Documents — Committee Documents

Please use the attached file for submitting NEW personnel updates. Use the existing entries as a guide, but delete them prior to submission. To update existing personnel, request a current download from Marty Downs, change any incorrect information and submit the updated file. When the LDAP is updated, changes will flow down to the website... Read more »

Discussion Topics: History of past decadal reviews How to approach 40-year self-assessment discussion Science Council Agenda at ASM EDI update IM update

Discussion Topics: ASM Plans Agenda for Science Council at ASM Letter from Dan Childers Request for a letter of commitment from ADVANCE Geo Request for a letter of commitment from Becky Irwin for a Bee Monitoring Network

Discussion topics: Site renewals, Science Council meeting structure and purpose, All Scientists' Meeting plans, Sexual Harassment subcommittee

Updated August 30, 2018 Instructions: https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Site-Personnel-List-Instructions-2018.08.30.pdf A general example template is presented here, but please request an updated personnel list from the Network Office before making major updates to site personnel -- otherwise changes made by the individual or by other sites with which they are affiliated may be lost. Template: https://lternet.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Template-LDAP-2018-08-30.xlsx

Includes minutes of LTER Executive Board and Science Council meetings, May 2018 at North Temperate Lakes LTER.

Presented by Kari O'Connell Education/Outreach Committee Representative to the LTER Executive Board, May 2018

Presented by Wade Sheldon, Information Management Committee Representative to the LTER Executive Board, May 2018

These website guidelines were developed by a committee composed of information managers, communications professionals, educators and investigators. They were distributed to Information Management, Education, and Communication Committees and the Science Council for comments from March 22 to May 1, 2018. Comments were addressed and guidelines were reviewed and approved by the LTER Executive Board and Science... Read more »

NSF Symposium update, Science Council chair, ASM Social Media Policy, Comment on NSF's proposed rule on sexual harassment?, Science Council format

Plans for All Scientists Meeting and Science Council Meeting

The annual report of the LTER Communications Committee, reviewed at the May 2018, Science Council Meeting is attached.

The 2018 Annual Report of the LTER Education Committee, presented at the 2018 Science Council Meeting, is attached.

The annual report of the LTER Information Management Committee, presented at the 2018 Science Council Meeting, is attached.

The 2017 LTER Information Managers Meting was held in association with the Earth Science Information Partnership meeting in Bloomington, IN. A meeting report is attached.

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 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... Read more »

Terms of Reference LTER Information Management Committee updated and approved by the committee April 30, 2018

The spring issue of the newly-revived DataBits is out, thanks to a reinvigorated editorial team. The full issue is available as a pdf and individual stories will also make their way onto the Network website over the next few weeks. Table of Contents Spring 2018 DataBits Featured Articles The International Long-Term Ecological Research (ILTER) Global... Read more »

International Workshop on N2O Emissions in Various Ecosystems: Site-Based Research and Global Synthesis An ILTER Nitrogen Initiative workshop When: 27 Nov, 2017 12:00 AM to 01 Dec, 2017 12:00 AM Where: Taiwan The goals of the workshop are: to discuss the recent advances in measurement and modelling of N2O emissions, to conduct global synthesis of... Read more »

Discussion Topics: Affiliate site status, NSF-LTER Symposium, 2018 Science Council,  2018 All Scientists Meeting update, committee reports

Discussion topics: Network Communications Office mid-term review, LTERNET website launch, 2018 Science Council, request for affiliate status

Discussion Items for December 20, 2017 Meeting Sexual Harassment Policies (10 minutes) Science Council 2018 (20 minutes) Date: May 15-18 at NTL Recruiting suggestions for program committee We discussed many possible changes to the structure of this meeting at this year's science council. (bringing data , setting up working groups before the meeting, defining who... Read more »

The attached LTER information management system guidelines were updated in the fall of 2017 and approved at the December 2017 Executive Board Meeting. They reflect the current state of LTER information management and the establishment of the Environmental Data Initiative.

No meeting of the LTER Executive Board took place in September 2017.

Text of the LTER response to and NSF Dear Colleague Letter of September 14, 2017. Related webinar presentation White paper submitted (via SurveyMonkey) November 29, 2017

Presented to the LTER Executive Board at the 2017 Science Council Meeting

The attached MOU between LTER/Regents of the University of New Mexico and the Zones Ateliers (French LTER Network) was signed by representatives of the University of New Mexico October 26, 2012 and formally endorsed by Scott Collins (then Chair of the LTER Network) and representatives of the CNRS Zones Ateliers network at the French Embassy in... Read more »

The attached document was submitted on behalf of the Network in response to an NSF-OISE Dear Colleague Letter in November, 2017.

The attached presentation was submitted to the LTER Executive Board in lieu of an annual report May 2017.