[LTER-All-lter] New LTER National Communications Office

[Peter Groffman]

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:
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=135850&org=NSF&from=news



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.



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.



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.



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Peter M. Groffman

Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

2801 Sharon Turnpike

Millbrook, NY 12545 USA

Phone:  (845) 677-7600, ext. 128

FAX: (845) 677-5976

E-mail:  groffmanp at caryinstitute.org

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