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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Hi all, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Earlier this year, GO FAIR U.S. hosted a <a href="https://gofair.us/news/2021-05-8-data-stewardship-ig-mtg.html" title="https://gofair.us/news/2021-05-8-data-stewardship-ig-mtg.html"><span style="color:#0563C1">FAIR Stewardship Interest
Group meeting</span></a>, which was attended by about 70 people. The purpose of the meeting was to start discussions around all things data stewardship-related, especially as it pertains to the larger FAIR community (needs related to training, overall skills,
job descriptions, and so on). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">One outcome of this meeting is the recent <a href="https://gofair.us/news/2021-09-09-announcing-fair-data-stewardship-listserv.html" title="https://gofair.us/news/2021-09-09-announcing-fair-data-stewardship-listserv.html"><span style="color:#0563C1">FAIR
Data Stewardship</span></a> listserv. This is meant to be an informal forum for the data stewardship community to connect, ask each other questions, network, share training opportunities, and so on. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">We feel that there's still an opportunity to keep the momentum going from that initial, well-attended meeting in April. We'd like to propose a quarterly Data Stewardship Interest Group meeting, where interested folks can meet, share,
discuss, and generally keep the conversation going. There's a <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.dtls.nl_about_community_interest-2Dgroups_data-2Dstewards-2Dinterest-2Dgroup_&d=DwMGaQ&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=gxUDECc4rZvpOJ5eYvQPC9Y2ZTjslIKcVgHXpb3OVEU&m=qfGzCVzqli-nR2LDP1M5zCyQrqAlPI5fPXrGvPkzpHo&s=not4u15RRuTzzoXiHBSiJ4REvMPKzIQC_aSsXl9rJXo&e=" title="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.dtls.nl_about_community_interest-2Dgroups_data-2Dstewards-2Dinterest-2Dgroup_&d=DwMGaQ&c=-35OiAkTchMrZOngvJPOeA&r=gxUDECc4rZvpOJ5eYvQPC9Y2ZTjslIKcVgHXpb3OVEU&m=qfGzCVzqli-nR2LDP1M5zCyQrqAlPI5fPXrGvP"><span style="color:#0563C1">similar
effort happening in the Netherlands</span></a>, which also meets semi-regularly. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Our question to all of you: is there any interest among you in helping organize and chair such a group? Please let us know--we'll be glad to help get things started and connect you with the GO FAIR US office for support. So far we
have one volunteer, and we’re looking for one or two more to share the effort. <o:p>
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<span style="color:black">Thanks so much, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Katie and Chris<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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