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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=713 style='width:534.75pt'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:11.25pt 7.5pt 11.25pt 7.5pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='border:solid #461F7C 2.25pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><a href="https://w7lrdvwab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001z8mcGWg8Lc6-9uWuaZvnY8UoN3ZIJCrpDkdgmJeawQ86bHaxNMBIg-vieXB-vANEnPWzN6W7C0IvbIFhkkI_17qKdknMDYfwAUezSZtAwm1cYTrxvUmnfVZ9bXeJnpRbxmrnTb5ljnhslD3jqxQczT1AKEDJdLrY&c=R0jjWBpTpN0VwQetNDQIsTCKW-1otYbRIdIOutkZ3DfR4XJFJpxHRw==&ch=_gCZ-nXV1alK-RonM0GbP0MIYtX0MIWPt8aVCDH4b6Q8bnnInipKeg=="><b><span style='color:#395485;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=690 style='width:7.1875in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/69fa83aa501/d618935b-16b8-4fce-ad5f-ee476f3524b7.png"></span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></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%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Dear VSS members,</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>As we navigate a shifting landscape in science policy and research funding, we want to take a moment to re-affirm that VSS remains strong, independent, and committed to advancing vision science and the diversity of our community.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>VSS 2025 is moving forward, full steam ahead! The scientific program is set, abstract acceptances were sent out, and the Board of Directors, Student Postdoctoral Advisory Committee and Meeting Organizers are putting finishing touches on the events we all have come to expect and enjoy! This will include our Public Lecture - this year, to be held at the Dali Museum and given by Patrick Cavanagh. Our Visibility event, FoVea gatherings, and our Diversity workshop will go on as planned.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Additionally, VSS will be 25 years old this year! How should this milestone be celebrated? We are open to suggestions but believe that this year presents a unique opportunity, which starts by us attending our annual conference in force, presenting our research, mentoring our trainees, and supporting the </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><a href="https://w7lrdvwab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001z8mcGWg8Lc6-9uWuaZvnY8UoN3ZIJCrpDkdgmJeawQ86bHaxNMBIgwbgWYnX9U1fAORi365ovesPY7o2tBUBEDOzN0vNkd8OY8xCZ45NsLF2H-B7mad5u9OAro6ks3bZ_uf_XxBltydzkk-4CVt-v23vmvZ4krmt&c=R0jjWBpTpN0VwQetNDQIsTCKW-1otYbRIdIOutkZ3DfR4XJFJpxHRw==&ch=_gCZ-nXV1alK-RonM0GbP0MIYtX0MIWPt8aVCDH4b6Q8bnnInipKeg==" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#395485;text-decoration:none'>mission of this society</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> we created and grew into the vibrant scientific forum it is today.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>For our international attendees</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>, your presence at this year's VSS conference is more essential than ever. Attending the conference does not impact the new US government in any way. But it is critical to keep VSS and the international visual science community strong and cohesive. In the interest of transparency, VSS exists because of membership fees, and the conference itself is made possible by registration fees. Fewer members and fewer attendees means we will have to dig unsustainably deep into our reserves. We hope to continue to thrive as an international society!</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>For those of you in the US</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>, there are important votes coming soon on funding for vision science. In the vision research community, our voices in Washington are NAEVR/AEVR and FABBS, two organizations of which VSS is a member - they are doing their part. Now we ask that you also do yours: contact your local representatives (find their contact information here </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><a href="https://w7lrdvwab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001z8mcGWg8Lc6-9uWuaZvnY8UoN3ZIJCrpDkdgmJeawQ86bHaxNMBIgyRf1Qq53GlUibqTVc9PEDOc07oerBE8-HPh1-UUYfocOsrcvSVlzYkXZncy7Q03MgqGfxC71aXmgC8v05TtPQP1lYmWSjziZs2JPKBHIZt5AdTBO_hXZkg=&c=R0jjWBpTpN0VwQetNDQIsTCKW-1otYbRIdIOutkZ3DfR4XJFJpxHRw==&ch=_gCZ-nXV1alK-RonM0GbP0MIYtX0MIWPt8aVCDH4b6Q8bnnInipKeg==" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#395485;text-decoration:none'>https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>) either by phone, in person, email or via social media. Here is a form letter (</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><a href="https://w7lrdvwab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001z8mcGWg8Lc6-9uWuaZvnY8UoN3ZIJCrpDkdgmJeawQ86bHaxNMBIg6ph0-NsJVy8Uux8YKa6nbAn0O0y9EyXMQFSFhJxka6Hzce257o2L5X3akT2AocbWz-ZqsPhExg_jPWbfydsLdYBpUpcFrf648wZGl4HDNnehpybxuN4o3urSnO_y-GiNA==&c=R0jjWBpTpN0VwQetNDQIsTCKW-1otYbRIdIOutkZ3DfR4XJFJpxHRw==&ch=_gCZ-nXV1alK-RonM0GbP0MIYtX0MIWPt8aVCDH4b6Q8bnnInipKeg==" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#395485;text-decoration:none'>https://www.eyeresearch.org/contact-congress</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>) which you can modify, personalize and send. NAEVR/AEVR also ask that in addition to contacting your members of Congress, if you’ve been impacted by the Federal Funding Freeze, you share your story with them at this address (</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><a href="mailto:advocacy@eyeresearch.org" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#395485;text-decoration:none'>advocacy@eyeresearch.org</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>), so that they can build a stronger, factual case to communicate to Congress on our behalf. Finally, we received a message from FABBS with the following request to contact key Senate offices about the importance of NIH, NSF, and IES to their constituents and the role that these agencies serve to support health, improve education, and advance the economy in their states. Four target states are listed below, where FABBS will host advocacy office hours to share information about Senators, provide contact information for relevant legislative staff, and review resources for developing personalized talking points - we encourage any VSS members from those states to please sign up:</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>* Alabama – Tuesday, February 18 @ 1 pm ET (</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><a 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href="https://w7lrdvwab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001z8mcGWg8Lc6-9uWuaZvnY8UoN3ZIJCrpDkdgmJeawQ86bHaxNMBIgyRf1Qq53GlU4LFEo0jne59qB4yD09TKJzzGm1vuQHJg7vWrdzaoDiAvkjyaend76GbLdARzNUpOzUyHldwkCKORH1ssPwgmPuviUHMI21l_692TAZg5-_6urFupJ9sYKNE13cPef9eeJHxhmlOELneZpUCVvMAeHtcclgy94XHr88B6inxfSqU=&c=R0jjWBpTpN0VwQetNDQIsTCKW-1otYbRIdIOutkZ3DfR4XJFJpxHRw==&ch=_gCZ-nXV1alK-RonM0GbP0MIYtX0MIWPt8aVCDH4b6Q8bnnInipKeg==" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#395485;text-decoration:none'>Register</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>)</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>* Maine – Friday, February 21 @ 3 pm ET (</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><a href="https://w7lrdvwab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001z8mcGWg8Lc6-9uWuaZvnY8UoN3ZIJCrpDkdgmJeawQ86bHaxNMBIgyRf1Qq53GlUONID2CJ3FVB-UvZEzjUgekZjKby8uegB_XHby0_4M27Tf9hgfkmwD67Y1t3jdzBYNKpydGLkM_KUU10Fdi_5qCZcMgGZrQqyX6n76I9rNqRh3G6WosH_PszhccYT3BStUjBt08UozWRbOf_dOt1Mo0DYbJ0dqHCNLiPfLU9HDCo=&c=R0jjWBpTpN0VwQetNDQIsTCKW-1otYbRIdIOutkZ3DfR4XJFJpxHRw==&ch=_gCZ-nXV1alK-RonM0GbP0MIYtX0MIWPt8aVCDH4b6Q8bnnInipKeg==" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:#395485;text-decoration:none'>Register</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>)</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>As ever, we thank you in advance for your continued support,</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'>Krystel Huxlin and the VSS Board of Directors</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></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%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:7.5pt 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