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We would like to thank all of you that have so far provided comments and suggestions for the VCS-II proposal.</div>

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You can find the updated version of the proposal here:</div>

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<span class="x_ContentPasted1 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">If you have any additional comments or suggestions and if you wish to sign the proposal, please email us at: sparveri@temple.edu.</span></div>

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<span class="x_ContentPasted1 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px">We aim to finalize the document by Wednesday May 10<span style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0"><sup class="ContentPasted0">th</sup>.</span></span></div>

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kind regards,</div>

<span class="x_x_elementToProof x_ContentPasted1 ContentPasted0" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Nikos, Alex, Hamza,<span class="x_ContentPasted1 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="x_markwc325pbb1 x_ContentPasted1 ContentPasted0" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">Mark</span><span class="x_ContentPasted1 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"> </span>&

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