<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Dear
Colleague,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">During
the past several months, </span><span style="font-family:Arial">Larry Cardman,
Dennis Skopik and Kees de Jager have announced their desires to step down from
their positions as Associate Director for Physics, Deputy Associate Director
for Physics and Hall A Leader, respectively.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">At
this stage, we are posting their positions on the Jefferson Lab website, and we
</span><span style="font-family:Arial">will extend an opportunity to other
websites and journals to post these positions. </span><span style="font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I also have appointed a search committee with
a distinguished membership to conduct an international search and provide me
with final recommendations for all three positions. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The
committee will be co-chaired by Don Geesaman of Argonne National Laboratory and
Bob McKeown of Jefferson Lab. Members will be Curtis Meyer of Carnegie Melon
University, Shelley Page of the University of Manitoba, Matt Poelker of
Jefferson Lab, David Richards of Jefferson Lab and Susan Seestrom of Los Alamos
National Laboratory. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Our
initial task is to encourage people to apply for any of the positions for which
they feel they are suited. We would also like to hear from you about
people you think should be considered. In doing so, it is often useful to
ignore any apparent affinity potential applicants might have for their current
positions. We look forward to your help. The future of Jefferson Lab
experimental physics will be strongly affected by our success in replacing
these three individuals who have contributed so much.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">You
should feel that you can approach any member of the committee, the head of
Human Resources, Rhonda Barbosa or myself <span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>- in person, by telephone or by e-mail – with your
recommendations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Looking
forward to your participation, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Mont<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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