<div dir="ltr">Dear DDI community,<br><br>The DDI Alliance is pleased to announce its finalized <a href="https://ddialliance.org/sites/default/files/DDIAlliance_Strategic_Plan_2021-2023.pdf">Strategic Plan, 2021-2023</a>. We thank the community for their input and feedback on this new plan, including at the annual Meeting of Members and the annual Meeting of the Scientific Community. <br><br>The plan identifies three overarching priorities:<br><ol><li><u>The DDI User Community</u>: how do we engage with the DDI community and understand the community’s needs?</li><li><u>The DDI Alliance as an Organisation</u>: what structures and systems does the Alliance need, and how will it maintain those structures and systems in the long term?</li><li><u>Standards and Work Products</u>: what standards and products does the Alliance provide and maintain, and how do those meet the needs of the Alliance and the broader community?</li></ol>We look forward to working with the community to carry out the strategic actions described in this new plan.<input name="virtru-metadata" type="hidden" value="{"email-policy":{"state":"closed","expirationUnit":"days","disableCopyPaste":false,"disablePrint":false,"disableForwarding":false,"enableNoauth":false,"persistentProtection":false,"expandedWatermarking":false,"expires":false,"isManaged":false},"attachments":{},"compose-id":"7","compose-window":{"secure":false}}"><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div>Jared</div><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote" style=""><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-CH"><font color="#000000">Jared Lyle<br>Executive Director, <a href="https://ddialliance.org/" target="_blank"><span id="m_-6729859282943265973gmail-m_3909072039795705896gmail-m_4762175954782216410m_-7173036272154285788gmail-m_4733858839372711956gmail-m_-3387988494985437205:fmz.5">DDI</span> Alliance</a><br><a href="https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/" target="_blank"><span id="m_-6729859282943265973gmail-m_3909072039795705896gmail-m_4762175954782216410m_-7173036272154285788gmail-m_4733858839372711956gmail-m_-3387988494985437205:fmz.6">ICPSR</span></a>, University of Michigan<br><a href="mailto:lyle@umich.edu" target="_blank"><span id="m_-6729859282943265973gmail-m_3909072039795705896gmail-m_4762175954782216410m_-7173036272154285788gmail-m_4733858839372711956gmail-m_-3387988494985437205:fmz.7">lyle</span>@<span id="m_-6729859282943265973gmail-m_3909072039795705896gmail-m_4762175954782216410m_-7173036272154285788gmail-m_4733858839372711956gmail-m_-3387988494985437205:fmz.8">umich</span>.<span id="m_-6729859282943265973gmail-m_3909072039795705896gmail-m_4762175954782216410m_-7173036272154285788gmail-m_4733858839372711956gmail-m_-3387988494985437205:fmz.9">edu</span></a></font><br></span></p><div><font color="#999999"><br></font></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-CH"></span></p><div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><i>Follow the <span id="m_-6729859282943265973gmail-m_3909072039795705896gmail-m_4762175954782216410m_-7173036272154285788gmail-m_4733858839372711956gmail-m_-3387988494985437205:fmz.10">DDI</span> Alliance on <a href="https://www.twitter.com/ddialliance" target="_blank">Twitter</a></i></font></div></div></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><div><img src="cid:ii_17c7b780db6e15954231" alt="DDI-tagline2.png" width="202" height="72"><br></div></div></div>
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