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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12px;" class=""><font face="Lucida Grande" class="">Hi Communication Committee -</font></span></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please see below for the notes from our last meeting (thanks, Clarisse!). We will be in touch later this summer to schedule our September meeting.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Note - there are action items identified below. Thanks in advance for working on yours!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class="">Julie & Clarisse</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">LTER Communication Committee Meeting<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">June 17, 2016<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">Attendees</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">: Marty Downs (NCO), Julie Doll (KBS; co-chair), Clarisse Hart (HFR; co-chair; notes),
Marcia Nation (CAP), Daniel Nidzgorski (CDR), Linda DiGregorio (AND), Sarah Garlick (HBR)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">Agenda Item 1: NCO Report-out<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D" class=""><span style="mso-list:Ignore" class="">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"" class="">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">MDowns presented at last month’s Science Council meeting
<span style="color:#1F497D" class="">(<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3xT0TaiQmt0OWExTExsQUMzVFU/view?usp=sharing" class="">see presentation</a>).
</span>She did some live-polling of attendees regarding use of the intranet, ranking priority audiences, and other issues
<span style="color:#1F497D" class="">(<a href="https://www.sli.do/event/gfsvm1c0/infographic/c/e5a3" class="">see results</a>).
</span><b class="">Follow-up steps include:</b><span style="color:#1F497D" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">Marty would like to edit the LTER online directory so that it includes links to people’s ResearchGate or ORCID profiles, so that publications and other items stay
up to date<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings" class=""><span style="mso-list:Ignore" class="">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"" class="">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">LDiGregario noted that the Andrews is having this same conversation regarding maintenance of their website’s staff profiles and list of site publications.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings" class=""><span style="mso-list:Ignore" class="">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"" class="">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">MNation chimed in that for site websites, a dynamic list of publications is one of the best metrics of productivity. It’s difficult to use an aggregator like Google
Scholar to get an accurate, comprehensive list of site publications.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"" class=""><span style="mso-list:Ignore" class="">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"" class="">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">The SC poll revealed that a high-priority goal is strengthening relationships between LTER scientists and the media; Marty noted the importance of thinking nationally
but also doing more with regional media opportunities.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"" class=""><span style="mso-list:Ignore" class="">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"" class="">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">The SC poll included NSF in our highest-priority audiences; feedback from the program officers present at SC was that they want to see the Network communicating
with decision-makers and the media, but that a high-priority communication audience should not be NSF particularly.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">SC PIs were asked if sites should have a designated communications person; they said yes but that it felt like an unfunded mandate.<span style="color:#1F497D" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline" class="">
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white" class="">MDowns has drafted a
<b class="">communications roles </b></span><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black" class=""><a href="https://docs.google.com/a/nceas.ucsb.edu/spreadsheets/d/1Cd1fcT_kZJMzuPg3WUA_O8Wzlwr9cSousrzDp4VfUM8/edit?usp=sharing" class=""><span style="color:#1155CC;background:white" class="">spreadsheet
</span></a>that she would like feedback on from this group in the next few weeks</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black" class="">, before sharing it with PIs. With that same email, she will share a link to the new NCO
website; <b class="">she will circulate the NCO link with this group as a soft launch first</b>.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white" class="">The NCO is trying to cut down on the number of email lists within the Network. We may get switched to a Google Group, which should
be a seamless and almost unnoticeable transition.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">NCO is currently working on three different websites.
<b class="">Marty welcomes thoughts and ideas for improvements of these.</b><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">an NCO website (similar to an LTER-site-level website)
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">a new and revised version of the <a href="http://lternet.edu" class="">LTERnet.edu</a> site (they are bringing in a web developer)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">the Intranet (the goal is the take it out of the public view and make it a log-in section of LTERnet). MDowns is endeavoring to get time at the next IM meeting.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">JDoll said the background here is that Phil Robertson sent her
<a href="http://iopscience.iop.org/journal/1748-9326/videoabstract/list/10/1;jsessionid=870165FD879E4F201234ABBB2BDFC041.c2.iopscience.cld.iop.org" class="">
this link</a>, and when she followed up with them they said it was by far their most-viewed content.<span style="color:#1F497D" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">MDowns said the NCO has made available to LTER a virtual training on this topic through
<a href="https://scifundchallenge.org/" class="">#SciFundChallenge</a> -- for $25.<span style="color:#1F497D" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">The Andrews has experimented with this, prompted by journals PIs have published in:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D" class=""><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_channel_UCFd4IHt3s2nvFNz4NCDr-2D1g&d=CwMGaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=JIxZ-AFpuKPv2mz1PYfwckARh16Laz2TrneksBiVXcE&m=HLVt8ymxFpbe3vL6k92F-gtAqkRMwsMrTDKY8kl1o38&s=qCJWmHXLorl3uPGrRamKHLZm8TTyqGYpeVsSqP2GBZ4&e=" class="">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFd4IHt3s2nvFNz4NCDr-1g</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">
(see StreamChem and the SCALER Project specifically)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">We’d like to get some sites to try to do a video abstract
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">– perhaps in prep for ESA. CHart is one of the leaders of the Science Communication section for ESA and could get content featured on the ESA Ecotone blog. She is also leading a
<a href="https://eco.confex.com/eco/2016/webprogram/Session11894.html" class="">project review workshop</a> during ESA that will have AV-savvy mentors present who could give feedback on draft video abstracts.<span style="color:#1F497D" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">MDowns will put together a resource page with some good examples of video abstracts.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b class=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">Julie and Lina have volunteered to help lead a working group on this topic for our committee.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">
<b class="">Marty will work with them to draft an email to all-LTER to broach the topic, solicit interest (and additional, experienced leadership), and to announce a date (maybe the 3<sup class="">rd</sup> week of July) for a virtual get-together for sites interested in working
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">MDowns said there is already a subcommittee within LTER working on this topic;
<b class="">she will inquire as to whether someone from this committee can join that group</b>.
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">Promoting products of synthesis groups (idea raised at last meeting):
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">Community of practice (idea raised at last meeting):<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" class="">Populated by site-level communication reps and others in LTER interested in communication<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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