<div dir="auto"></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Marty Downs</strong> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:downs@nceas.ucsb.edu">downs@nceas.ucsb.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Jun 7, 2019, 11:26 AM<br>Subject: Re: Draft ILTER letter to U.S. sites<br>To: Mark Ohman <<a href="mailto:mohman@ucsd.edu">mohman@ucsd.edu</a>><br>Cc: <<a href="mailto:usiltercom@lists.lternet.edu">usiltercom@lists.lternet.edu</a>>, Bill McDowell ILTER USA <<a href="mailto:bill.mcdowell@unh.edu">bill.mcdowell@unh.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Hi Mark, <div>I think your letter is fine as is and am not really embarrassed that we don't have a record of a negative. (That is, that we don't know for sure that there are no currently active agreements, which is what I think is the case.) </div><div><br></div><div>Cheers, Marty</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 10:17 AM Mark Ohman <<a href="mailto:mohman@ucsd.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">mohman@ucsd.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Bill and Tiffany-<br>
During our last conference call I volunteered to draft a letter for our <br>
committee to send to US sites (site exec?) inquiring about existing <br>
formal agreements between the U.S. Network and international partners. <br>
In the draft below I added an inquiry about site-level agreements.<br>
<br>
But having drafted this, I find it somewhat embarrassing to admit that <br>
we don't have corporate memory of existing network-level agreements. I <br>
believe Marty said she did due diligence in seeking information on this <br>
subject and didn't get a full response from Bob Waide. Also, the MOU <br>
with the CNRS expired in either late 2017 or early 2018, so, to my <br>
knowledge, even that one is not currently in effect. This leads to the <br>
question: would it be better to seek information only on the individual <br>
site-level formal agreements?<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
Mark O.<br>
<br>
<br>
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Dear Site Exec,<br>
<br>
The International LTER Committee (of the U.S. LTER Network) would like <br>
to ask for your help. We seek to identify existing MOUs (Memoranda of <br>
Understanding) or other formal agreements between the U.S. LTER network <br>
and partner programs abroad. We are aware of the MOU signed with the <br>
French CNRS in 2012 (thanks to the extensive work of Patrick Bourgeron, <br>
and the leadership of Scott Collins). We don't know if there are others.<br>
<br>
In addition, it would be useful for us to know of other formal <br>
agreements (MOUs, or Cooperative Agreements) that your specific LTER <br>
site may have with other sites internationally. This information would <br>
help us direct our efforts in ways that will be most beneficial to the <br>
U.S. Network. It would also afford us an opportunity to highlight for <br>
the ILTER community ongoing international engagements at your site, most <br>
immediately at the ILTER meeting in Leipzig this September.<br>
<br>
Please note that individual scientist-to-scientist collaborations (of <br>
which there are many) are not the subject here, rather we are asking <br>
about more formal site-level and network-level sustained cooperation.<br>
<br>
Thank you for informing us,<br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="m_-129899968778978374gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:small">Marty Downs (she/her/hers)</span><div style="font-size:small">Deputy Director, LTER <span style="font-size:12.8px">Network Communications Office</span></div><div style="font-size:small"><br><img src="https://drive.google.com/a/nceas.ucsb.edu/uc?id=1qFadGx0hEm04xFRLFpVFxBUSEQk5T4c4&export=download" width="200" height="37"><br><br><a href="https://lternet.edu/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://lternet.edu</a><br></div><div style="font-size:small">t: @USLTER</div><div style="font-size:small">f: USLTER</div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:12.8px">National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)</span><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:12.8px">University of California, Santa Barbara</span><br style="font-size:12.8px">Office: 805-893-7549</div><div style="font-size:small">Cell: 617-833-7930</div><div style="font-size:small"><a href="mailto:downs@nceas.ucsb.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">downs@nceas.ucsb.edu</a></div><div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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