<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-922eb672-7fff-906e-40c3-f7bb3409a2ae"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear Everyone,</span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This email serves as a reminder that the <i><b>Pleiades Awards application round closes at 5pm (AEDT) on Friday, 10th February 2023!</b> </i></span></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><i><b>The Pleiades Awards application requires a draft of the application to be circulated to all staff and post-graduate students at least two weeks in advance of submission. </b></i> We trust that this has, or is occurring and the ASA-IDEA Chapter Steering Committee is encouraging you to actively engage with your organisation’s application. </span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><i><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We note that the application process, including a process for assessing unsolicited additional information, is detailed in the</span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Ff-QCOMKzVTAKwPmWUEXPgX?domain=asa-idea.org" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Pleiades Awards: Instruction for Applicants document</span></a></b></i><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><i><b>.</b></i> </span><i><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To simplify the submission of unsolicited information, we now provide a</span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Vs7zCP7LAXf4xZDEpf0pFH2?domain=docs.google.com" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Google form</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> that allows for anonymous feedback.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></b></i></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please see the</span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/b0jYCQnMBZf6W9Dj0FMb_aq?domain=asa-idea.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">IDEA Chapter website</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for more information on the awards and important dates:</span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/YF0wCROND2urLQKq2fOn-xB?domain=asa-idea.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://asa-idea.org/the-pleiades-awards/application-instructions/</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.  Any questions can be sent to: </span><a href="mailto:asa.ideastronomy@gmail.com" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">asa.ideastronomy@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color:rgb(25,22,95);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Pleiades Awards scheme aims to encourage organisations to promote equity and inclusion of all people, and to actively support currently marginalised groups (including those of diverse ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, religions, and disabilities). </span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Key components to achieving the goal of equity and inclusion within an organisation include adopting practices that promote awareness of unconscious bias, encourage full participation of a diverse population of people at all levels of professional life, and highlight the importance of work-life balance. The ASA-IDEA Chapter believes that transparency and communication within organisations are key to achieving this goal.</span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We look forward to receiving and reviewing the </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Pleiades Awards </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">applications with </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">results announced in mid-May 2023. </span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you for engaging with the ASA-IDEA Chapter.</span></span></font></p><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">


















</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span>Kind regards,<span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">

</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span>Devika Kamath<span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">

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