<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-gE gmail-iv gmail-gt" style="font-size:0.875rem;padding:20px 0px 0px;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><table cellpadding="0" class="gmail-cf gmail-gJ" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:0px;width:auto;font-size:0.875rem;display:block"><tbody style="display:block"><tr class="gmail-acZ" style="display:flex;height:auto"><td class="gmail-gF gmail-gK" style="white-space:nowrap;padding:0px;vertical-align:top;width:352px;line-height:20px;display:block;max-height:20px"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div id="gmail-:6lm" style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail-qQVYZb"></div><div class="gmail-utdU2e"></div><div class="gmail-lQs8Hd"></div><div class="gmail-wl4W9b" style="display:flex"></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail-aHl" style=""></div><div id="gmail-:6ly" tabindex="-1"></div><div id="gmail-:6lo" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt" style="direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:0.875rem;overflow-x:hidden"><div id="gmail-:6ln" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aiL" style="direction:initial;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;overflow:auto hidden"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">*** Apologies for cross-posting ***</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear Colleagues,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In two weeks, on </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">25</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-weight:700;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">September 2024</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, the DataCite Community Meeting will take place. Make sure you register for the sessions you want to attend! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Register here: </span><a href="https://datacite.org/events/category/datacite_annual_community_meeting/datacite-community-meeting-2024/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://datacite.org/events/category/datacite_annual_community_meeting/datacite-community-meeting-2024/</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Barlow,sans-serif;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-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