective new Associate Members should complete the application form, located here:<div class=""><a href="https://connect.igs.org/associate-members" class="">https://connect.igs.org/associate-members</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 30, 2015, at 5:28 PM, Neilan, Ruth E (3300) <<a href="mailto:ruth.e.neilan@jpl.nasa.gov" class="">ruth.e.neilan@jpl.nasa.gov</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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(Apologies for any cross postings!)</div>
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Dear IGS GB Members, Former GB Members, current IGS Associate Members, and IGSMail recipients- </div>
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Tim Springer of ESA/ESOC is the IGS Associate Membership Committee Chair – and he will review the process and the applications with Steve Fisher and the Central Bureau for 2016. </div>
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Please go to this weblink below and input your information. With the new IGS website – we would like each of you to please provide your current information so that we can manage the information in the new database at <a href="http://IGS.ORG" class="">IGS.ORG</a>. </div>
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Please do this by<b class=""> November 12.</b></div>
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The link is here:</div>
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<a href="https://connect.igs.org/associate-members" class="">https://connect.igs.org/associate-members</a></div>
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And this applies to <b class=""><i class="">all</i></b> IGS – the Governing Board, the Former GB members, the current Associate Members and any new applicants. </div>
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For the GB Members - - can you please ensure that any members on your Working Groups or Projects apply? </div>
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The current Associate Member list is here for reference (more than 300 experts):</div>
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<a href="http://igs.org/about/am" class="">http://igs.org/about/am</a></div>
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Many thanks – and the elections will be upcoming – another message on that very soon. </div>
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Michael Coleman – the Clock Products Coordinator from NRL, successor to Ken Senior, has graciously agreed to mange the elections – he will be assisted by Chuck Meertens and Urs Hugentobler, and the Central Bureau. </div>
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And so just to let you know:</div>
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<font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">The positions opening this year via election by Associates are: </font></div>
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<li class=""><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">Tim Springer - Analysis Representative - two terms - so termed out for </font><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">now, at least a year</span></li><li class=""><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">Shailen Desai - Analysis Representative - one term – eligible for a second </font><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">term if nominated</span></li><li class=""><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">Kevin Choi - Analysis Coordinator - proposed to be succeeded by Tom Herring, MIT, </font><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">if (and no doubt) to be approved by IGS GB</span></li></ul>
<div class=""><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" class="">K</font><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" class="">indest regards and Happy Halloween!</span></div>
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<div style="font-size: 14px; " class="">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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