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<td>Dan Reed <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dan.reed@lifesci.ucsb.edu"><dan.reed@lifesci.ucsb.edu></a></td>
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Hi Bob,<br>
<br>
I wanted to personally offer my thanks and acknowledgements to you
and the LNO staff for your outstanding contributions to the LTER
Network over the past 2 decades. Responding to the needs of NSF
and 26 sites with varying interests and demands is no easy task
and I have always been impressed with your professionalism and
dedication in serving the needs of the LTER community. You deserve
a lot of credit for the prominence and respect that LTER has
achieved nationally and abroad. We all owe you and the staff a
lot of thanks for a job well done.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Dan<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As many of you have already heard, NSF
has chosen the new LTER National Communications Office to be
operated by the National Center for Ecological Analysis and
Synthesis (NCEAS) at the University of California at Santa
Barbara, with Frank Davis as the principal investigator: <a
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<p class="MsoNormal">First, congratulations to the team at
NCEAS! The new office will take advantage of NCEAS’s
expertise in supporting multisite collaboration and
synthetic research, graduate training and environmental
science communication. Over the past 20 years, NCEAS has had
a transformative effect on the way that ecological
information is organized, synthesized and applied. It is
very exciting to now apply their experience and expertise to
the LTER network.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Second, a huge thanks and acknowledgement
to Bob Waide and the staff at the current LTER Network
Office for their decades of effective and dedicated
leadership and devotion to the network. Their skilled
stewardship has built LTER into one of the most visible and
effective scientific networks in the world and has been
responsible for much of our success in science, education,
outreach and the development of the culture of
multi-disciplinary research.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There will be a working group session
about the new office at the LTER All Scientists Meeting on
Monday, August 31 from 6:45 to 8:00 PM in the Ruesch
Auditorium at the YMCA of the Rockies. </p>
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