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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear Colleague,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">in December you should have received the announcement of a CCTF survey (see below) aiming to understand the needs and the opinions of the time and frequency community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Please remind that the deadline for the survey is
<b>January 31, 2021</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">This is an important possibility to contribute to the future way forward on some hot topics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Thanks to those who have already answered. Your contribution is really appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">the Consultative Committee for Time and Frequency (CCTF) is currently working on very important topics concerning the field of Time & Frequency Metrology and its applications. They are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">1. Updating the Roadmap for the redefinition of the second
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">2. Leap seconds in UTC - building a consensus for a continuous timescale
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<p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">3. Promoting the mutual benefit of UTC and GNSS
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<p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">4. Sharing resources to improve international timekeeping
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">To make sure that the needs and wishes of concerned institutional bodies and stakeholder communities are integrated into the general debate, we have prepared specific questionnaires, that we
kindly ask you to answer. Your answers, opinions, and ideas will be carefully examined and taken into account by the CCTF in order to provide future guidelines and recommendations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">Please find attached a letter explaining the process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">Thanks for the contribution you can give to this survey.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">Please feel free to forward this email to other colleagues in your field that may give useful feedback, and please apologize for multiples emails you may receive on this topic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">with sincere appreciation, on behalf of the CCTF,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB">Noel Dimarcq<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F3864;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dr Patrizia Tavella</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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