[LTER-im] Annual IMC Meeting Update

[Renee F. Brown]

Hi all,

Please read this entire message, as it contains important information on how to register for the ESA & ESIP meetings.

Following up on my previous email (included below) and the announcements I made during today’s meeting (recording will soon be available in the Google Drive), I’ve included the link (at the bottom of this message) to fill out the information needed by LNO in order to process everyone’s registration fees to both the ESA and ESIP meetings. As I mentioned on the call, LNO will be handling registrations for one IM representative from each site to each meeting. This means no paying out of pocket and no reimbursements!

IM Exec strongly encourages participation from all LTER sites in both meetings! If you are the IM rep and can’t attend one or both meetings this year, please consider finding another interested party at your site who can represent the LTER IMC. ESIP is especially thrilled to hear we will be able to participate and encourages submissions to the virtual poster/demo showcase (you can indicate this during registration). Be creative. For example, this person could be someone from your IM team, a student, or an aspiring early-career researcher with strong data skills and interests. This is a wonderful opportunity for our community to attend and participate in two great meetings!

For ESA, all that is needed is the participant’s name, contact info, and ESA membership status. For ESIP, we ask you to list the participant’s name and indicate when they have filled out their registration form. From ESIP: Each participant should register at http://www.cvent.com/d/2nqw4m/4W by 7/1 if possible. When registering, please have each select Registration Type "Partner Rate" and then enter the discount code LTER (all caps) at the final payment step just before submitting the registration form. This will allow them to register without paying and it will help us keep track in our system of how much to invoice. You can also let folks know if you haven't already that more info about the meeting, including the agenda, can be found at https://2020esipsummermeeting.sched.com/.

We will soon begin a second spreadsheet containing sessions of particular interest to the LTER IMC.

Meeting Registration Spreadsheet Link<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iNp3RduI3Te6z_s5mqEEC_iEUAWD3T0M-puIm85YaMg/edit?usp=sharing>

Renée


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Renée F. Brown
Information Manager, McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER
University of New Mexico Department of Biology
Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA
rfbrown at unm.edu<mailto:rfbrown at unm.edu>


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On May 28, 2020, at 9:52 AM, Renee F. Brown <rfbrown at unm.edu<mailto:rfbrown at unm.edu>> wrote:

Dear LTER Information Managers,

Our annual IMC meeting was scheduled for Sunday, August 2, 2020, preceding the Ecological Society of America’s (ESA) annual meeting. As you may be aware, ESA has decided that the 2020 meeting will now be fully virtual due to concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, IM Exec has decided not to host our annual IMC meeting in conjunction with ESA. Instead, we will host a mini meeting of the IMC during our regularly scheduled August water cooler (10 August 2020 at 3p ET / 12p PT) where we will address business items, including elections, that would have typically been considered during our annual meeting. Thus, it is important that all voting members of the IMC participate in the August water cooler.

The ESA meeting, despite being virtual, will continue to maintain a strong “40 years of LTER” presence, featuring many relevant sessions and opportunities<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nDAD-miXFqImEpiSSf9XI-ANOR9oeXzEID7iSvc19tM/edit?usp=sharing> proposed by our colleagues, and showcasing outstanding ecological science. As such, we strongly encourage IMs to attend and participate in ESA. Furthermore, because of the tremendous cost savings afforded by ESA going virtual, we have sufficient funds in our budget to also cover the registration fees for the ESIP Summer Meeting, which will also be held virtually. We strongly encourage IMs to attend and participate in both the ESA and ESIP meetings. LNO will cover registration (but not ESA membership) fees for one IMC representative from each LTER site to attend one or both meetings. LNO will soon be providing specific details on how to register for each meeting.

ESA (https://www.esa.org/saltlake/):
Theme: Harnessing the Ecological Data Revolution
Dates: 3-6 August 2020
Registration Fees: $190 (Member); $260 (Non-Member)
Registration Deadline: 23 July 2020

ESIP (https://2020esipsummermeeting.sched.com/):
Theme: Putting Data to Work: Building Public-Private Partnerships to Increase Resilience & Enhance the Socioeconomic Value of Data
Dates: 14-16 & 21-23 July 2020, beginning at 11:30a ET / 8:30a PT each day (Tue-Thu)
Registration Fee (Partner Rate): $200
Registration Deadline: 30 June 2020
Propose a Virtual Poster or Demo for the Research Showcase by 7/1

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