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dir="ltr">Mike,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">You will
absolutely be missed. Thank you for all the time and effort you put into
keeping us apprised of changes, and for your excellent customer support help.
May you go on to bigger and better things!</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div
dir="ltr">Gilbert Sebenste</div><div dir="ltr">Consulting
Meteorologist</div><div dir="ltr">AllisonHouse, LLC</div><div
dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 17, 2024, at 4:31 PM, Mike
Zuranski <mzuranski@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div
dir="ltr">Greetings everyone,<br><br>I am happy to announce that the NSF
Unidata Program Center has had our five-year proposal approved! This
award from NSF will help ensure that the UPC can continue to provide data,
tools and services to our users and other members of our community. This
is undoubtedly good news of course; we are delighted that NSF continues to
believe in and support the Unidata mission. More information on this
funding approval can be found here: <a
href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/nsf-unidata-funding-proposal-approved";>https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/nsf-unidata-funding-proposal-approved</a><br><br>While
this new award is roughly a 5% increase over our previous award five years
ago, as mentioned in that above post it was somewhat less than we requested in
our proposal. As a result of this unfortunate situation, the Data
Engineer position is one of three that is to be eliminated and I will no longer
serve here at Unidata after this Friday (7/19/2024).<br><br>I joined the
Unidata team as our Data Engineer nearly two years ago, the first time this
position existed in our organization. In that time, I have been proud to
serve alongside the rest of our staff to help support you, our users.
Much of this role was designed to be a liaison between UPC staff &
leadership, data providers, our governing committees and everyone else in our
community, and I am privileged to have gotten to know so many amazing
people. I can safely say that it’s the people, especially our users, that
drive all of us here at the UPC to do what we do. It has been an
honor.<br><br>Many of you already knew me as a community contributor from
before I came to Unidata. The way I look at it, and as we used to say
back in my retail days, I’m being promoted back to user/customer. I love
being at this intersection of meteorology & computer science and this
community has become my home. You will continue to see my name around
these lists and other places, and I look forward to our future discussions
& collaborations. I may not know what the next leg of my journey
looks like quite yet, but I am excited for it.<br><br>Unidata will continue to
function as it has, and will continue to offer the same level of support we
have always been known for. If you ever have any questions, comments or
concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out! A list of our support
inboxes can be found here: <a
href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/support/#request";>https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/support/#request</a>
Or you can use our Support Request Form here: <a
href="https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/support/requestSupport.jsp";>https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/support/requestSupport.jsp</a>
And <a
href="mailto:support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</a> is
always open too. As noted in the Funding Approval post I linked at the
top, how the Unidata Program Center evolves from here is still unknown, but I
remain hopeful that the long-term forecast for our little organization will
include plenty of clear skies and calm waters. <br><br>"There is no such
thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather." John
Ruskin<br><br>Best!<br>-Mike<br><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"
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dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b>Mike
Zuranski</b></div><div>Data Engineer II<br></div><div>NSF Unidata Program
Center</div><div>University Corporation for Atmospheric
Research</div></div></div></div></div>
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