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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear CHEP IAC,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Greetings!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jefferson Lab has a new events coordinator on staff, Anita Seay. Her first action was to negotiate with the hotels and the city of Norfolk about the possibilities concerning CHEP2021. The negotiating position
is much stronger now than in May. The City of Norfolk and the hotels are making a recommendation to the hotels’ corporate offices of moving the conference without penalty to either Spring or Fall of 2022 if we can sign a contract that commits to an event
in Norfolk in 2022 at the original number of attendees.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This is not the standard process for selecting the next CHEP, I know. Unusual times call for unusual actions. However, please let us know if you concur or not with the prospective date change
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://forms.gle/BGiM1qxStCagGLeFA">https://forms.gle/BGiM1qxStCagGLeFA</a>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt"> If a quorum of you do, and the corporate offices agree, Graham, Anita and I will submit an updated proposal to this body and we can discuss dates.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We can then discuss what to do about 2021 as well. I like the idea of Regional virtual ‘CHEPinos’ with maybe some abbreviated ‘plenary’ format.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The alternative is to proceed with the planning for an in-person CHEP2021 for reasons I’ll explain when we next meet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you so much, and we request a response by Sept 1.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Amber and Graham<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Amber Boehnlein <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Computational Sciences and Technology Division Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">CIO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:amber@jlab.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">amber@jlab.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">7572697622</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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