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<p>Dear Amber, Graham, all;</p>
<p>First of all, I would like to thanks Amber and the full team for
organize this conference in a such difficult time.<br>
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<p>I also support the move to 2022. In addition, as said by Marc
will be very important that the different important computing
conferences define their new schedule avoiding as much as possible
overlap. So will be very important that the different organize
committee work together to define new dates.<br>
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<p>Themed virtual workshops in 2021 should be encouraged.</p>
<p>Let's hope that in between a COVID vaccine is discovered,
produced and distributed worldwide, in a way that we can safety
restart to travel and have the usual nice conferences in person.</p>
Lucia
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 28/08/2020 15:28, Amber Boehnlein
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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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_BGiM1qxStCagGLeFA&d=DwMDaQ&c=CJqEzB1piLOyyvZjb8YUQw&r=5DZHcMcight_dBsf2ORS9yIAvdeaeNcwHFyhjzgr2qo&m=pqausEZlorcMFreG7uEM-p4kLzQpHnjZgdW_U90qq-I&s=CdNzEPHyD_yNadTG5ZL4NHnPyDYXultGOxNJWbAvvc4&e=" moz-do-not-send="true">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.
</span><o:p></o:p></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">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.
<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">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.
<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">Amber and
Graham<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"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:#0563C1">amber@jlab.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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