<div dir="ltr">Dear LTER PIs, Information Managers, and Education and Outreach Managers:<div><br></div><div>A small working group composed of representatives from the information management, communication, education, and PI communities has proposed the attached revision to the LTER Network Guidelines for Website Design and Content (last updated in 2009). We seek your input on the attached document. </div><div><br></div><div><b>This guidance applies to the websites of <u>individual</u> LTER sites.</b> </div><div><br></div><div>The committee attempted to strike a balance between the flexibility that allows individual sites to accommodate different technical and organizational situations and the need for the Network to exhibit some degree of coordination.</div><div><br></div><div>We plan to seek approval from the Executive Board at the May Meeting and need your <b>comments by May 1</b> in order to incorporate your feedback.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div><br></div><div>Marty Downs and Mary Martin, co-chairs, </div><div><br></div><div>on behalf of the </div><div>Web Guidelines Working Group</div><div><ul><li>Mike Gooseff (MCM)<br></li><li>Jill Haukos (KNZ)<br></li><li>John Porter (VCR)<br></li><li>Kristen Vanderbilt (FCE)<br></li><li>Mark Watkins (CAP)<br></li><li>Yang Xia (KNZ) <br></li></ul><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><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, <span style="font-size:12.8px">Network Communications Office</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://lternet.edu/" target="_blank">Long-Term Ecological Research Network</a></span></div><div><a href="http://us12.campaign-archive.com/?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=9c0b9b36a4" 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: 805-893-7549</span></div><div><span style="font-size:small">Cell: 617-833-7930</span></div><div><a href="mailto:downs@nceas.ucsb.edu" target="_blank">downs@nceas.ucsb.edu</a></div><div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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