<div dir="ltr">Dear LTER Communications Committee:<div><br></div><div>I look forward to talking with you all next week. In the meanwhile, I hope you have already received the call for proposals, but just in case, a pdf is attached and the full information can be found on the web site at <span style="font-size:12.8px">the </span><a href="http://www.lternet.edu/CallForProposals" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">LTER Call for Proposals</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> page. </span><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Please circulate within your LTER network and also beyond. We are explicitly accepting proposals from researchers outside the network who want to collaborate with LTER scientists and work with LTER data.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">I'm also developing a checklist of individuals and organizations where we will generally want to circulate these announcements, so please make suggestions if you notice it's not turning up somewhere you think that we might find interested and qualified applicants.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Thanks,</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Marty </span></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 6:58 AM, Hart, Clarisse <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hart3@fas.harvard.edu" target="_blank">hart3@fas.harvard.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear LTER Communication committee:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We’re looking forward to our conference call on <b>Thursday, Feb. 11 at 3pm ET</b>. Call-in info is at the bottom of this message.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here is the draft agenda, with some questions for you to consider in advance of the meeting (please email your thoughts if you cannot attend).
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please suggest additional agenda items if you have them.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><u></u><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><u></u>Introduce Marty Downs, NCO Communications Officer<u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span><u></u>Committee membership<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span>a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><u></u>What would be the ideal membership of this committee?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span>b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><u></u>Do/should we have representation on Science Council?<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u><span>3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><u></u>Committee goals/activities <u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span>a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><u></u>What do we suggest as near-term internal and external communication priorities for LTER?<u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span><u></u>Question for Marty: How can we assist with the NCO’s strategic communications planning process, website creation, and other goals?<u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span><u></u>The current list of communications point people for each site is outdated and somewhat haphazard; can we improve this?<u></u><u></u></p>
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</span></span><u></u>Synthesis working groups hosted by NCO: is there a communication component that this group can assist with?<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u><span>5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><u></u>How frequently should we meet?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here’s the call-in info:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>Join from PC, Mac, iOS or Android: <a href="https://msu.zoom.us/j/345323461" target="_blank">
https://msu.zoom.us/j/345323461</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p>Or join by phone: <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p> <a href="tel:%2B1%20415%20762%209988" value="+14157629988" target="_blank">+1 415 762 9988</a> or <a href="tel:%2B1%20646%20568%207788" value="+16465687788" target="_blank">+1 646 568 7788</a> US Toll<u></u><u></u></p>
<p> Meeting ID: 345 323 461 <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Clarisse & Julie<u></u><u></u></p>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Marty Downs<div>Communications Officer</div><div>LTER Network Communications Office (LTER NCO)</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)</span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">University of California, Santa Barbara</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:small">805-893-7549</span></div><div><a href="mailto:downs@nceas.ucsb.edu" target="_blank">downs@nceas.ucsb.edu</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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