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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Just a reminder of the AAP+AGP Town Hall tomorrow (Wed 16<sup>th</sup> July 2PM BST).</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Meeting ID: 932 1208 6896</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Numeric passcode: 16773605</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Welcome (15 mins)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"> Intro to AAP (Aprajita Verma)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"> Intro to AGP (Mark Sullivan)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Among other topics that will arise in the discussion tomorrow, you might like to consider </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">AAP welcomes community members to contact us with any comments or feedback on any topic under its remit through the following form:
<a href="https://forms.gle/2WqV9qS1ABt4N3g7A" data-auth="NotApplicable">https://forms.gle/2WqV9qS1ABt4N3g7A</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">We look forward to speaking with you tomorrow.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Aprajita and Mark for the Astronomy Advisory and Astronomy Grants Panels.</span></p>
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<b><span style="color: black;">From:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> Astro Community list <<a href="mailto:astrocommunity@jiscmail.ac.uk">astrocommunity@jiscmail.ac.uk</a>> on behalf of
<a href="mailto:ASTROLISTS@stfc.ac.uk">ASTROLISTS@stfc.ac.uk</a> <<a href="mailto:00006f0070f2014c-dmarc-request@JISCMAIL.AC.UK">00006f0070f2014c-dmarc-request@JISCMAIL.AC.UK</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 02 July 2025 09:24<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ASTROCOMMUNITY@JISCMAIL.AC.UK">ASTROCOMMUNITY@JISCMAIL.AC.UK</a> <<a href="mailto:ASTROCOMMUNITY@JISCMAIL.AC.UK">ASTROCOMMUNITY@JISCMAIL.AC.UK</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> AAP+AGP Town Hall - Wednesday 16th July 2025 2PM BST</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">The </span><u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: blue;"><a href="https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/stfc/how-we-are-governed/advisory-boards/astronomy-advisory-panel/" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/stfc/how-we-are-governed/advisory-boards/astronomy-advisory-panel/">Astronomy
Advisory Panel</a></span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"> and the
</span><u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: blue;"><a href="https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/stfc/how-we-are-governed/advisory-boards/astronomy-grants-panel/" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/stfc/how-we-are-governed/advisory-boards/astronomy-grants-panel/">Astronomy
Grants Panel</a></span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"> would like to invite all members of the UK astronomy community to join a Town Hall on Wednesday 16th July 2025 at 2PM BST (online).</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">The meeting will begin with a presentation by Prof. Keith Grainge, Chair of STFC's
</span><u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: blue;"><a href="https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/stfc/how-we-are-governed/advisory-boards/science-board/stfc-science-board-ppan-members-and-meeting-dates/" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/stfc/how-we-are-governed/advisory-boards/science-board/stfc-science-board-ppan-members-and-meeting-dates/">Science
Board (PPAN)</a></span></u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">, followed by Q&A and discussion. Further information and a zoom link will be shared closer to the event. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">The Town Hall is part of series of engagement opportunities between the community, STFC and its panels in the forthcoming months:</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">STFC Astronomy Grants Panel Community Session</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> at
</span><u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: blue;"><a href="https://conference.astro.dur.ac.uk/event/7/overview" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://conference.astro.dur.ac.uk/event/7/overview">NAM</a></span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> (Thu
10 July 2025 13:15)</span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">
<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">STFC Community Session</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> at
</span><u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: blue;"><a href="https://conference.astro.dur.ac.uk/event/7/overview" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://conference.astro.dur.ac.uk/event/7/overview">NAM</a></span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> (Thu
10 July 2025 14:15)</span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">
<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">AAP/AGP Town Hall</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 16th July 2025 14:00 (zoom)</span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">
<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">AAP/AGP Autumn Town Hall </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(Sep/Oct TBC)</span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">AAP members will also hold office hours with details to follow. In the meantime, AAP welcomes community members to contact us with any comments or feedback on any topic under its remit through the
following form: </span><u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: blue;"><a href="https://forms.gle/2WqV9qS1ABt4N3g7A" data-auth="NotApplicable">https://forms.gle/2WqV9qS1ABt4N3g7A</a></span></u></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Kind regards,</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Aprajita Verma and Mark Sullivan on behalf of the Astronomy Advisory and Grant Panels. </span></p>
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