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From my view point, not the official recap.<br>
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Things I liked about the meeting:<br>
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<li>Seeing almost all my friends there. You. What a treat, thanks
we could enjoy each other!</li>
<li>Volleyball and dancing. Work hard, and play hard(er). Yay.</li>
<li>"How to communicate Science effectively" (SO real and so close
to my heart. THANKS)</li>
<li>Poster about the "Toolbox for cross-disciplinary Science". A
Philosopher with a mission guys.<br>
</li>
<li>All presenters and attendees of the DEIMS sessions. DEIMS <u>in
the Forest Service</u>, I thought I would never see the day!</li>
<li>Bob Waide's and LNOs amazing performance, one more ASM where
the real LNO shone. THANKS.<br>
</li>
<li>Wade's GCE toolbox walk through. NaNs and LOLs. Thank you
Wade.</li>
<li>David Blankman was there providing cool stories, input and a
wealth of support. My beacon.</li>
<li>Linda Powell's community pull: Applied approaches and
solutions to manage (big and complex) data.<br>
</li>
<li>Have the chance to offer myself as the Lead PI for the next
data center. Yay.<br>
</li>
<li>NSFers were present and reachable. Our Peter, Our Saran, Lisa
Clough, Alan Tessier and James Olds<br>
</li>
<li>The Y : the perfect venue for the meeting</li>
<li>Other people who shone on my watch: Diana H. Wall, Susan
Stafford and Aaron Ellison. How cool is LTER ?<br>
</li>
<li>MCM rocks. Amazing team, awesome science and an IM lifecycle
that does not burden me (<u>my team</u> does the data curation,
folks, <u>not me</u>)<br>
</li>
<li>The nice photo at the Longs Peak Lodge wall, in the little
nook between Granite and Bouldersomething rooms. LOL, JW.</li>
<li>The work presented by Emery at poster session. Way to go,
Emery, please re-cast at VWCs.<br>
</li>
<li>Fox Peterson's curiosity and initiative (and love for Github!)</li>
<li>Finally meeting Amy Chiuchiolo (a good dancer too).<br>
</li>
<li>The news about Luquillo. Yay.</li>
<li>Mark on any given ASM Monday night.</li>
<li>Leanne Yanabu saving the day (and the low-rider). Again and
again.<br>
</li>
<li>Organization: a little paper by every room's door announcing
the event at the right time. Nicely done.<br>
</li>
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Things I disliked or hurt (because this is not Hollywood, people):<br>
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<li>Marsh was not with us. You have no idea how much it hurts.</li>
<li>Knowing that it is the end of a cycle (current LNO)<br>
</li>
<li>It felt like a reduced ASM: LTER is more than 500 people.<br>
</li>
<li>Festivities ended prematurely. Boo.</li>
<li>That hard futon, my bones are still reminding me of it.</li>
<li>Nicole Kaplan was not with us. <br>
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<li>"Facilitators" that cannot shut-up and actually facilitate. So
much to learn.<br>
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<li>Food. did it get worse? Glad this is the only real and
relative low of the meeting logistics.<br>
</li>
<li>Earlier meeting during fire season -> smoke and heat. </li>
<li>LNCO has no budget for future ASMs. Is this for real ? Are we
nuts ?<br>
</li>
<li>Theresa Valentine's retirement. Glad for Theresa, but sucks
losing quality people!</li>
<li>Did not get the chance to mingle with the Swedish or the
Aussie. Where were they after work?</li>
<li>Did not get a chance to hangout with Christine O'Connell after
her wonderful talk. Sigh. Please come back.<br>
</li>
<li>Did not get a chance to say even hi to Henry Gholz. Did he go
undercover? Where was Waldo ?<br>
</li>
<li>Other premature news about a very DEAr IM. hmm..<br>
</li>
<li>The day after the ASM is over.</li>
<li>The day after the ASM is over.</li>
<li>The day after the ASM is over.. so long, and thanks for all
the fish!<br>
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Cheers, Inigo<br>
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