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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The December Virtual
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</span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cooler</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is coming soon, so please mark your calendars
for this coming Monday, December 13 at 3pm ET/12pm Pacific.</span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At our meeting this month we'll be having an IMC holiday mixer in Zoom and Spatial Chat. Prepare yourselves to geek out with your colleagues discussing
the past year, the year ahead, and just generally chill while "Jinglebell Rock" plays in a loop*.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since the grinches in IMExec are organizing this, they'll be trying to impose their uptight structure on the party. So, expect to find</span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
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<li style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An informal discussion room about site proposal renewals</span></li><li style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A place to discuss and make suggestions for VWCs and IMKE topics</span></li><li style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some ways to provide feedback on your overall LTER IM experience, needs, and wishes for the future</span></li></ul>
<div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But don't worry! In Spatial Chat we can still make a cheery, welcoming space even for people who don't want to talk about work all the time.</span></div>
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<li style="color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0"><span style="font-size:12pt">General news and announcements (<i>All, bring your good news!</i>) ~5 min</span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></li><li style="color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0"><span style="font-size:12pt">Go to spatial chat and chill (we'll give instructions & links from Zoom)...<br>
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<p style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0"><b><span style="color:#0042AA;font-size:12pt">December VWC Connection Info:</span></b><span style="color:black;font-size:12pt"></span></p>
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<li style="color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0"><span style="font-size:12pt">Date & Time: Monday, December 13th at 12p PT / 3p ET</span></li><li style="color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0"><span style="font-size:12pt">Zoom Link: <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fucsb.zoom.us%2Fj%2F664969166&data=04%7C01%7Cgmaurer%40nmsu.edu%7C5baf644025544141300808d99e45b804%7Ca3ec87a89fb84158ba8ff11bace1ebaa%7C1%7C0%7C637714844540156501%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=HP2Mt2YUki7WW26AV3Qz3GmBcFmjG3cdl06dzdFUYG8%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" shash="EwhApcyo1Lo1X1r676+CvpkOt/17WWUxum0hxH1MtUIn1UAORMo4+YyPv/mxviZgD59LSZiz2mNvK+hnIr9ZKzHg1oYDZ6n9ai1TWpIAKiQu1xBb+U2ZEUzkI7o1TUxsN6yVY60+itLWtJtqm3jBy3yc7CbYNdMq3K9IFVRi7Nw=" data-linkindex="4">https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/664969166</a></span></li><li style="color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0"><span style="font-size:12pt">Meeting ID: 664 969 166</span></li><li style="color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0"><span style="font-size:12pt">Dial by your location: <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fucsb.zoom.us%2Fu%2FadFKUddBeU&data=04%7C01%7Cgmaurer%40nmsu.edu%7C5baf644025544141300808d99e45b804%7Ca3ec87a89fb84158ba8ff11bace1ebaa%7C1%7C0%7C637714844540156501%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=IKgV5D4JNzMPCvkBSOHdfUX95ocGW8%2B4%2BoNhMFECatQ%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" shash="L4QN08vW6W/8esisg3tKP1e8ZRy7eq0Aepyl3YtBGK+wE1OZchLlMJPxSOpRfQ/jaXIpcUmVsBqfD3BTIzPQvnJyZl/mQ2xDX9Vm1v7znTqK/06pf0RrYJ66NMyIvEzRDgzDl5iHiGg1O9x3HWwSbpv70mIVna151eB/lVbDjeM=" data-linkindex="5">https://ucsb.zoom.us/u/adFKUddBeU</a></span></li></ul>
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*just kidding!<br>
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<span style="font-family:"Lucida Console",Monaco,monospace; font-size:11pt">Gregory E. Maurer, Ph.D. (he/him)</span>
<div><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console",Monaco,monospace; font-size:11pt">Information Manager/Data Scientist</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console",Monaco,monospace; font-size:11pt">Jornada Basin LTER</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:"Lucida Console",Monaco,monospace; font-size:11pt">New Mexico State University</span></div>
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