<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello! A reminder to please fill out the Doodle poll below so that we can schedule our next meeting. Thank you!<div class="">Julie</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 1, 2016, at 3:32 PM, Julie E. Doll <<a href="mailto:jedoll@msu.edu" class="">jedoll@msu.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello LTER Communication Committee members:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Happy September! It’s time to schedule our next quarterly meeting. We will plan for an 1.5 hour meeting. Please fill the doodle poll out by next Wednesday, Sept 10. NOTE: times are in Eastern Standard Time.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://doodle.com/poll/i97nz362u7v3thvv" class="">http://doodle.com/poll/i97nz362u7v3thvv</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Our preference for the meeting would be Friday, Sept. 23 but we have provided other potential dates. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">On the agenda for the call:</div><div class=""><ol class="MailOutline"><li class="">NCO report out (Marty)</li><ol class=""><li class="">Mini-symposium</li><li class="">New education hire</li><li class="">Other business</li></ol><li class="">LTER website redesign (Marty)</li><ol class=""><li class="">Marty would like feedback on the RRP for this project that she will send out before our meeting</li></ol><li class="">Working group report outs</li><ol class=""><li class="">Video abstracts - next steps (Julie)</li></ol><li class="">ESA Science Communication Section (Clarisse)</li><ol class=""><li class="">Report from 2016 meeting </li></ol></ol></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please send any other items you’d like on the agenda. Thanks for your reply! Below are the notes from our last meeting, with action items.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class="">Julie</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="" style="font-family: LucidaGrande;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p class=""><font face="Lucida Grande" class=""> </font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">LTER Communication Committee Meeting<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">June 17, 2016<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Attendees</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">: 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></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Agenda Item 1: NCO Report-out<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span class="">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">MDowns presented at last month’s Science Council meeting <span class="" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">(<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3xT0TaiQmt0OWExTExsQUMzVFU/view?usp=sharing" class="" style="color: purple;">see presentation</a>). </span>She did some live-polling of attendees regarding use of the intranet, ranking priority audiences, and other issues <span class="" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">(<a href="https://www.sli.do/event/gfsvm1c0/infographic/c/e5a3" class="" style="color: purple;">see results</a>). </span><b class="">Follow-up steps include:</b><span class="" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="">o<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">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></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings;"><span class="">§<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">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></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings;"><span class="">§<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">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></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="">o<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">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></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="">o<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">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></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span class="">o<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">SC PIs were asked if sites should have a designated communications person; they said yes but that it felt like an unfunded mandate.<span class="" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><p class="" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span class="">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">MDowns has drafted a <b class="">communications roles </b></span><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/a/nceas.ucsb.edu/spreadsheets/d/1Cd1fcT_kZJMzuPg3WUA_O8Wzlwr9cSousrzDp4VfUM8/edit?usp=sharing" class="" style="color: purple;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">spreadsheet </span></a>that she would like feedback on from this group in the next few weeks</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">, 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><p class="" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span class="">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">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 class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span class="">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">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></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="">o<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">an NCO website (similar to an LTER-site-level website)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="">o<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">a new and revised version of the <a href="http://lternet.edu/" class="" style="color: purple;">LTERnet.edu</a> site (they are bringing in a web developer)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="">o<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">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></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Agenda Item 2: Video Abstracts<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span class="">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">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="" style="color: purple;">this link</a>, and when she followed up with them they said it was by far their most-viewed content.<span class="" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span class="">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">MDowns said the NCO has made available to LTER a virtual training on this topic through <a href="https://scifundchallenge.org/" class="" style="color: purple;">#SciFundChallenge</a> -- for $25.<span class="" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span class="">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The Andrews has experimented with this, prompted by journals PIs have published in: </span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><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="" style="color: purple;">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFd4IHt3s2nvFNz4NCDr-1g</a></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> (see StreamChem and the SCALER Project specifically)</span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span class="">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">We’d like to get some sites to try to do a video abstract </span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">– 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="" style="color: purple;">project review workshop</a> during ESA that will have AV-savvy mentors present who could give feedback on draft video abstracts.<span class="" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span class="">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">MDowns will put together a resource page with some good examples of video abstracts.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span class="">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Julie and Lina have volunteered to help lead a working group on this topic for our committee.</span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <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 on this.<o:p class=""></o:p></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Agenda Item 3: Working Groups<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span class="">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Mini-symposium (idea raised at last meeting):<span class="" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span class="">o<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">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>.<span class="" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span class="">o<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The NCO is going to propose a new format for the mini-symposium – topic-based, with feedback from NSF on the theme.<span class="" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span class="">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Promoting products of synthesis groups (idea raised at last meeting):<span class="" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="">o<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Table this for a year or so, as it will take a while for the synthesis groups to get going on products<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span class="">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Community of practice (idea raised at last meeting):<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="">o<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Populated by site-level communication reps and others in LTER interested in communication<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="">o<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Monthly or bi-monthly meetings around a particular communication topic or skill or case study<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="">o<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">MNation expressed interest in this and suggested a focus on early-career scientists and web-based strategies like social media<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span class="">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Website<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Courier New';"><span class="">o<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">MDowns suggested this – asked for help with the structure and strategic approach of LTERnet and the Intranet.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Agenda Item 4: Other Business<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span class="">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">How do we integrate with the Education & Outreach Committee? Where is the overlap and what are our differences? Should the roles of the two groups be clarified?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span class="">·<span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">How often will we meet? Quarterly – so we’ll convene again in September.</span></div></div><div class="">----<br class="">Julie E. Doll, Ph.D.<br class=""><br class="">Education & Outreach Specialist<br class="">Agriculture & Ecology<br class=""><br class="">Kellogg Biological Station Long-term Ecological Research Program<br class="">Michigan State University<br class=""><br class=""><a href="http://www.lter.kbs.msu.edu/" class="">www.lter.kbs.msu.edu</a><br class="">Find us on Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/KBS.LTER" class="">www.facebook.com/KBS.LTER</a><br class=""><br class="">@KBSLTER<br class=""><br class="">269-671-2266 (office)<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>