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Dear Phillip (and all)<br>
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I just wanted to reiterate the our position with regard to the
selection process to make sure there is no confusion about where we
stand. We offered to host NIMO at UNM if no other acceptable
alternative presented itself. We are still willing to do so.
However, since there seems to be a number of viable alternatives, we
are not planning on submitting the requested documentation. We will
instead focus on the part of NIMO that is of most interest to us and
which we are best qualified to address, maintenance and further
development of the PASTA software that forms the backbone of the
NIS. We look forward to working with the eventual host institution
to prepare the proposal(s) necessary to establish NIMO. We will
also continue to look for other sources of support that might assure
the long-term success of the LTER data enterprise.<br>
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Please let me know if you have any questions.<br>
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Regards,<br>
<br>
Bob<br>
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<td>Fri, 4 Sep 2015 14:58:05 -0600</td>
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<td>James Brunt <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
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<td>Robert Waide <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
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Mark Servilla <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
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Subject: [LTER-im-rep] Selection process for potential NIMO host
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 19:52:38 +0000
From: Philip Tarrant <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:philip.tarrant@asu.edu"><philip.tarrant@asu.edu></a>
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:im-rep@lists.lternet.edu">im-rep@lists.lternet.edu</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:im-rep@lists.lternet.edu"><im-rep@lists.lternet.edu></a>
Dear colleagues,
Attached is the site/PI profile template for those institutions that are
willing to host the NIMO administrative function. If you wish to be
considered as a candidate site, please return your completed profile by
18:00 PDT on Wednesday, September 9. I will then distribute these to
everyone in advance of an IMC vote. Please add your site ID to the
front of the file name, e.g. XXX proposed NIMO host.docx.
I propose that the voting process should identify at least a first and
second choice site so that we have a “plan B” in case negotiations with
a preferred site do not pan out. The first choice site will go forward
to the LTER Executive Board for approval. The vote will be based on one
vote per site, which I think is as fair and equitable as we can make it.
Please let me know if you have an alternative suggestion.
Regards,
*Philip Tarrant*
*Director, Informatics and Technology | Senior Sustainability Scientist*
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://sustainability.asu.edu/docs/gios/signature/images/logo.jpg*">http://sustainability.asu.edu/docs/gios/signature/images/logo.jpg*</a>
*P.O. Box 875402 | Tempe, Arizona | 85287-5402
PH: 480-727-7860 | Main: 480-965-2975 | sustainability.asu.edu
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://sustainability.asu.edu/"><http://sustainability.asu.edu/></a>
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