<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Education/Outreach Committee Representatives, </div><div><br></div><div>We have votes in for 15 out of 27 sites, not quite the 2/3 that we need to constitute a quorum. If you have not yet voted for co-chair, please remember to do so before our meeting tomorrow.</div><div><br></div><div><font size="4" color="#000000">Co-chair Ballot:</font><font color="#0000ff" size="4"> <a href="https://forms.gle/42JaRzuEa3dxhvFe7" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/42JaRzuEa3dxhvFe7</a></font><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks, Marty</div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Marty Downs (she/her) | <a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2833-956X" target="_blank">ORCID</a><div>Director, LTER Network Office</div><div>617-833-7930 (m)<br></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>~~I sometimes find it convenient to email on nights and weekends. </i><br></div><div><i>That doesn't mean I expect you to reply.~~</i></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 11:16 AM Marty Downs <<a href="mailto:downs@nceas.ucsb.edu">downs@nceas.ucsb.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Education Committee Reps, </div><div><br></div><div>I am pleased to share the news that <b>Scott Simon (SBC LTER)</b> has agreed (subject to committee voting) to serve as Education-Outreach Committee Co-chair along with Kara Haas. </div><div><br></div><div><div><b><font size="4" color="#000000">Co-chair Ballot:</font><font color="#0000ff" size="4"> <a href="https://forms.gle/42JaRzuEa3dxhvFe7" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/42JaRzuEa3dxhvFe7</a></font></b></div><div><br></div><div>Please complete your ballot before <b>Thursday, January 7</b>. We're excited to have a full team in place for the new year!</div></div><div><br></div><div><b>A bit about Scott: </b></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div>Scott has coordinated Education and Outreach for the Santa Barbara Coastal LTER and directed "the REEF," UCSB's teaching aquarium, for the past 15-plus years. As SBC's Outreach Coordinator he works with scientists, staff, and students in K-12 education and outreach programs both on and off campus. </div><div><br></div><div>With UCSB and other LTER science education representatives, he develops content and programs to articulate the research of the Santa Barbara Coastal LTER, particularly for K-12 needs (students and teachers) and for undergraduates. SBC incorporates standards-aligned, hands-on programs as well as current research in science education. UCSB's remarkable beach-front location allows for the design, development and implementation of unique and strategic STEM content which is derived directly from SBC research. </div><div><br></div><div>The campus serves as the hub for our LTER Schoolyard programs, mainly through our teaching aquarium, the <a href="https://msi.ucsb.edu/facilities-services/reef" target="_blank">Research Experience & Education Facility</a>. At the REEF, UCSB undergraduates act as mentors to local high school students, and so gain teaching experience as they pass on their knowledge and research experience. Related SBC LTER K-12 outreach projects I am involved in are "Pathways to Ecological Literacy" (funded through MSP), and a collaboration with the Santa Barbara Unified School District and the UCB Lawrence Hall of Science which brings ocean science to local 6th graders via teacher professional development.</div><div><br></div></blockquote><div>Thanks!</div><div>Marty</div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Marty Downs (she/her) | <a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2833-956X" target="_blank">ORCID</a><div>Director, LTER Network Office</div><div>National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis</div><div>University of California - Santa Barbara</div><div><a href="https://lternet.edu" target="_blank">https://lternet.edu</a> | <a href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/2055673/lter_network/library" target="_blank">LTER Zotero</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/uslter" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div><div><br></div><div>617-833-7930 (m)</div><div><br></div><div><i>~~I sometimes find it convenient to email on nights and weekends. </i></div><div><i>That doesn't mean I expect you to reply.~~</i></div></div></div></div></div>
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