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<div class="">We will have our last Virtual Water Cooler (VWC) of the year, back at its regular day/time (2nd Monday of the month), next <b class=""><font color="#0042aa" class="">Monday, December 14th @ 12p PT / 3p ET</font></b>. </div>
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<div class="">We are pleased to welcome back the Non-tabular Data Working Group, a collaborative effort between members of the LTER IMC and EDI to develop best practices for archiving non-tabular data.</div>
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<div class="">If you haven’t done so already, <b class=""><font color="#b92d5d" class="">a final reminder to please review and comment</font></b> on the 9 best practice documents they have prepared for public release. You can review those documents here: <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mq5QCl_ldLh9rox4jNjClG9NTDqMIfjn?usp=sharing" style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mq5QCl_ldLh9rox4jNjClG9NTDqMIfjn?usp=sharing</a>. You
may add your comments and suggestions to each document, or to this <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OFK03ck3vyToocI41wd6QiHA3vxqA4m3e-WDQYg3LKs/edit" title="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OFK03ck3vyToocI41wd6QiHA3vxqA4m3e-WDQYg3LKs/edit" class="">comments
document</a>. <b class=""><font color="#b92d5d" class="">The non-tabbers will be meeting tomorrow</font>
</b>to prepare for next week’s VWC, <b class=""><font color="#b92d5d" class="">and would appreciate additional feedback from IMC</font></b> on their work prior to their meeting.</div>
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<div class="">Specifically, please consider these questions:</div>
<div class="">Are all special cases covered? Do you have datasets that don't fall into any of the categories?</div>
<div class="">Is the text clear and understandable?</div>
<div class="">Are any details not covered within the categories?</div>
<div class="">Where should these documents live (be published)</div>
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<div class="">how will they be updated</div>
<div class="">how will they be cited</div>
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<div class="">Are you comfortable with these being our best practices?</div>
<div class="">Anything else?</div>
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<div class=""><b class=""><font color="#0042aa" class="">December VWC Connection Info:</font></b></div>
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<div class="">Date & Time: Monday, December 14th at 1p PT / 3p ET</div>
<div class="">Zoom Link: <a href="https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/664969166" target="_blank" class="">https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/664969166</a></div>
Meeting ID: 664 969 166<br class="">
Dial by your location: <a href="https://ucsb.zoom.us/u/adFKUddBeU" target="_blank" class="">https://ucsb.zoom.us/u/adFKUddBeU</a></div>
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<div class="">On behalf of IM Exec (and the non-tabbers),</div>
<div class="">Renée</div>
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<font face="Optima" class=""><b class="">Renée F. Brown</b> <font color="#434343" class="">(she/her)</font><br class="">
<i class=""><font color="#434343" class="">Information Manager, McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER<br class="">
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<div class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Optima;">University of New Mexico Department of Biology</span></div>
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