<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" id="m_263640537250094247m_1716998653541742856m_-2434501531534723297gmail-docs-internal-guid-7bda7cff-7fff-b7d7-3d64-4239fc314b5a" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear IGS Community Members,</span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This is a reminder for those who did not attend or could not attend the </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">2026 IGS Symposium and Workshop in Santiago (Chile) to please fill out the short survey (link below) to help us better understand the reasons for non-attendance for future workshop planning.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-variant:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">We kindly ask you to submit your responses by </span><span style="font-variant:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">the 15th of July 2026</span><span style="font-variant:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"></span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-variant:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-variant:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:12pt;vertical-align:baseline">👉 </span><a href="https://forms.gle/PPvBiaPYB7mRYKRe8" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;white-space:normal;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://forms.gle/PPvBiaPYB7mRYKRe8</span></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Your feedback is extremely valuable, particularly for improving accessibility, participation, and regional engagement in future IGS events.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you very much for your time and consideration.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-variant:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">With best regards,</span><span style="font-variant:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="font-variant:normal;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">IGS Central Bureau</span></p><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 30, 2026 at 8:28 PM Mara Figueroa Berroca <<a href="mailto:mara.figueroa@igs.org" target="_blank">mara.figueroa@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 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt" id="m_263640537250094247m_1716998653541742856m_-2434501531534723297gmail-docs-internal-guid-7bda7cff-7fff-b7d7-3d64-4239fc314b5a"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear IGS Community Members,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We hope you are doing well.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As the Secretariat of the IGS, the IGS Central Bureau is committed to ensuring that all interested members of the IGS community have the opportunity to participate in all IGS events, such as the 2026 IGS Symposium and Workshop in Santiago (Chile).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To help us better understand the reasons for non-attendance, we kindly invite everyone who did not or could not attend this event to fill out the following short survey. In particular, we would greatly appreciate feedback from members of the </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SIRGAS community</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, as one of the main goals of this workshop was to strengthen engagement and participation from colleagues in the region.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The survey takes approximately </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">5 minutes</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to complete:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">👉 </span><a href="https://forms.gle/PPvBiaPYB7mRYKRe8" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://forms.gle/PPvBiaPYB7mRYKRe8</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We kindly ask you to submit your responses by </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">the 15th of July 2026</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In addition, please note that the <b>event materials, recordings, and photos will be made available soon on the IGS Website.</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Your feedback is extremely valuable, particularly for improving accessibility, participation, and regional engagement in future IGS events.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you very much for your time and consideration.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">With best regards,</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">IGS Central Bureau</span></p>

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