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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=PT-BR link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Dear Peter,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>It was good, indeed, to receive your kind message, giving to all of us an account of your current, for sure, certainly enjoyable and evidently, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>unretiring life routine. Congratulations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Incidentally, if you happen to eventually meet Peter Vaughan, give him my best regards.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Thank you for your addressing to us.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>With my best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Eduardo <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b>De:</b> CMC [mailto:cmc-bounces@mailman.ccsds.org] <b>Em nome de </b>peter.allan@stfc.ac.uk<br><b>Enviada em:</b> terça-feira, 27 de junho de 2017 15:19<br><b>Para:</b> CMC@mailman.ccsds.org<br><b>Assunto:</b> [CMC] Greetings<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi folks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I was talking with Chris Perry yesterday and he mentioned that you were asking after me at the recent CMC meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>This is what I have been up to since I moved away from the CCSDS family.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>You will recall that in July 2015, I was asked to become the acting director of the Hartree Centre, STFC’s supercomputing department for industrial applications. This was going to take all of my time so I had to give up my involvement in space programmes at the time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Later in 2015, I decided that I would retire in late summer 2016 and so I did not apply for the permanent post of the director of the Hartree Centre. My decision was based on the fact that there were so many things that I wanted to do outside work that the only way I could find time to do them was to retire. After my time as the acting director of the Hartree Centre, I moved back to space activities at RAL between May and September 2016 and I retired in the middle of September 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I now do spend more time playing golf, I have taken up croquet, I am doing more electronics, amateur radio, and computing projects, and my wife and I seem to take some sort of a holiday most months. I am also catching up with some projects around the house that were “on hold” for far too long. I am still going to RAL one day per week (typically) since I have a position as an Honorary Scientist with STFC. This lets me “use the facilities” and I am working on a couple of astronomical research projects.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I have fond memories of all the work that we did together and what we achieved. I was even wearing my CCSDS tee-shirt last week.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>All things considered, life is very good.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Peter Allan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>