<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4">In recent days, the Chair of NSAC, Don Geesaman, received the attached charge from the Office of Science of DOE and from NSF.<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4">We expect to be participating strongly in the development of the NSAC response. Many of our staff and users should expect to become involved at different levels, depending on the approach NSAC decides to take.<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4">Don Geesaman is, of course, taking input on all possible aspects.<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4">With Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4">Mont<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"></font></o:p></div></body></html>