[LTER-im] IMC Water Cooler July 8, 2019

[Jason Downing]

Reminder that we have our VWC coming up in about an hour....

On Tue, Jul 2, 2019, 2:39 PM Jason Downing <jpdowning at alaska.edu> wrote:

> Greetings Information Managers!
>
> Below this message is the connection info for our water cooler coming up
> next Monday July 8th at 3pm (east coast)/ 12pm (west coast).  We are
> planning to have a discussion with Marty Downs first off to get an update
> on the activities at the NCO (as they will not be represented at our
> meeting in Tacoma).  After that, we would like to continue our discussion
> and planning for the breakout group activities when we meet up in less then
> two weeks.
>
> Also, we at IMEXEC are working to plan future water coolers and would love
> any ideas or suggestions on topics that would be informative and thought
> provoking.  Something new that we would like to try is to plan a series of
> water coolers to initially take place quarterly with the goal of covering
> different approaches and tools used by site IM's to accomplish key job
> duties.  This idea, we hope, will be a continuation of activities that are
> designed to help and initiate newer information managers but should also be
> enlightening to all IM's.  At each of these VWC there would be a central
> topic, such as generating EML, field data apps or  sensor network
> communications, where a few IM's with different approaches could give a
> brief introduction and description of their particular systems and then the
> whole group would participate in a discussion about the various nuances and
> requirements of different systems.  We would like to try this at our water
> cooler scheduled for August 12, 2019 so please let me know what you think
> would be good topics or would be willing to share how you do something.
>
> We are looking forward to seeing everyone next week for a stimulating
> discussion as usual!
>
>
> Monday July 8th at 12 pm PDT / 3 pm EDT
>
> Connection: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/419931872
>
>
>
> --
> Jason Downing
> Bonanza Creek LTER Information Manager
> Institute of Arctic Biology
> University of Alaska Fairbanks
>
> jpdowning at alaska.edu
> 907.474.6364 (Office)
> 907.474.6251 (Fax)
>
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