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<p>Dear Users Group,</p>
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<p> Below are a few quick updates I wanted to pass along. As
usual, feel free to share them with anyone who might be
interested, and let me know if there is other information that
would be useful for the users.</p>
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<p> <b>JLab Alumni Group:</b> We have new linkedin and facebook
groups that JLab users and alumni can join; a first step in
providing connections with current and former JLab staff, users,
postdocs, and students. Search for "Jefferson Lab Alumni Group"
under either facebook or linkedin, and feel free to point former
users who you think might be interested in staying in touch or
acting as a mentor to students and postdocs at the lab.</p>
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<p> <b>DNP Executive Committee:</b> A quick reminder that
elections for the DNP executive committee are currently
underway. Since emails with instructions and your ballot ID
were sent out shortly before the Thanksgiving holiday, you may
have missed it.</p>
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<p> <b>Hadronic Physics Meetings</b>: Mark Manley and I are
trying to maintain a complete list of workshops and conferences
relevant to JLab users:</p>
<p> <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://cnr2.kent.edu/%7Emanley/BRAGmeetings.html">http://cnr2.kent.edu/~manley/BRAGmeetings.html</a></p>
<p> In particular, note that the APS Topical Group on Hadronic
Physics will meeting in Baltimore just before the April APS
meeting. If you have students or postdocs attending the APS, we
encourage you to have them come a couple days early for the GHP
meeting. The cost is minimal, and the talks provide a broad but
detailed view of hadronic physics, which we believe is extremely
valuable for younger scientists working at JLab and other
hadronic physics facilities.</p>
<p> Also, of course, the JLab Users Meeting on June 1-3. Please
send me your ideas for outside or keynote speakers for the
Meeting, as we have to contact these speakers earlier. Any
other ideas for making the meeting more useful are also welcome!</p>
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<p> <b>JSA Initiative Fund:</b> Many new and returning proposals
were approved by the JSA program committee. A few upcoming
deadlines and new proposals are mentioned below. For a full
list, see: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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href="http://www.jsallc.org/IF/IFProjects.html">http://www.jsallc.org/IF/IFProjects.html</a></p>
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<p> <small><font face="Arial">* The JSA is now accepting
nominations for the 2015 Outstanding Nuclear Physicist Award
to be presented at the Annual Users Group Meeting in June at
the Jefferson Lab. Deadline for submissions is February 2,
2015. See details and poster at: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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href="http://www.jsallc.org/IF/15ONPAward.html">http://www.jsallc.org/IF/15ONPAward.html</a></font></small></p>
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<p> * The JSA dissertation award and Postdoc research prize will
both have deadlines early in 2015. Keep an eye out for the
detailed announcements...</p>
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<p> * New proposals were approved to provide travel support for
users making visits to Capitol Hill as part of the Nuclear
Physics Day visits, support for a JLab Science Colloquium Series
(to support JLab-themed colloquia at institutions which may not
have a regular colloquium series), and a new International
Fellowships for HUGS. Again, keep an eye out for details on
these programs.</p>
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<p> Best Regards,</p>
<p> John</p>
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