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0in;height:.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:.75pt'><img border=0 width=1 height=5 style='width:.0104in;height:.052in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=5 valign=top style='width:3.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:.75pt'><img border=0 width=5 height=1 style='width:.052in;height:.0104in' id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:19.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#474747'>Vision Sciences Society</span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:white'>VSS 2020</span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:white'>May 15-20, 2020</span><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:white'>St. Pete Beach, FL</span><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table></td><td width="25%" valign=top style='width:25.0%;background:#999999;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><img border=0 width=119 style='width:1.2395in' id="_x0000_i1029" 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cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>TO: Vision Research Community</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>FROM: Vision Sciences Society Board of Directors</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>SUBJECT: Encouraging Responses to NEI Request for Information: Input to the National Eye Institute Strategic Plan: 2020 Vision for the Future</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>We are concerned about the absence of recognition of the behavioral and computational levels of analysis in the proposed NEI Strategic Plan, and we encourage members of the vision science community to provide input on the plan.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ihjez1g7HNiZH4SK1WjdE2aBamzDSJksVwbhvXROhAHGaJ4ptTIDCm5Yd9uOWxHE-S2rHA5OKOXMCG-SuIXCrUSki6AQYTHA6rm6foZ28B6IU49aF9QXltOM7UeV4drwa6x3eWRz-ThGuZmOYd9z6s5lDs0ZIHJ3&c=LFts0qAsRll2Qh6CWTfElVxpVlHOwNEyn1giXBJO6bzIpDXueUj_Kg==&ch=XTLxHEf5pu_KAHjfaBfBOOCHuN9V1g6rz4HGTwXGJZF1f6aVAkRJ0A==" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Request for Information</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> (RFI) was released on November 15, 2019. </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The RFI poses these three questions:</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:-12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>What are the most significant scientific discoveries in vision research since 2012?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:-12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>What new opportunities have been enabled by scientific discoveries or technology development?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:30.0pt;text-indent:-12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>What needs and gaps in research, health, and quality-of-life should be addressed by the NEI?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>We encourage you to go to </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><a 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Responses may not exceed 5000 characters and must be submitted by <b>January 8, 2020</b>. </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;background:#CDD7EE;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;word-wrap: break-word'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#403F42'></span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'>Important Dates</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'>December 11</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><a 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href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ihjez1g7HNiZH4SK1WjdE2aBamzDSJksVwbhvXROhAHGaJ4ptTIDCrkNffcRFE8-CK4fvuw5xieo7xV4L2QNDZqgN15FhjBBFpcnuFCuJ_uCDC4Zqo8KMiV2cnvAcS9j5iyz5aAT2hT5hFG4jRpVo-pQmrfUgM0c5JfX7ZLHyV8=&c=LFts0qAsRll2Qh6CWTfElVxpVlHOwNEyn1giXBJO6bzIpDXueUj_Kg==&ch=XTLxHEf5pu_KAHjfaBfBOOCHuN9V1g6rz4HGTwXGJZF1f6aVAkRJ0A==" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#3E759D'>Registration for VSS 2020 Open</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'>December 16</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42'><a 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