*** Please distribute widely throughout your institutions as appropriate Dear friends and members of the IEEE VIsualization Pioneers Group (VPG): Updates to our website http://vacommunity.org/ieeevpg/ have been completed and include - an *extended deadline of June 30, 2018* for the Best Doctoral Dissertation nomination deadline http://vacommunity.org/ieeevpg/bestthesis/ - information on the *annual reception* during IEEE VIS http://vacommunity.org/ieeevpg/reception/, which also includes - an *updated link to pay your dues* in preparation of participating in this reception. We are looking forward to seeing you in Berlin. On behalf of the VPG Operating Committee Dr. L. Miguel Encarnação Innovation Management Executive & Consultant *"The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers. (Richard Hamming)"* -- LME@computer.org <lme@computer.org> @mencarna http://www.linkedin.com/in/drmiguel