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<p class="MsoNormal">LTER Communication team,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For those who could make it, thank you for a productive lunch meeting during the ASM! For those who couldn’t, we missed you. Notes are attached. Please let me know of any edits.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Since the meeting, I’ve been told that our committee doesn’t have by-laws. Someone please circulate them if they exist! In the event we don’t have any, I’ve taken a few minutes to create some (also attached), using the education committee
bylaws as a template. It’s a lean document but includes some mechanisms for fairness and accountability. Please weigh in (including whether you think we should even have by-laws) by Sept. 18<sup>th</sup> if you are able, and at that point we’ll move on to
official nominations for co-chair.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We’ll reconvene for a teleconference later this fall; Doodle poll coming soon.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Clarisse<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">_____________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#244061">Clarisse Hart | Outreach & Development Manager for Education & Research Programs
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#244061">Harvard Forest | Harvard University | 324 North Main Street, Petersham MA 01366<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#244061">hart3@fas.harvard.edu | Main: 978-724-3302 | Direct: 978-756-6157
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