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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear colleagues,<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I am writing to share the agenda and
Zoom link for next Friday’s (10/19) Analyst Community of Practice meeting.<span>  </span>The meeting will be held from noon-1:30pm on
campus in KL232.<span>  </span>Dr. Amy Moffat will be
giving a presentation on and facilitating some discussion about qualitative research
methods.<span>  </span>The meeting agenda can be found
<a href="https://ucmerced.box.com/s/3a1g1vrdnnw21suh7atab00gdcr3llw9" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline">here</a>
on Box – and if you’d like to join us via Zoom the link is <a href="https://ucmerced.zoom.us/j/389924487" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline">here</a>.<span>  </span>After the meeting, we will also post Amy’s
slides on Box and share the link with the group.<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We hope to see you next Friday in
person or via Zoom!<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Best,<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Cinnamon<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">On behalf of IRDS<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear Analyst Community of
Practice listserv members,<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">IRDS is excited to announce our
lineup of quarterly Analyst Community of Practice meetings for AY2018-19 based
on feedback we’ve received about topics of interest to the Community.<span>  </span>The meeting days/times and topics/presenters
are listed below.<span>  </span>This year we’ll
alternate between campus and the DCC, and we’ll also continue to have Zoom
links for each meeting.<span>  </span>We’ll send out
calendar invitations to those who were listserv members as of this past spring
– if you don’t receive a calendar invitation, please add these dates/times to
your calendar.<span>  </span>More details and meeting
agendas will be forthcoming as the meetings approach.<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>Friday, October 19th 12-1:30pm in KL 232 -
Qualitative data methods and analysis (presenter: Amy Moffat)<span></span></p>

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</span></span></span>Friday, January 18th 12-1:30pm in DCC 190 –
Improving your Qualtrics skills (presenter: Cinnamon Danube)<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>Friday, April 19th 12-1:30pm in KL 232 – Campus
data sources and tools (presenter: Gary Lowe)<span></span></p>

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</span></span></span>Friday, July 19th 12-1:30pm in DCC 190 – Data
visualization with Tableau (presenter: Corinne Townsend)<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We look forward to continuing the
Community with you in the coming academic year! Please forward this on to any
interested colleagues. Folks can add themselves to our listserv by visiting
this webpage: <a href="http://lists.ucmerced.edu/mailman/listinfo/analyst_community_of_practice" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline">http://lists.ucmerced.edu/mailman/listinfo/analyst_community_of_practice</a>.<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Best,<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Cinnamon Danube<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">On Behalf IRDS<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:106%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Cinnamon L. Danube, PhD<br>
Principal Analyst<br>
Institutional Research and Decision Support<br>
University of California, Merced<br>
5200 North Lake Road<br>
Merced, CA  95343<br>
Office phone: 209.228.6982<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:cdanube@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:blue">cdanube@ucmerced.edu</span></a><br>
<a href="http://ipa.ucmerced.edu/" target="_blank" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:blue">ipa.ucmerced.edu</span></a></span><span><span></span></span></p>





<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Cinnamon L. Danube, PhD<br>Principal Analyst<br>Institutional Research and Decision Support<br>University of California, Merced<br>5200 North Lake Road<br>Merced, CA  95343<br>Office phone: 209.228.6982<br>Email: <a href="mailto:cdanube@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">cdanube@ucmerced.edu</a><br><a href="http://ipa.ucmerced.edu" target="_blank">irds.ucmerced.edu</a></div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Vice President Elect, California Association for Institutional Research (CAIR)</div><div><a href="http://cair.org" target="_blank">cair.org</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>