<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">(Cross-posting on behalf of John and Violeta, below. Please forward).<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><br>Dear Colleagues:<br><br>Please continue to try and stay safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and follow the guidelines of your local health authorities. <br><br>Due to the travel restrictions and uncertainty about the year, we’ve decided not to host the FORCE11 conference in 2020. Instead, we will visit the lovely Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, October 18-20, 2021. <b>Please save the date.</b><br><br>You can look forward to another rich and wide-ranging program on the future of research communication – which will certainly look different when we look back on our current crisis.<br><br>Stay in touch with your FORCE11 colleagues in the meantime, and start talking about how your work and research are changing, on the FORCE11 <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fforce11slack.herokuapp.com%2F&data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C38535df46cbe4ac4ef3a08d7e16f5269%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=bXOJLZBFnu%2BJ5SucSsHCRcANKMW83lnFimpPfsQuLhU%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="http://force11slack.herokuapp.com/" shash="kBvJTyYj7Lc4V1HBZCIyCdwDPS22CFcEcI5sfH6zV4QkWebrjciq23Wpnu2rI4+7oBpXZn04qwBoFUckakJPiMtK0Ohaq6LiomeYPdm5pjjhYdQjs+IbcFVg0kvrsOHr2zA7HJ7ncvqJSVwY2mN6Xk79578MGF6iaFMJHXaHuPg=" target="_blank">Slack channel</a> or <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgroups.google.com%2Fa%2Fforce11.org%2Fforum%2F%3Futm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dfooter%23!forum%2Ff11discussion&data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C38535df46cbe4ac4ef3a08d7e16f5269%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=moal5qz7mSusj2ESr9e7yZgshdxJiZPJSUP%2BcF%2FG%2Bwg%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://groups.google.com/a/force11.org/forum/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer#!forum/f11discussion" shash="D13V6wka0LYeqAIE2XpnSKOllfc/mW+nLWH07ZgwpG1OCx+xNaOXMm88dGFKtq0Sj5KFnZCuA6Wa7sR1SpJspP0T4p8ElxD+H1LAf61r/3SrXE/mRdEQpBDeYzAGD+/BcxSfKhzXMLJ1tu6v81WZ4tWoyurT3vixwzVBOnYa1WI=">email discussion list</a>. We’ll look forward to seeing you there. <br><br>Best wishes, <br><br>John Chodacki & Violeta Ilik<br>FORCE11 Board Co-chairs<br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">------------------------------</p><p><font color="#444444">Jennifer Gibson (née McLennan)</font></p><p><font color="#444444"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Treasurer, FORCE11 Board of Directors</span></font></p><p><font color="#444444"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span>Head of External Relations</font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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