[LTER-im-rep] News: EB endorses Corinna Gries to lead NIMO

[Peter Groffman]

Dear LTER Information Management Committee,

Please let me add my tardy but hardy personal endorsement of your choice to
lead NIMO!  I continue to be super impressed with your ability to move
forward on this immensely complex task in an effective and cohesive way.

I also wanted to pass along a concern and an offer from the LTER Executive
Board.  We are keen to help obtain some type of "off campus" or "lower"
indirect cost rate for NIMO if at all possible so that more funds are
available for information management activities.  There was NOT an
overwhelming sentiment that the indirect cost rate should be a prime
determinant of the leadership/institution of the effort, but still it is
important and you should let us know if there is any way that we can help
encourage both the lead and the subcontracting institutions to cooperate on
this.

Thanks!

Peter

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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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-----Original Message-----
From: Margaret O'Brien [mailto:margaret.obrien at ucsb.edu]
Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 2:26 PM
To: im-rep at lternet.edu
Cc: Peter Groffman
Subject: News: EB endorses Corinna Gries to lead NIMO

Hello all -
The EB just met, and has unanimously endorsed our choice of Corinna Gries
(UW) as LPI of the data center.

The EB would like to continue being involved in the process. I'm sure you
all recall that at the ASM meeting a subgroup of members volunteered to
review and comment on drafts of the proposal (Peter Groffman, Deb Peters,
Dan Reed and Sherri Johnson). The EB also feels that it's important for the
entire Science Council to stay aware of data center progress, and is working
out a process for keeping that larger group informed. The EB also will
invite Corinna to join it's upcoming calls.

Their meeting notes will be out in the next few weeks.

best,
Margaret

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Margaret O'Brien
Information Management
Santa Barbara Coastal LTER
Marine Science Institute, UCSB
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
805-893-2071 (voice)
http://sbc.lternet.edu