<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Hi all, a friendly reminder of our scheduled VWC today. Also, my original message had a slight error, which I have corrected below. Please be reminded that expectations of LTER Network IMs are detailed in the <a href="https://lternet.edu/documents/lter-information-management-committee-bylaws-v4/">IMC Bylaws</a>, of which the latest revision (v4) recently received unanimous approval. If you have any questions or concerns, please direct them to IM Exec (<a href="mailto:imexec@lternet.edu">imexec@lternet.edu</a>). </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Thanks, Renée</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Greetings IMC,</font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Our next monthly Virtual Water Cooler (<span>VWC</span>) is just around the corner, on </font><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#0042aa">Monday, August 9th @ 12p PT / 3p ET</font></b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#000000">. This month's </font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">VWC</span><font color="#000000"> will set the stage for the ClimDB workshop at our upcoming IMC Annual Meeting (a roughly all-day meeting scheduled for Monday, September 13th). We'd like to take the opportunity to remind all LTER IMs that attendance at the annual meeting <b>is </b></font><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">expected</span></b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">.</span><font color="#000000"> </font><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#741b47">Along these lines, IM attendance and participation at all of our monthly VWCs <b>is expected</b> from all 28 sites in the LTER Network (excepting occasional conflicts within reason).</font></span></font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">At the August VWC, IM Exec members Tim Whiteaker and Greg Maurer will briefly outline the plan for harmonizing meteorological and hydrological datasets across the LTER Network, introduce the ODM CSV data format, discuss lingering issues, and lay out next steps for all IMs to prepare for the ClimDB workshop. </font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><div><b><font color="#0042aa" face="arial, sans-serif">August <span>VWC</span> Connection Info:</font></b></div><div><div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Date & Time: Monday, August 9th at 12p PT / 3p ET</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Zoom Link: <a href="https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/664969166" target="_blank">https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/664969166</a></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Meeting ID: 664 969 166</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dial by your location: <a href="https://ucsb.zoom.us/u/adFKUddBeU" target="_blank">https://ucsb.zoom.us/u/adFKUddBeU</a></font></li></ul></div></div></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">On behalf of IM Exec,</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Renée</font></div></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b>Renée F. Brown</b> (<i>she<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">/</span>her</i>)<div><i>Information Manager, McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER</i></div><div>University of New Mexico</div><div>Albuquerque, NM 87131</div><div><a href="mailto:rfbrown@unm.edu" target="_blank">rfbrown@unm.edu</a></div></div></div></div>
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