[LTER-mcm-pi] Grantee travel pause from 17 Dec-04 Jan

[Wall,Diana]

Thanks, Mike
appreciate the news.
Diana

On May 29, 2015, at 1:26 PM, Michael Gooseff <Michael.Gooseff at Colorado.EDU<mailto:Michael.Gooseff at Colorado.EDU>> wrote:

Hi all,

I spoke with Lisa about this today and learned a bit about the reasoning.  I pointed out the unfortunate timing to communicate this AFTER SIPs were due, etc. and that we are academic creatures who are trying to work around teaching responsibilities.  She understood both points and admitted that she hadn’t been to many of the PLR staff meetings lately because of her new role in OCE.

The challenge that NSF is grappling with is that the ‘new normal’ is going to be reliance on the limited fleet of LC-130s during the C-17 gap.  The idea this year is to dedicate the 130s to science during this period (science around the continent).  Last year the mission completion rate (planned vs completed) was about 50% on the ice because of the mulitple commitments of the 130s.  The way they are handling this is to dedicate a period to ‘on ice missions’ during this part of the season.  Again, unfortunate that they decided this AFTER the SIPs were submitted…  I plan to call Jessie Crain to discuss.  This week is her first week back from maternity leave, so I’ll inquire today about setting up a time to chat next week.

Chris and I have a meeting with Liz set up for next Wednesday afternoon, and we will pursue the issue there as well.

I’ll pass along more as it comes available.

cheers
-Mike
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