2018 LTER Science Council Meeting

2018 LTER Executive Board Meeting (May 15, 2018)
2018 LTER Science Council Meeting (May 16-17, 2018)
2018 Lead PI Meeting (May 18, 2018)
Madison, Wisconsin

Trout Lake in distance taken from Southeast. Fallison Lake in immediate foreground. Crystal Lake (round) in middle foreground.
Credit: © Carl Bowser.

Lodging:

Hampton Inn & Suites
440 West Johnson Street
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 255-0360
Hampton Inn Website

Meeting Locations:

• Center for Limnology (5/15)
  Room 210, Hasler Laboratory of Limnology, 680 N. Park Street, Madison, WI 53706
• Memorial Union (5/16 & 5/17; organic matter specialists 5/18)
  800 Langdon Street, Madison, WI 53706
  Check TITU link for room information one week before the event.
• Water Science & Engineering Laboratory (PI Meeting 5/18)
  Room 102, 660 North Park Street, Madison, WI 53706

Documents

Agendas

• Overall Agenda
• Executive Board Meeting Agenda
• Science Council/PI Meeting Agendas

For Review and Voting

• Guidelines for LTER Website Design and Content (For Executive Board and Science Council Review/Approval)
• Information Management System Guidelines (Approved by Executive Board, December 2017)
• Candidate for Science Council Chair – McKnight CV

Background reading for Organic Matter Breakouts

• General
  • Frank et al. 2012: Controls on Soil Organic Carbon Stocks and Turnover Among North American Ecosystems
  • Zak et al. 1994: Plant Production and Soil Microorganisms in Late-Successional Ecosystems: A Continental-Scale Study
• Patterns
• Processes
• Transport
• Methods

NCO, EDI and Committee Reports

• Network Communications Office report to NSF, January 2018
• Environmental Data Initiative report to NSF
• Information Management Committee Report
• Education Committee Report
• Diversity Committee Report
• International LTER Committee Report
• Communications Committee Report
• Graduate Student Committee Report
• Publications Committee Report

Overall Agenda

Monday May 14

Executive Board participants arrive in the evening

Tuesday, May 15 – Executive Board 

• 10 am-5:30 pm Executive Board meets. See detailed agenda.
• Science Council participants arrive
• 5:30-7 pm: Happy Hour for all on the Memorial Union Terrace
  IMPORTANT NOTE: To speed service, sign up online for a Terrace guest pass earlier in the day on the 15th.
• 7 pm: Dinners on your own in area restaurants

Wednesday, May 16

• 8:30 am-5:30 pm: Science Council Meeting
  • Morning – lightning talks. Upload presentations by 5/11.
  • Afternoon – breakout sessions
• 6:30 p.m. Group dinner and NSF Q&A
  Great Dane Pub and Brewing, 123 E. Doty Street

Thursday, May 17

• 8:30 am-5:30 pm: Science Council Meeting
  • Morning: field trips on Lake Mendota.
    Gather at Center for Limnology, Room 210
    680 N. Park Street.
    Consult participant list for assigned departure times (8:15 am, 8:45 a.m., 9:15 am)
  • Afternoon: Breakout sessions continue
• Dinner on your own
• 7:30 p.m. Science Council Business Meeting. See detailed agenda.

Friday, May 18

• 8:30 am-11:30 am: PI Meeting in Water Science and Engineering Laboratory (WSEL), Room 102
• 8:30 am-11:30 am: Organic matter specialists meet in Memorial Union breakout rooms
• Adjourn