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<p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Dear colleagues,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Following on from our NCA and AAL emails over the past three weeks regarding the Minister’s decision not to pursue formal Australian membership of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), we indicated that work was underway
on a possible ‘Plan B’ to help secure ongoing access for our community to the facilities that are connected to this decision (large telescope access, optical instrumentation and the AAT).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;">We would now like to invite the Australian astronomy community to a virtual town hall meeting where we will present an outline of this draft Plan B and, importantly, provide an open forum for questions, comments, and discussion.
The aim of the session is to hear community feedback, understand priorities and concerns, and help shape the next steps as this work progresses.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The meeting is open to all interested members of the community, and contributions from across career stages and sub‑disciplines are very welcome. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Details of the Zoom call, including date, time and connection information, are provided below. </span><b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Attendees are required to register at the link provided.</span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Friday 8th May, 2.30pm in Sydney, </b></span><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/qpIJCD1vlpTnQRxlwTWf2TjjhYB?domain=science-org-au.zoom.us" id="OWAeb8b9a07-5011-913b-3fa5-e4902a89da17" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://science-org-au.zoom.us/meeting/register/FwbBnTPJT8-RSL099ilxsg" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666667px; margin: 0px;">https://science-org-au.zoom.us/meeting/register/FwbBnTPJT8-RSL099ilxsg</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;">We strongly encourage you to attend and to share this invitation with colleagues who may be interested. The meeting will be recorded and shared for those who are unable to attend.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;">With best wishes,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Sarah and Alex<br>
On behalf of NCA and AAL</span></p>
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<div>Head of School | School of Physics</div>
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