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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear GPlates community,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The GPlates Community Forum will be held on **2 February 2026**, alongside the Australian Earth Science Convention (AESC) in Melbourne and supported by AuScope. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The forum is designed as a two-way conversation, bringing together the GPlates community — including both long-time users and those not yet engaged — to help shape where the GPlates family of products (GPlates,
pyGPlates, GPlately, GPlates Web Service and related tools) goes next.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Click here to register for the forum:
</span><span style="color:#1FA774"><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/_-_XCMwGxOtkMZlGZUwf4H8lxTm?domain=icmsaust.eventsair.com" title="https://icmsaust.eventsair.com/2026-australian-earth-sciences-convention-aesc-2026/fieldtrips-workshopsform/Site/Register"><span style="color:#1FA774">https://icmsaust.eventsair.com/2026-australian-earth-sciences-convention-aesc-2026/fieldtrips-workshopsform/Site/Register</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We genuinely want to hear your ideas, needs, priorities, and emerging use cases. If you’re unable to attend the forum in person, we’ve created a feedback form so you can still contribute your thoughts and have
your voice included. Please feel free to share anything you think would help make GPlates a better tool for the broader community. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Link to the feedback form is here:
</span><span style="color:#1FA774"><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/Hc0kCNLJyQUPDBR1BT4hKHyYkRN?domain=forms.gle" title="https://forms.gle/YtfBg3MmHdPdbHbq7"><span style="color:#1FA774">https://forms.gle/YtfBg3MmHdPdbHbq7</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">All input — whether shared at the forum or via the feedback form — will be read, discussed, and used to inform our future plans.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">If you have any questions, or would prefer to provide feedback via email, please feel free to contact me or anyone else from the GPlates team.
</span><span style="color:#1FA774"><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/02ViCOMKzVTZzKGoKtkiZHGZX8d?domain=gplates.org/" title="https://www.gplates.org/"><span style="color:#1FA774">https://www.gplates.org/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We’d very much value your input and hope you can be part of the conversation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">John</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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