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<div>Dear Operations Interest Group and IVOA,<br>
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The next IVOA Interop meeting will take place in Tucson, Arizona, with the option of remote participation, on 10-12 November, immediately following the ADASS meeting.<br>
(<a href="https://indico.ict.inaf.it/event/2557/">https://indico.ict.inaf.it/event/2557/</a>)<br>
The Ops IG is planning one session. We invite contributions under the following headings:<br>
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- Practical issues, questions or experience related to operating services that implement VO standards<br>
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- A "site report" - a presentation of how your (large or small) site or organisation provides VO services<br>
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- Operations in the Cloud<br>
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- Operational aspects of authentication, such as load management or tracking of problematic activity<br>
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- Validation - your experience of either providing or using software that checks VO services for correctness<br>
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If you would like to present something under one of these headings or discuss the possibility of doing so, or if you want to raise a subject for discussion, please contact both me and Tamara Civera, below.</div>
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Steve Groom (Chair) <font color="#000000"><a href="mailto:sgroom@ipac.caltech">sgroom@ipac.caltech</a>.edu</font></div>
<div>Tamara Civera (Vice-Chair) <span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><a href="mailto:tcivera@cefca.es">tcivera@cefca.es</a></span><br>
Operations Interest Group</div>
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