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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear IMs,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Date: Monday, September 10<sup>th</sup> at 12 pm PDT/3 pm EDT<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Topic: Review and discussion of visioning topics and questions for NSF<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Connection: <span style="color:black"><a href="https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/8058932071">https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/8058932071</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In our final VWC before our annual IMC meeting on September 30<sup>th</sup>, we will review and discuss our ideas on visioning topics and questions for NSF. We anticipate several NSF officers from the LTER Working Group attending our meeting
for a 4 pm (PDT) session. Our visioning discussion will be a 90 minute breakout where we discuss various topics within small groups and then report back to the whole group.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">IM-Exec (mainly Stevan) has prepared a couple of documents for your review before the VWC on Monday. These were originally embedded in our proposed agenda, but we have pulled them out as separate documents.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">IMC Visioning Breakout Topics:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gBB6pXqGXt_4JeZaCSAIaBjp3r3fVlN_LM2mf20YyEE/edit">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gBB6pXqGXt_4JeZaCSAIaBjp3r3fVlN_LM2mf20YyEE/edit</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Proposed questions to NSF:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Clrp1pZA9hspiDSc0rU1uHxwpyRO9VfmZzSCRR9T7LI/edit">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Clrp1pZA9hspiDSc0rU1uHxwpyRO9VfmZzSCRR9T7LI/edit</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A couple other announcements:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Draft agenda:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MzXQ7cDdN0AIXicbmYEdHaBxfmdDrvE7TNOCGsnyQiQ/edit">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MzXQ7cDdN0AIXicbmYEdHaBxfmdDrvE7TNOCGsnyQiQ/edit</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I will be making reservations soon at the Fishwife for Saturday, September 29<sup>th</sup>. If you have not indicated your interest in attending, please do so soon.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Finally, our October VWC, which will be the week after our annual IMC meeting and where we will debrief from our meeting, is scheduled for Monday, October 8<sup>th</sup>, which is Columbus Day, a federal holiday. We are planning to move
it to Tuesday, October 9<sup>th</sup> at 12 pm PDT/3 pm EDT. The other option is to move it to Monday, October 15<sup>th</sup>. Please let me know if October 9<sup>th</sup> is not good for you.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">See you around the water cooler!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Suzanne<o:p></o:p></p>
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