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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear IM’s,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Due to the Federal observance of Columbus Day on October 9th, we will move October’s VWC to Monday, October 16th; same time and place (12 pm PDT/3 pm EDT;</span>
<span style="color:black"><a href="https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/8058932071">https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/8058932071</a></span><span style="color:#1F497D">). This month’s topic will be the IMC Terms of Reference (now called Bylaws). Please read the message from Don, below,
review the attached notes on discussion and recommendations from the breakout group from our July 24th meeting and review the proposed draft. Don will moderate/lead this VWC, but we will discuss these recommendations and the draft version of the Bylaws.
There will be a Request for Comment (RFC) period following the VWC, potential modifications based on the comments and an eventual vote.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Here’s our fall VWC schedule:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">October 16 – IMC Bylaws<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">November 13 – EML Congruency Checker (tentative)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">December 11 – ASM workshop planning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks, Suzanne<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> imexec [mailto:imexec-bounces@lists.lternet.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Henshaw, Donald<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 25, 2017 12:21 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'imexec@lternet.edu' <imexec@lternet.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Eda C. Melendez-Colom <edacorreo@yahoo.com>; Karen Baker <karensbaker@gmail.com>; Renée F. Brown <rfbrown@unm.edu>; Jonathan Walsh <walshj@caryinstitute.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [LTER-imexec] IMC Bylaws and ToR breakout group meeting report<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">IMExec members,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Attached is the ToR breakout group report from the summer IMC meeting. As an ad hoc working group we have revised and renamed the IMC Terms of Reference (ToR). We feel “ IMC Bylaws”
is a more appropriate name. The current draft resides as a Google doc and both the folder and document link are included below. The earlier drafts in that folder track the changes made from the original document.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">It is our intent that this document be shared with the entire IMC for comment and eventual vote/adoption, even while uncertainties remain regarding establishing formal communication
with NCO and EDI as well as funding for our annual meeting. We note that two earlier versions from 2012 and 2016 were found that were never finalized and put to a vote, and the “current” approved 2011 ToR is woefully out of date at this time.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Our hope is that we will follow this up with a discussion on a monthly IMC vtc sometime this fall.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Don<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">A new version of the ToR (now called IMC Bylaws) document has been placed in the Google Doc folder:
<a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0ByGhBHZ7pxfZNVlGMjhFWmI2bkk" target="_blank">
<span style="color:purple">https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0ByGhBHZ7pxfZNVlGMjhFWmI2bkk</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">With file name LTER_IMC_TOR_v3_proposed_draft2.docx, or specifically,<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DBye3eABw47d0a77dbmPyhcTPWUGaAtPPCWevJXW8V0/edit" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DBye3eABw47d0a77dbmPyhcTPWUGaAtPPCWevJXW8V0/edit</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Don Henshaw</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Andrews Forest LTER Information Manager</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Forestry Sciences Laboratory</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">3200 SW Jefferson Way</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Corvallis, OR 97331</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:don.henshaw@oregonstate.edu"><span style="color:purple">don.henshaw@oregonstate.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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