<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I still have an emeritus scientist position with NASA and hope to continue my involvement in FITS issues for at least a few years (and continue to support the CFITSIO software). I won't be attending this years ADASS meeting however.</div><div><br></div><div>Bill</div><div><br>On Aug 20, 2014, at 4:42 PM, "Robert J. Hanisch" <<a href="mailto:hanisch@stsci.edu">hanisch@stsci.edu</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div>Bill Pence has retired, so I am not sure he will be able to take the lead.</div>
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<div>I’m going to ADASS, too, but wearing a new hat. And if someone has the time to pull something together by way of a BOF proposal, I might suggest that it be about data formats more generally, so we can talk about the road ahead.</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Arnold Rots <<a href="mailto:arots@cfa.harvard.edu">arots@cfa.harvard.edu</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at 4:32 PM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>Rob Seaman <<a href="mailto:seaman@noao.edu">seaman@noao.edu</a>><br>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: [fitsbits] ADASS FITS BoF?<br>
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<div>It had risen to my level of consciousness that someone needs to<br>
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continue the tradition?<br>
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<div>Volunteers?<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Rob Seaman <span dir="ltr">
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Were there plans for an ADASS FITS BoF? I don’t see many of the usual suspects among the registrants:<br>
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