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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi All – <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Please see the minutes below from the HBEF COS Meeting earlier this month. Note that the next COS meeting, directly following the Annual Meeting in July, will be focused on graduate student research. The plan
is for members of the COS to visit grad student research sites at HBEF and to give COS members the chance to get out in the field and learn about what we are all working on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I’ll be sending out an invitation for all who are interested in participating. Please look out for details!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Rebecca<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Templer, Pamela H
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 18, 2016 3:01 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'HubbardBrookCOS@lists.sr.unh.edu'<br>
<b>Cc:</b> 'Ivan Fernandez'; Sanders-Demott, Rebecca<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Hubbard Brook SCC Meeting Notes & COS Meeting Schedule<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear Hubbard Brook Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We’ve included below the minutes from the last SCC meeting held on April 6, 2016. The schedule for the next three COS meetings are included at the bottom of this message.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Pam Templer and John Battles<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SCC Co-Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">April 6, 2016</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Scientific Coordinating Committee Meeting Notes</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Attending: John Battles (phone), Pam Templer, Lynn Christenson, John Campbell, David Sleeper (phone), Lindsey Rustad (ex-officio), Gary Lovett<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Vote on new COS members<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We voted unanimously to include Dana Warren as a member of the Committee of Scientists. Dana worked at Hubbard Brook while he was a graduate student at Cornell. He is currently an Assistant Professor
at Oregon State University with expertise in aquatic</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> ecology, ecosystem ecology, invertebrate ecology, biogeochemistry, and stream restoration<span style="color:black">. He is excited about reengaging with the Hubbard
Brook community and pursuing his research at the site. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Election for new SCC members</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">John Campbell and John Battles organized the last election in March using Survey Monkey for the first time. The SCC agreed that the anonymous process went well and will use this method in the future.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Update on new Executive Director search at HBRF</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The search committee and rest of the Board of Trustees are actively working on this search.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">General planning of future COS meetings</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">In the future, the SCC Chairs will handle communications with the COS. Meeting organizers will send drafts of the schedule to the SCC Chairs and work together on finalizing the next COS meeting.
Final agendas are still expected to be distributed to the COS at least 4 weeks before each meeting.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Keynote Address:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">It has been challenging to schedule ‘big names’ for a HBRF keynote in July in a rural area. We discussed that the goal of this keynote address is to engage the Hubbard Brook community and therefore “internal
scientists” will be considered for future talks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">SCC Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The SCC voted unanimously to have Pam Templer and John Battles continue as Co-Chairs of the SCC for the next year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">External Advisor<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The SCC voted unanimously to approve Ivan Fernandez’ 3-year appointment. His term begins in July 2016 and will continue through the April 2019 COS meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Yale School of Forestry<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Lindsey Rustad visited Yale and spoke to students and faculty to encourage them to work at Hubbard Brook.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Upcoming COS meetings:</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">July 15, 2016 @ HBEF: Graduate student presentations at field sites
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">(led by Rebecca Sanders-DeMott)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Note: Annual Cooperator’s Meeting is July 13-14, 2016</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">October 11, 2016 @ Cary Institute: Resilience
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">(led by John Battles)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
<b><span style="color:black">January 3-4, 2017 @ Cary Institute: Synthesis </span>
</b><span style="color:black">(led by Gary Lovett)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">---------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Pamela Templer, PhD <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Associate Professor of Biology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Director, PhD Program in Biogeoscience<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Boston University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Boston, MA 02215<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">5 Cummington Mall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Phone 617-353-6978<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://people.bu.edu/ptempler/"><span style="color:blue">http://people.bu.edu/ptempler/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.bu.edu/bio-geo/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.bu.edu/bio-geo/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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