<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2">Happy New Year!</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">The IMC will kick off the first water cooler of the year next Monday with a discussion of the LTER 40-year review and and the IM self-study component.  Here is the connection and initial topic information:</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><b>Date:</b>     Monday, January 14^th at 12 pm PDT / 3 pm EDT</font></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><b>Connection:</b>       <a href="https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/419931872" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(23,57,77);background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">https://ucsb.<span class="m_3531610358820900405gmail-m_102174518994666393gmail-m_1747580235795472573gmail-il">zoom</span>.us/j/419931872</span></a></font></p>

</div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">The current thinking is a two-page whitepaper highlighting how great IM is at the NETWORK level.  The NSF review will focus on: (1) why do we need long-term, and (2) why do we need a network? The IMC, almost more than any other, can address these topics.  
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="m_3531610358820900405gmail-docs-internal-guid-54d6f55c-7fff-c88b-2c83-8670a80c8600">Focus of the decadal review is progress in the last 10 years (2008-2018) and the IMC has several key accomplishments.  <span style="font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" id="m_3531610358820900405gmail-docs-internal-guid-1ea257e2-7fff-7e96-bf08-a7c7a92c87ad">Bob Waide is also editing a book about LTER, with Susan Stafford writing the IM section, and we want to be involved in this process.</span><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="m_3531610358820900405gmail-docs-internal-guid-54d6f55c-7fff-c88b-2c83-8670a80c8600"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="m_3531610358820900405gmail-docs-internal-guid-54d6f55c-7fff-c88b-2c83-8670a80c8600">Initial discussion generated a list of some</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="m_3531610358820900405gmail-docs-internal-guid-54d6f55c-7fff-c88b-2c83-8670a80c8600"> cross-site products ans a few concepts to be highlighted in the paper:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="m_3531610358820900405gmail-docs-internal-guid-54d6f55c-7fff-c88b-2c83-8670a80c8600"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="m_3531610358820900405gmail-docs-internal-guid-54d6f55c-7fff-c88b-2c83-8670a80c8600"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="m_3531610358820900405gmail-docs-internal-guid-54d6f55c-7fff-c88b-2c83-8670a80c8600"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="m_3531610358820900405gmail-docs-internal-guid-54d6f55c-7fff-c88b-2c83-8670a80c8600"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="m_3531610358820900405gmail-docs-internal-guid-54d6f55c-7fff-c88b-2c83-8670a80c8600"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="m_3531610358820900405gmail-docs-internal-guid-54d6f55c-7fff-c88b-2c83-8670a80c8600"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="m_3531610358820900405gmail-docs-internal-guid-54d6f55c-7fff-c88b-2c83-8670a80c8600"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="m_3531610358820900405gmail-docs-internal-guid-54d6f55c-7fff-c88b-2c83-8670a80c8600"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="m_3531610358820900405gmail-docs-internal-guid-54d6f55c-7fff-c88b-2c83-8670a80c8600"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="m_3531610358820900405gmail-docs-internal-guid-54d6f55c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ign:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">    </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">DEIMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">    </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">PASTA</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">    </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">EDI/data center</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="m_3531610358820900405gmail-docs-internal-guid-dc66149c-7fff-f352-6c9c-5e4172e6d744"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What are the concepts we should plan to emphasize:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">    </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How was the network connected to development of product?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">    </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What is the network use of the product?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">    </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What is the use outside of the LTER of the product?</span></p><br></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I hope everyone had a joyous holiday season and we look forward to meeting next week.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cheers,</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Team IMEXEC<br></span></p>

<br><p></p> </font></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="m_3531610358820900405gmail-docs-internal-guid-54d6f55c-7fff-c88b-2c83-8670a80c8600"></span><br></div><div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="m_3531610358820900405gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Jason Downing<br>Bonanza Creek LTER Information Manager<br>Institute of Arctic Biology<br>University of Alaska Fairbanks<br><br><span><span><a href="mailto:jpdowning@alaska.edu" target="_blank">jpdowning@alaska.edu</a></span></span><br>907.474.6364 (Office)<br>907.474.6251 (Fax)</div></div></div></div></div>