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<div class=""><b class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;">GMT response to the Astro2020 launch</b></div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">You may have seen that the Astro2020 US Decadal Survey will be <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/-AMACgZ0N1iAOEBB0uNbesd?domain=aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com" originalsrc="https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/11-04-2021/pathways-to-discovery-in-astronomy-and-astrophysics-for-the-2020s-public-briefing" shash="z9sKoOM3cX+jHB0kghCDoFWF6nApjJW8GM35+xC4pZWiVD/HGt8IRVeXNZpL+5QwcqE2GJ8pUhOzZmaTssoNBE3nxZDseCO2UFUtyVCB7157xea7JqZQj/jEH+svUC/dyXKzhSnMjsphvO94t0DG1iU4Ceyb3rGeck97cL8z37U=" class="">released
on November 4</a> (November 5 in Australia). As the Giant Magellan Telescope Organisation (GMTO) and the US Extremely Large Telescope Program (US-ELTP) prepare for the release of Astro2020, they are asking Australian astronomers (as partners in GMT) for support
with their public messages. If you have a presence on social media, the official GMT social media accounts:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></font></div>
<blockquote class="" style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;"><span class="">Facebook: @GMTelescope,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/QztNCk81N9tO82wwWcQG5D4?domain=aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com" originalsrc="http://www.facebook.com/GMTelescope" shash="AD8SErNlUlFWKwwScZo6w8DcRxPB0Y7GVa8L29n3huLbTokWgpKRCcoLOBac3t3r2JmdKrGovWmMhzp6PvrGgnW/N0s+KwLNI9HYOGFoki3MKGMIAMv8iGza+V1O2ob4ZdefuoHcCG0qd85xsfl2FfsOLDR/lk6qr1jvZhNbq/4=" class="">http://www.facebook.com/GMTelescope</a><br class="">
<span class="">Instagram: @gmtelescope,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/f1TzCmO5glujByMMJHQbxvs?domain=aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com" originalsrc="https://instagram.com/gmtelescope" shash="X65KgG4OtfFRrivJKCb/EsXSAM9mSX5XZIzlZ+a7JtnQtlQCQAuBCX//qReeRD0NIoTGPq1ZZjAHxtXul2y7bn6dej0g354yxMWNm4p7eRwzbBd2hEyM7oW2Yxs2X9wOMOqoOMGSAzAooGoQUAPpm0PikNyLhyEy5PzSjYl6MSs=" class="">https://instagram.com/gmtelescope</a><br class="">
<span class="">LinkedIn:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/KrXjCoV1kpfrj2wwqFWHHMe?domain=aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com" originalsrc="https://www.linkedin.com/company/giantmagellantelescope" shash="KSFmxt+OoW+49XkbMdyZ4urqI9b7TDgz9gcIB6u38a8bOz6db++GULXhrzJuqc3xkSivxL/yKuoj+W5/FC6QIXSWRiO0o4mrqEXinJ3SZvXltTY5yZBMf5ebSvc5sYgFwEo5SXC5LD0/DVmUhqCrDEw+n64gXmLDuG0Kjy77sQA=" class="">https://www.linkedin.com/company/giantmagellantelescope</a><br class="">
<span class="">Twitter: @GMTelescope,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/PmbKCq71mwf8KY220UMUi4m?domain=aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com" originalsrc="http://twitter.com/GMTelescope" shash="b4gT+bZtun/tF3yWg/hV5eESv9rmFx82HtsV+XDJ2YvpWAtgkgrtRGBtz/wv6FQKzfc5zZqS18ya50Oiq0b6oImT9v19aasK566+qMlOuAqcxlJvqHj4tQ3fnPMVstz5oAmQyud/+GFDrdvTeRGZ7nzRci7Ad8uNv0d0inApHPM=" class="">http://twitter.com/GMTelescope</a></blockquote>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">GMTO will initially issue a holding </font>media <font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">statement on Nov 4, then an official response after the US-ELTP has reviewed the Astro2020
report. In between, the official GMT social media presence will be muted until the official US-ELTP response is issued. As the Australian GMT Board members and Founder representatives, we ask that any media inquiries on this topic are coordinated through<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>James
Giggacher at the ANU Media Office (<a href="mailto:James.Giggacher@anu.edu.au" class="">James.Giggacher@anu.edu.au</a></font><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">), who will be the single point of contact </font><span class="apple-converted-space">for Australian </span><span class="">media
requests and will be coordinating responses with the GMTO Media Office.</span></div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span class="">In other GMT news, Sarah Pearce, who is well-known to many of you and the new SKAO Telescope Director for Australia, has been appointed as the ANU member on the GMTO Board, where she joins Chris
Tinney, the AAL member. </span></div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span class=""><i class="">Matthew Colless (ANU Founders representative)</i></span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span class=""><i class="">Mark McAuley (AAL Founders representative) </i></span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span class=""><i class="">Sarah Pearce (ANU GMTO Board member)</i></span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span class=""><i class="">Chris Tinney (AAL GMTO Board member)</i></span></div>
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