<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear IGS Community Member,</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Central Bureau is pleased to announce that we will begin the first phase of upgrading the IGS website this month. This upgrade is the result of significant community feedback, and will feature a number of improvements including a new navigation bar, enhanced network map, and more secure file transfer/download. During this transition, we will be migrating our entire digital infrastructure to a more secure cloud service. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Services will not be accessible starting: 18 March 2020 17:00 UTC</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Services are expected to resume on or before:  </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">21 March 2020 17:00 UTC</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Services impacted by this downtime include:</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></font></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><b>IGS.org website</b><span></span></font></span></li><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">GS Data and Products will continue to be available, without interruption, from our Global Data Centers at this time. </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></font></li></ul></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">CDDIS:  <a href="ftp://cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gnss/products/">ftp://cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gnss/products/</a><span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">IGN:    <a href="ftp://igs.ensg.ign.fr/pub/igs/products/">ftp://igs.ensg.ign.fr/pub/igs/products/</a><span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">SIO:    <a href="ftp://garner.ucsd.edu/pub/products/">ftp://garner.ucsd.edu/pub/products/</a><span></span></font></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in"><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">IGS CB Real-Time caster and services provided by UCAR are expected to be unaffected by this change. <span></span></font></span></li></ul></ul><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><b>Site Log Manager (SLM)<span></span></b></font></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><b>FTP services </b><span></span></font></span></li><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">ALL FTP access to <a href="ftp://ftp.igs.org">ftp://ftp.igs.org</a> will be permanently terminated and replaced with a secured <a href="https://ftp.igs.org/">https://ftp.igs.org</a>. </font></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Data, content, and directory hierarchy will remain unchanged. Please ensure to update your scripts and programs to note the change.<span></span></font></span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><b>All “@<a href="http://igs.org">igs.org</a>” or “@<a href="http://lists.igs.org">lists.igs.org</a>” Mailing Lists <span></span></b></font></span></li><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">This includes: IGSmail, working groups, committees, etc.<span></span></font></span></li></ul></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span><font color="#000000"> </font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">We will send an announcement once these resources are available again via IGSmail and via social media on twitter (</font></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://twitter.com/igsorg">https://twitter.com/igsorg</a>)</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Please direct any questions or concerns to: <a href="mailto:cb@igs.org">cb@igs.org</a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Many thanks for your kind understanding, and we look forward to providing you with an improved IGS.org user experience!</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Best regards,</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">the IGS Central Bureau</font></span></p></div></div></div>