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            color:black">Please mark your calendars!!  SBC LTER's 
            Annual All Scientists Meeting is scheduled for 1 to 8 pm<b
              style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> Friday November 18,
              2016 </b>in the Marine Science Research Building.  This
            year's meeting will feature an overview and status report on
            the project by Dan Reed and more detailed research
            presentations by post docs Max Castorani, Rosana Aguilera
            Becker and Jason Smith (<b>see attached agenda</b>). We will
            also have an interactive poster session followed by a group
            discussion on planning for our renewal proposal due in early
            2018.    </span><span
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            color:black">All participants (especially students) are
            encouraged to share their work in the form of a recent
            poster. Poster presenters are asked to prepare a 1 minute, 1
            slide powerpoint presentation aimed at introducing
            themselves and the content of their poster. Please do not
            hesitate to contact Jenny Dugan </span></font><font
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            color:black"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
                style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">(<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jenny.dugan@lifesci.ucsb.edu">jenny.dugan@lifesci.ucsb.edu</a>)
              </span></font>if you have any questions concerning the
            preparation of your poster and powerpoint introduction. </span><br>
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            style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">To aid us
            in planning, please reply to Jenny
            (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jenny.dugan@lifesci.ucsb.edu">jenny.dugan@lifesci.ucsb.edu</a>) with the following
            information as soon as possible, but no later than <b
              style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">November 7th</b>
            (check all options that apply):</span></font></p>
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            I will ____ will not____attend the 2016 SBC LTER Annual All
            Scientist Meeting:  </span></font></p>
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            style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">I will
            ____ will not____present a poster and 1 minute talk <br>
            I will ____ will not____attend the dinner on Friday night<br
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            style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
            color:black">Reimbursement for travel expenses for non-UCSB
            participants is available upon request.<span
              style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Please contact Jenny </span></font><font
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                style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">(<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jenny.dugan@lifesci.ucsb.edu">jenny.dugan@lifesci.ucsb.edu</a>)
              </span></font>as soon as possible if you have this need.<span
              style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Also please let her
            know of any dietary restrictions for the dinner menu. </span><span
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            color:black">We look forward to seeing you all for a lively
            and interesting gathering.</span><span style="font-size:
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            color:black">Many thanks,</span></font></p>
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            style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
            color:black">Dan and Jenny<br>
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    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Dan Reed
Marine Science Institute
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
phone: 805-893-8363</pre>
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