<div dir="ltr"><div>Greetings to the IMC!</div><div><br></div><div>The IMEXEC crew met this week and we had a couple of items in preparation for the next VWC that we had to share.  First, we are preparing the IMC annual report for the LTER Science Council which is due next month.  New this year is a request from the council that we provide them with any "specific questions or problems on which we would like to receive feedback from the LTER Science Council".  We are asked to limit it to one or two high priority items with appropriate background information.  We would like to get input from the whole committee so please think about this and either email your thoughts to IMEXEC or come prepared to share them at the start of the upcoming VWC.  Here is some additional guidance from the report template that might be helpful.<br></div><div><br></div><div>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-a6202483-7fff-9311-aef8-4b28c3c7675f"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;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">This might include questions such as:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;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;margin-left:36pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;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 to prioritize efforts in various areas</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;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;margin-left:36pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;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 strong PI interest is in different types of cross-site activities</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;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;margin-left:36pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;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 kinds of changes or activities would draw PI interest in committee involvement?</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;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;margin-left:36pt"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;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">Are PIs aware of specific programs or resources that the committee should capitalize on?</span></p></li></ul>

</div><div><br></div><div>The other item is the topic for that next water cooler.  In April we would like to have another installment of our I.M.K.E. series and have a discussion of site website systems.  The format would be to have several short presentations by different IMs that present a variety of system and software designs to provide web based information and services.  To that end I am looking for a few volunteers that would be willing to share their web architecture (especially if you have some unique, novel or otherwise notable feature) so please contact me if you would be willing. Nudge, wink!<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Jason & Crew<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_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>