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A reminder that the 2026 Data Central User Preferences Survey is open! </div>
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The survey will close on Friday, and we are keen to hear from as many people as possible.</div>
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<b>From: </b>ASA <asa-bounces@mailman.sydney.edu.au> on behalf of Simon O'Toole <simon.otoole@mq.edu.au><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, 12 August 2026 at 11:07<br>
<b>To: </b>Astronomical Society of Australia <asa@mailman.sydney.edu.au><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[ASA] Have Your Say on the Future of Data Central!<br>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>It’s time again to have your say in the future of the Data Central Science Platform!</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">We periodically ask users to take part in a survey that we use to shape the future direction of Data Central and the services we provide. We have folded many of the suggestions
from last year’s survey into our current roadmap and milestones.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">We would really appreciate it if you could fill out the 2026 Data Central User Preferences Survey (here
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and forward this to any of your teams that are not members of the ASA.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">This will help to improve Data Central, but also the services we provide including ADACS software support. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Responses will be reviewed by the Data Central Users Committee in October.</span></p>
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Thanks!</div>
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Simon</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="mailto:simon.otoole@mq.edu.au" data-outlook-id="4a5f75b3-fd0a-4fe6-8de5-eaf792f88fb5" style="color: black;"><b>Simon O'Toole</b></a></span><span style="color: rgb(176, 176, 176);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(224, 224, 224);">•</span><span style="color: rgb(176, 176, 176);"> <a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/1n0FCP7LAXfZ4qKAoh0hlXhxj6fr?domain=rds.org.au/" data-outlook-id="41a00fc0-30fa-4743-8cfd-909c044733ef" style="color: rgb(176, 176, 176);">Head
of Research Data & Software</a><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/p-R_CQnMBZf96mk43uMi9DhGnTGX?domain=datacentral.org.au/" data-outlook-id="1b24af7c-17db-49e1-8bfe-3914e7e95cf8" style="color: rgb(176, 176, 176);"> •
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Astronomical Optics,</a></span><span style="color: rgb(176, 176, 176);"> <a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/fitqCVARKgCXl1xj5UQtrWhE2__P?domain=mq.edu.au/" data-outlook-id="4cabfbad-e981-4bc7-8303-369dd9c0f915" style="color: rgb(176, 176, 176);">
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