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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Hi Julie and Clarisse, </span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Thanks for the update. For the LTER stories, we have received contributions from 25 of 26 sites and just about all have been through one round of review and revision. We are now assembling them into five articles for submission to ECOSPHERE. As we compile the stories, we are trying/hoping to extract some themes that might be useful for communication to broader audiences.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Bests wishes on the health and maternity issues!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Peter</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">----------------------------------------------------</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Peter M. Groffman</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Senior Research Fellow</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">2801 Sharon Turnpike</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Millbrook, NY</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Phone: 845-677-7600, ext. 128</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">FAX: 845-677-5976</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Email: </span><a href="mailto:groffmanp@caryinstitute.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563c1">groffmanp@caryinstitute.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">-----------------------------------------------------</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> commcom [mailto:<a href="mailto:commcom-bounces@lists.lternet.edu">commcom-bounces@lists.lternet.edu</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Hart, Clarisse<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 13, 2017 1:44 PM<br><b>To:</b> Marty Downs <<a href="mailto:downs@nceas.ucsb.edu">downs@nceas.ucsb.edu</a>>; <a href="mailto:commcom@lternet.edu">commcom@lternet.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [LTER-commcom] Share Your Science: Blogging for Magazines, Newspapers and More</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Thank you, Marty, for sharing this resource! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Getting down to LTER CommComm business:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">We (Julie and Clarisse) are writing jointly to request a hiatus in official LTER Communication Committee leadership until March 2018, with suggestions for interim committee direction below. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">We each have been managing health and maternity issues and are working part-time; CommComm business is beyond the scope of what is possible right now. So we suggest the following approach:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">• If so desired, the committee may appoint interim co-chairs in the meantime by electronic vote, and hold a winter meeting. If you’d like to nominate someone (including yourself), please contact us!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">• Whether or not new co-chairs are appointed, the committee should still be an email resource for the NCO on communications-related issues as they arise.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">• We are soliciting volunteers for point people for the following activities between now and March: </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1f497d"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Someone to serve on the LTER ASM 2018 planning committee, which is just gearing up</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1f497d"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Someone to serve as point person for the LTER stories project, if needed before Spring 2018 by Peter Groffman. Jonathan Walsh was the point person identified, with Clarisse, in the May ’17 meeting; the action item was to review the stories already submitted and establish a consistent set of content tags, and then, once the BioScience paper comes out (not sure about timeline there), to begin to organize stories into quarterly media pitches or LTER News stories based on topical news hooks (e.g. hurricane season). I (Clarisse) am happy to jump back into this in the spring.</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1f497d"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Note regarding the mini-symposium: Marty and NSF Public Affairs work very closely on this</span> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">and it doesn’t seem there is a lot of desire at NSF for public or congressional outreach. However, if there is a volunteer from this committee interested in working very closely with Marty and Cheryl to strengthen presentations, organize a related display (in NSF's new building), or build audience in other federal science agencies, Marty says she’d welcome that.</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1f497d"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Note about the NCO’s Community of Practice monthly call idea: this has been tabled for the spring, unless someone would like to take it on in the meantime, in which case Marty would provide Zoom support and internal publicity!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">We welcome your thoughts.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">And, this is ages away, but let’s go ahead and schedule our call for March! All times are 2pm Eastern.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><a href="https://doodle.com/poll/ckrbaqg8r68t63sz">https://doodle.com/poll/ckrbaqg8r68t63sz</a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Thank you,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Clarisse & Julie</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Clarisse Hart </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Outreach & Development Manager</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">for Education & Research Programs</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Harvard Forest</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Harvard University</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">324 North Main Street</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Petersham, MA 01366</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">(978) 756-6157 phone</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">(978) 724-3595 fax</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">On the web:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#0563c1">http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/theharvardforest"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#0563c1">http://www.facebook.com/theharvardforest</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/harvardforest"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#0563c1">http://www.twitter.com/harvardforest</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> commcom [<a href="mailto:commcom-bounces@lists.lternet.edu">mailto:commcom-bounces@lists.lternet.edu</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Marty Downs<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 12, 2017 12:39 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:commcom@lternet.edu">commcom@lternet.edu</a>; <a href="mailto:education@lternet.edu">education@lternet.edu</a>; <a href="mailto:comminterest@lternet.edu">comminterest@lternet.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [LTER-commcom] Share Your Science: Blogging for Magazines, Newspapers and More</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Scientific American and the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science are offering a five-part webinar series, starting tomorrow and continuing through the next 5 Fridays. </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">They will have some of the best speakers in the field, including, Alan Alda, Mariette DiChristina, Editor in chief of Scientific American, Ben Lillie, Founder of the Story Colider, Claudia Dreifus and Matt Nisbet.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">It's a great learning opportunity for a fairly modest investment of time.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.aldacenter.org_aklc_build-2Dskills_online-2Dcourses_aldablogging2017-3Fsf120772320-3D1&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=JIxZ-AFpuKPv2mz1PYfwckARh16Laz2TrneksBiVXcE&m=_H7e8LeS9fuIHQokwrayvHZCHC-K87ik2xqISiTM7zY&s=5g_AJKOSs3sqQPPzoW7dE9X6dUehlGQVN8f-UH-8zzc&e=" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">https://www.aldacenter.org/aklc/build-skills/online-courses/aldablogging2017?sf120772320=1</span></a><br clear="all"></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><p class="MsoNormal">-- </p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Marty Downs</p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Deputy Director</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nco.lternet.edu_&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=JIxZ-AFpuKPv2mz1PYfwckARh16Laz2TrneksBiVXcE&m=_H7e8LeS9fuIHQokwrayvHZCHC-K87ik2xqISiTM7zY&s=RSe0Rnj-k-LjqrY3rkFt33qODciE7lvQfFTc1PH2O_k&e=" target="_blank">LTER Network Communications Office (LTER NCO)</a></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__us12.campaign-2Darchive1.com_-3Fu-3Dd7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4-26id-3D7e63967daf-26e-3D-5BUNIQID-5D&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=JIxZ-AFpuKPv2mz1PYfwckARh16Laz2TrneksBiVXcE&m=_H7e8LeS9fuIHQokwrayvHZCHC-K87ik2xqISiTM7zY&s=nRW1Ju26jVkaBYSpjbei4c_86ZQFfq3wXdyM-8dU7ls&e=" target="_blank">LTER Science Update</a></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">t: @USLTER</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">f: USLTER</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">University of California, Santa Barbara<br></span>Office: 805-893-7549</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Cell: 617-833-7930</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:downs@nceas.ucsb.edu" target="_blank">downs@nceas.ucsb.edu</a></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>