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<td>Re: LTER National Communications Office proposal</td>
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<td>Mon, 10 Aug 2015 10:09:03 -0500</td>
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<td>Mary Spivey <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:spive007@umn.edu"><spive007@umn.edu></a></td>
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<td>Robert Waide <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rwaide@lternet.edu"><rwaide@lternet.edu></a></td>
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<td>Nicholas Oehm <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Oehmn@fiu.edu"><Oehmn@fiu.edu></a></td>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Bob,
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<div>Thank you for this note. When it arrived, we were in the
midst of our site review and I didn't feel mentally able to
adequately respond at that time with all the chaos a site
review brings. Now, I can write that the Education and
Outreach Committee does appreciate the intentional effort to
include EOC issues into your proposal; yours was the only
group to approach us, an effort that does not go unnoticed. I
realize the award was a disappointment and we acknowledge the
changes this will bring to the current LNO team. </div>
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<div>The reps have asked if you will be at ASM and I assured
them you would be. </div>
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<div>All the best,</div>
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Mary</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Robert
Waide <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
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I got news yesterday that our proposal was declined. The
new office will be at the National Center for Ecological
Analysis and Synthesis at UC-Santa Barbara. As you can
guess, I feel pretty bad about this because I thought we had
a winning proposal with an excellent set of partners. It's
clear from the reviews that the focus was on a new approach,
and it seems like we were actually hampered by our LTER
history. I want to thank you and the Education Committee
for cooperating with us in the proposal. Let me know if you
have any questions.<br>
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Best regards,<br>
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Bob<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Robert B. Waide<br>
Executive Director<br>
Long Term Ecological Research Network Office<br>
MSC03 2020<br>
1 University of New Mexico<br>
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Mary A. Spivey<br>
Education and Outreach Coordinator<br>
Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve<br>
2660 Fawn Lake Drive N.E.<br>
East Bethel, MN 55005<br>
612-301-2602<br>
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