Documents — Committee Documents

Annual report of the LTER Graduate Student Committee was presented to the LTER Science Council at the annual meeting on June 13, 2024 by Committee Representative Joey Lodge (NWT).

Annual report of the LTER Education and Outreach Committee was presented to the LTER Science Council at the annual meeting on June 13, 2024 by Committee Representative Annette Brickley (NES).

The annual report of the information committee was presented to the Science Council at the annual meeting, June 13 in Fairbanks, AK. The Committee Representative was Sarah Elmendorf (MCM), substituting for Mary Martin (HBR).

The annual report of the diversity committee was presented to the Science Council at the annual meeting, June 13 in Fairbanks, AK. The Committee Representative was Marko Spasojevic.

Annual meeting of the LTER Information Management Committee, held August 17, 2023 at DoubleTree Inn, Burlington VT, in conjunction with the 2023 ESIP Summer meeting

Meeting agenda for the 2023 Science Council Meeting held at Kellogg Biological Station LTER, May 9-12

The annual report for the Information Management Committee was presented at the LTER Network business meeting in association with the annual Science Council Meeting at the Kellogg Biological Station, May 12, 2023.

The annual committee report was presented to the Science Council at the LTER Network business meeting in association with the 2023 Science Council Meeting, held at Kellogg Biological Station. 2023 Executive Board Representative is Marko Spasojevic.

The annual report for the Graduate Student Committee was presented at the LTER Network business meeting in association with the annual Science Council Meeting at the Kellogg Biological Station, May 12, 2023.

The annual report for the Education and Outreach Committee was presented at the LTER Network business meeting in association with the annual Science Council Meeting at the Kellogg Biological Station, May 12, 2023.

Report from the 2022 meeting of the LTER Information Management Committee (IMC) held in person, the day prior to the 2022 All Scientists' Meeting (September 18, 2022).

Produced by the Publications Committee for the 2021 Science Council Meeting, held Nov. 8-10, 2021, online.

Produced by the Graduate Student Committee for the 2021 Science Council Meeting, held Nov 8-10, 2021, online.

Produced by the committee for the LTER Science Council Meeting held November 8-10, 2021, online.

Produced by the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee for the 2021 Annual Science Council Meeting held November 8-10, 2021, online.

Annual report of the USILTER Committee, produced by the committee for the 2021 Science Council Meeting (Nov 8-10, 2021), online.

Prepared by the information management committee for the 2021 LTER Science Council Meeting, November 8-10, 2021, online.

LTER Information Management Committee Bylaws Version 4. Revision approved  by a 23 of 27 vote of the IMC July 27, 2021. Previous version (v3) of the IMC Bylaws. Changes include: IMExec elects their own chair(s) National Communications Office (NCO) changed to LTER Network Office (LNO) throughout the document. Reference to specific sections of the LTER... Read more »

Summary of the 2020 Annual Meeting of the LTER Information Management Committee, held online only, due to COVID 19 travel and social distancing restrictions.

We are asking sites to provide a BibTex file of publications and products that could not have been produced without LTER support. Sites maintain records of their publications in different systems (Zotero, DEIMS, EndNote, custom databases), but everyone should be able to export a BibTex file. The Network Office will combine all the files from sites... Read more »

Produced by the Publications Committee for the 2020 Science Council Meeting, held May 4, 2020, online.

Produced by the Graduate Student Committee for the 2020 Science Council Meeting, held May 4, 2020, online.

Annual report of the International Committee of the US LTER Network, produced by the USILTER Committee for the 2020 meeting of the LTER Science Council (May 4, 2020), online.

Prepared by the information management committee for the 2020 LTER Science Council Meeting, May 4, 2020.

Produced by the Education-Outreach Committee for the 2020 Science Council Meeting, held May 4, 2020, online.

Annual report for the LTER communications committee, produced for the 2020 Science Council Meeting (May 4, 2020) by the communications committee.

Summary of the proceedings of the 2019 meeting of the full information management committee, held in conjunction with the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) annual meeting.

A full slate for the Summer 2019 Databits! Site Bytes makes a triumphant return after a long absence. There is also plenty of information on new initiatives, including upgrades to PASTA, Best Practices for using Zotero to manage bibliographic data, development of a core metabase for metadata management, a chance to catch up on a... Read more »

Minutes of the LTER Executive Board Meeting on April 5, 2019. Discussion topics include planning for the 2019 Science Council Meeting and Lead PI Meeting, planning for science council meetings going forward, the role of conceptual models in proposals.

At the annual Science Council Meeting LTER committees submit reports of their activities for the year. Each committee report is filed individually under the appropriate committee. This page provides a set of links to the 2019 reports for the convenience of Science Council members and other interested members of the network. Information Management Committee Education... Read more »

Each year at the annual LTER Science Council Meeting, site leaders present 5-minute lightning talks describing interesting new science at their sites. In 2019, in preparation for the decadal review of the program, principal investigators were asked to present a more detailed description of one finding or development that required long term observations or experiments... Read more »

Prepared by the ILTER committee for the 2019 LTER Science Council Meeting, May 14-16, 2019.

Prepared by the graduate student committee for the 2019 LTER Science Council Meeting, May 14-16, 2019.

Prepared by the LTER publications committee for the 2019 LTER Science Council Meeting, May 14-16, 2019.

Prepared by the LTER communications committee for the 2019 LTER Science Council Meeting, May 14-16, 2019.

Prepared by the education and outreach committee for the 2019 LTER Science Council Meeting, May 14-16, 2019.

Prepared by the information management committee for the 2019 LTER Science Council Meeting, May 14-16, 2019.

Agenda LTER Network Communications (Coordination) Office Proposal update Science Council planning Approval of to sign on to the FAIR Principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) as a member of the Enabling FAIR Data Project Information Management update Environmental Data Initiative update Education Committee update AccelNet proposal submitted Midscale infrastructure program For discussion in April -- how... Read more »

No December meeting was planned. January meeting couldn't be scheduled until early February. Agenda Role of the Executive Board Chair going forward NCO proposal update 40-year review information request Plans for Science Council meeting

Agenda Plans for 2019 Science Council meeting Information Managers update Environmental Data Initiative update No plans to meet in December To discuss in January: the role of the Executive Board Chair going forward

Agenda All Scientists' Meeting Follow Up May Science Council (discussion deferred until November) ILTER (AccelNet plans) LTER-CZO proposal update 2019 NSF Symposium plans New Program Managers email list 40 year self-study committee

Agenda Review All Scientists’ Meeting PI meeting agenda Nominate and approve 40-year Self-Assessment Committee Ensuring a productive discussion at the October Science Council Meeting