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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Our dear SLS Deputy AD Gilles Moury has announced his plans to retire.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Following our recent practice of securing a replacement prior to full retirement to allow for a period of overlap and transfer of knowledge, we’d like to request nominees for
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Please respond to me no later than 8 August 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Thank you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Sami<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">From:
</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Moury Gilles <Gilles.Moury@cnes.fr><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, July 21, 2025 at 6:54</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Asmar, Sami W (US 9100) <sami.w.asmar@jpl.nasa.gov>, Daniel Fischer <Daniel.Fischer@esa.int><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Pham, Timothy T (US 3300) <timothy.t.pham@jpl.nasa.gov>, Clemens Heese <Clemens.Heese@esa.int><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[EXTERNAL] My replacement as SLS Deputy Area Director and SDLS WG chairman</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">As I mentioned to you during the spring meeting in Laurel, I will retire in 2026. Therefore, next CCSDS meeting in September in Hamburg will be my last CCSDS meeting. It would
be preferable if my replacement as SLS area DAD could be nominated by that time such that I could hand it over to my successor during the meeting. If this is not feasible, I will do it during the last trimester of 2025.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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