[LTER-im] LTER Information Managers Meeting/ESIP

[Marty Downs]

*LTER Information Managers, *

The LTER Information Management Committee is planning to hold the 2019
meeting on July 15, 2019 just prior to the Earth Science Information
Partners <https://www.esipfed.org/meetings/upcoming-meetings/sm19> summer
meeting, which is July 16 - 19th, 2019, in Tacoma, WA. The meeting theme
is: “Data in Action: Increasing the Use and Value of Earth Science Data and
Information.”

Session proposals
<https://www.esipfed.org/meetings/upcoming-meetings/sm19/sessions> are due
no later than April 26, 2019.
Meeting registration <http://www.cvent.com/d/66qpqs> is $415 for ESIP
partner affiliates until June 28.
Hotel room block
<https://gc.synxis.com/rez.aspx?Hotel=76784&Chain=21650&arrive=7/12/2019&depart=7/21/2019&adult=1&child=0&group=ESIP19>
closes June 17, 2019 (or when it fills, whichever is sooner)

The LTER Network Office (through IM Committee funds) and the Environmental
Data Initiative are joining forces to fund travel for one IM per site to
the meeting. Some individuals will be funded by EDI and some by the LNCO.
Please look for a follow up email next week from Ginger Gillquist,
gillquist at nceas.ucsb.edu (for LTER-NCO-sponsored individuals) or Carol
Jenkins Espinoza, carol.jenkins at wisc.edu (for EDI-sponsored individuals)
with specific details on reservation and reimbursement procedures.

*Who is eligible:*
One information manager per site.

*Covered in advance:*

   - *Travel *- flights from your home city to Seattle/Tacoma Airport and
   ground transportation to the meeting hotel. NCO-sponsored individuals will
   need to make flight reservations through Santa Barbara Travel (link to come
   in follow-up email). EDI-sponsored individuals will need to make
   reservations through the University of Wisconsin (additional information to
   come). Please *do not* make your own reservations and expect to be
   reimbursed.

*Reimbursable Expenses. *Please save receipts to submit to University of
Wisconsin or to the LTER Network Communications Office*:*

   - *Meeting Registration: *$415. Please register before the early
   registration date of June 28, 2019 if you plan to attend.
   - *Lodging:* Shared rooms at room block rate of $121 (plus taxes) per
   night for April 14-19.
   - *Subsistence:* Participants are eligible for a $55 per diem to cover
   food. Lunches and snacks are included with meeting registration.
   - *Ground travel* and parking, with receipts.

If you have questions or would prefer to designate someone other than the
primary IM to receive travel support, please email me at
downs at nceas.ucsb.edu.

Thanks,
Marty

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Marty Downs (she/her/hers)
Deputy Director, LTER Network Communications Office



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