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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear DDI Community,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A new issue of the DDI newsletter is now available at:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.ddialliance.org/sites/default/files/DDI%20Directions%20May%202012.pdf">http://www.ddialliance.org/sites/default/files/DDI%20Directions%20May%202012.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I hope to see many of you in June in Washington, DC. The Expert Committee meeting will take place on Monday, June 4, and I will be sending the agenda soon. The Steering Committee will meet in the morning on Tuesday, June 5, and the DDI Developers group will meet all day on Tuesday. Plus the IASSIST meeting itself will feature several sessions related to DDI. Much to look forward to!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mary<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mary Vardigan</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Assistant Director, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Phone: 734-615-7908</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fax: 734-647-8200</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>