[LTER-im-rep] ASM recap

[Dan Bahauddin]

I strongly agree with your thoughts, Inigo!

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On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 2:57 PM, Philip Tarrant <philip.tarrant at asu.edu>
wrote:

> Lots of good points Inigo. Thanks for summarizing!
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> *Philip Tarrant*
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> *From:* im-rep [mailto:im-rep-bounces at lists.lternet.edu] *On Behalf Of *Inigo
> San Gil
> *Sent:* Friday, September 4, 2015 12:54 PM
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> *Subject:* [LTER-im-rep] ASM recap
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> From my view point, not the official recap.
>
> Things I liked about the meeting:
>
>    1. Seeing almost all my friends there.  You. What a treat, thanks we
>    could enjoy each other!
>    2. Volleyball and dancing. Work hard, and play hard(er). Yay.
>    3. "How to communicate Science effectively" (SO real and so close to
>    my heart. THANKS)
>    4. Poster about the "Toolbox for cross-disciplinary Science". A
>    Philosopher with a mission guys.
>    5. All presenters and attendees of the DEIMS sessions.  DEIMS *in the
>    Forest Service*, I thought I would never see the day!
>    6. Bob Waide's and LNOs amazing performance, one more ASM where the
>    real LNO shone. THANKS.
>    7. Wade's GCE toolbox walk through. NaNs and LOLs.  Thank you Wade.
>    8. David Blankman was there providing cool stories, input and a wealth
>    of support. My beacon.
>    9. Linda Powell's community pull: Applied approaches and solutions to
>    manage (big and complex) data.
>    10. Have the chance to offer myself as the Lead PI for the next data
>    center. Yay.
>    11. NSFers were present and reachable. Our Peter, Our Saran, Lisa
>    Clough, Alan Tessier and James Olds
>    12. The Y : the perfect venue for the meeting
>    13. Other people who shone on my watch: Diana H. Wall, Susan Stafford
>    and Aaron Ellison. How cool is LTER ?
>    14. MCM rocks. Amazing team, awesome science and an IM lifecycle that
>    does not burden me (*my team* does the data curation, folks, *not me*)
>    15. The nice photo at the Longs Peak Lodge wall, in the little nook
>    between Granite and Bouldersomething rooms. LOL, JW.
>    16. The work presented by Emery at poster session. Way to go, Emery,
>    please re-cast at VWCs.
>    17. Fox Peterson's curiosity and initiative (and love for Github!)
>    18. Finally meeting Amy Chiuchiolo (a good dancer too).
>    19. The news about Luquillo. Yay.
>    20. Mark on any given ASM Monday night.
>    21. Leanne Yanabu saving the day (and the low-rider). Again and again.
>    22. Organization: a little paper by every room's door announcing the
>    event at the right time. Nicely done.
>
> Things I disliked or hurt (because this is not Hollywood, people):
>
>    1. Marsh was not with us. You have no idea how much it hurts.
>    2. Knowing that it is the end of a cycle (current LNO)
>    3. It felt like a reduced ASM: LTER is more than 500 people.
>    4. Festivities ended prematurely. Boo.
>    5. That hard futon, my bones are still reminding me of it.
>    6. Nicole Kaplan was not with us.
>    7. "Facilitators" that cannot shut-up and actually facilitate. So much
>    to learn.
>    8. Food.  did it get worse? Glad this is the only real and relative
>    low of the meeting logistics.
>    9. Earlier meeting during fire season -> smoke and heat.
>    10. LNCO has no budget for future ASMs. Is this for real ? Are we nuts
>    ?
>    11. Theresa Valentine's retirement. Glad for Theresa, but sucks losing
>    quality people!
>    12. Did not get the chance to mingle with the Swedish or the Aussie.
>    Where were they after work?
>    13. Did not get a chance to hangout with Christine O'Connell after her
>    wonderful talk.  Sigh. Please come back.
>    14. Did not get a chance to say even hi to Henry Gholz. Did he go
>    undercover? Where was Waldo ?
>    15. Other premature news about a very DEAr IM. hmm..
>    16. The day after the ASM is over.
>    17. The day after the ASM is over.
>    18. The day after the ASM is over.. so long, and thanks for all the
>    fish!
>
>
> Cheers, Inigo
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