<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dear IGS Community members,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thank you to those who joined us yesterday at our latest
Associate Member open meeting, discussing Analysis Center Coordination and
introducing the Call for Participation. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">If you were not able to attend the meeting, or would like to
view parts of the meeting again, we have made the meeting <b>recording available on the
IGS YouTube channel here: <a href="https://youtu.be/mhDKTJ7Ok3Q" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://youtu.be/mhDKTJ7Ok3Q</a>.</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The IGS Analysis Center Coordinator (ACC) Call for Participation
is attached, and available online here: <a href="https://bit.ly/igsacc2024" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://bit.ly/igsacc2024</a>.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Proposals to host the entire ACC effort are welcome, as are
proposals to host portions of the ACC in collaboration with other
institutions/agencies. Our current ACCs, Tom Herring (MIT) and Salim Masoumi
(GA) welcome your questions or comments about this topic via email: <a href="mailto:acc@igs.org" target="_blank" title="mailto:acc@igs.org" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">acc@igs.org</a>. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Best regards,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Allison and the IGS Central Bureau staff, on behalf of the IGS Analysis Center Coordinators.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_signature_prefix" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="gmail_signature_prefix" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">--</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"></p><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Allison B. Craddock</p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Director, International GNSS Service - Central Bureau</p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><br></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 5:27 PM IGS Central Bureau <<a href="mailto:cb@igs.org">cb@igs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Dear IGS Community,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">We are excited to announce the call for participation for new IGS Analysis Centre Coordinator (IGS ACC) candidates.<span> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">The current term for the IGS Analysis Centre Coordinators will conclude at the end of 2024. This marks the end of two terms (8 years) that Geoscience Australia and MIT have jointly served in this role, consistently providing a set of IGS combined products, in particular ultra-rapid, rapid, final and reprocessing orbits, clocks and ERPs.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">The current call and transition plan to a new ACC involve the transfer of responsibility from GA and MIT to the new host(s), as well as the transition of the ACC software and analysis products. Please refer to the attached document for the full version of the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/12_AYwG2CHOabQPvGDCGmG0A3UgZnkSKDtNn371YsFRA/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">“Call for participation”</a>, which provides a detailed introduction to the IGS ACC role, summary of resources and commitments required for the new ACC, minimum and preferred expectations from the new ACC, current status and plans for multi-GNSS ACC capabilities, an indicative timeline for the transition, and most importantly instructions for submitting a proposal to fill the role.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">As per the transition plan, we request that institutes interested in the IGS ACC role submit their proposals no later than<span> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:red">April 15, 2024</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">, to the IGS Central Bureau at<span> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:red"><a href="mailto:cb@igs.org" title="mailto:cb@igs.org" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank">cb@igs.org</a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">The current ACCs are available for consultation should potential interested organizations have questions not addressed in the call for participation document. Please contact<span> </span><a href="mailto:acc@igs.org" title="mailto:acc@igs.org" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank">acc@igs.org</a><span> </span>for any inquiries in this matter.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Best regards,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">The IGS Central Bureau, on behalf of Current ACCs Tom Herring and Salim Masoumi</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br></span></p></div>
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