<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b>LTER Information Managers, </b></span><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">The LTER Information Managers are planning to hold their 2017 meeting at the <a href="http://www.esipfed.org/meetings/upcoming-meetings/esip-summer-meeting-2017" target="_blank">Earth Science Information Partners</a> summer meeting in Bloomington Indiana. EDI is providing partial funding to several participants. <span style="font-size:12.8px">The NCO would like to encourage attendance by IMs from additional sites and is able to offer partial funding. </span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Who is eligible:</b></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">One information manager per site, for sites not already funded by EDI. </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b>What the NCO covers:</b></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">The NCO will cover advance-booked airfare (through Santa Barbara travel) and early registration (before June 30) for ESIP meeting.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b>What the LTER site covers:</b></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Food, lodging, ground transportation and miscellaneous.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><b>How to proceed: </b></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">If your PI has already responded to Frank's earlier request, we have your information. These include: <span style="font-size:12.8px">NES, </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">BNZ, </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">MCM, </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">CAP, </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">SBC, </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">JRN. </span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> If you are not on this list and are not already funded by EDI, please have a conversation with your PI about co-funding and respond to this email by <b>April 21,</b> expressing your interest in attending. We will respond with confirmation of funding by <b>April 28</b>.</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Approved travelers will need to contact Santa Barbara Travel to make airline reservations by <b>June 9</b>, to assure the best rates.</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Key dates: </b></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">April 10, 2017: ESIP Session proposals due</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">April 21, 2017: NCO funding requests due</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">April 28, 2017: NCO confirmation of travel eligibility.</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">June 9, 2017: Deadline for making airline reservations</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">June 30, 2017: ESIP early registration due</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Although the 2017 meeting agenda is not yet set, </span><a href="http://meetings.esipfed.org/summer-meeting-2016" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">past meetings</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> have offered a wealth of workshops, relevant conference sessions, and networking opportunities. We expect that the 2017 meeting will provide many opportunities for professional development and broad engagement as well as community-building and information-sharing among LTER information managers.</span><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">If you are interested in taking advantage of this opportunity, please e-mail Marty Downs (<a href="mailto:downs@nceas.ucsb.edu" target="_blank">downs@nceas.ucsb.edu</a>) by April 21.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Thanks, </span><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Marty<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail-m_7581867260073251397gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Marty Downs<div>Deputy Director/Communications</div><div>LTER Network Communications Office (LTER NCO)</div><div><a href="http://us12.campaign-archive1.com/?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=7e63967daf&e=[UNIQID]" target="_blank">LTER Science Update</a></div><div>t: @USLTER</div><div>f: USLTER</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)</span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">University of California, Santa Barbara</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:small">Office: <a href="tel:(805)%20893-7549" value="+18058937549" target="_blank">805-893-7549</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:small">Cell: <a href="tel:(617)%20833-7930" value="+16178337930" target="_blank">617-833-7930</a></span></div><div><a href="mailto:downs@nceas.ucsb.edu" target="_blank">downs@nceas.ucsb.edu</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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