<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="margin: 0px; "><font face="Arial">Dear colleague,</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; "><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; "><font face="Arial"> Recently, the National Science Foundation has decided not to renew funding to the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications at the University of Minnesota. Here is an open letter to the NSF communicating the importance of the IMA to our community:</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; "><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; "><font face="Arial"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><a href="http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/support-the-ima">http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/support-the-ima</a></span> </font></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; "><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; "><font face="Arial"> If you would like to become a signatory to this, please follow this link above. It is also welcome if you circulate this link to others who may be willing to sign the petition.</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; "><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; "><font face="Arial"> You may see a screen requesting a donation to the IPetition website. Your signature will be recorded even without a donation. No donations are required for you to sign the petition.</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; "><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; "><font face="Arial"> A list of current signatories (updated every evening) is available at</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; "><font face="Arial"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/friendsoftheima/signatories">https://sites.google.com/site/friendsoftheima/signatories</a></span>.</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; "><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; "><font face="Arial"> Apologies if you've received duplicate emails on this subject, and/or if you have already signed the petition. </font></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; "><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; "><font face="Arial">Best regards, </font></div><div><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; ">Christiane Rousseau<br>Département de mathématiques et de statistique <br>Université de Montréal<br>C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville<br>Montréal, Qc, H3C 3J7, Canada<br>Tél: 514 343-7729, <br>Télec: 514 343-5700<br><a href="mailto:rousseac@dms.umontreal.ca">rousseac@dms.umontreal.ca</a><br>www.dms.umontreal.ca/~rousseac<br><br></span>
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