The bylaws revision was approved March 4, 2026, by affirmative vote of 24 out of 26 active lead principal investigators. Changes in this revision: Due to changes in the way that the U. S. National Science Foundation (NSF) manages the LTER Network, with more emphasis on relationships between individual program officers and individual sites, the… Read more »
In the attached revision, bylaws have been updated to reflect the current practice of the LTER Network, ahead of a planning process launched in Summer, 2024. Expect a further set of revisions following the planning process (Spring/Summer 2025). Reviewed and approved at the June 13 business meeting of the LTER Network Science Council.
Terms of Reference LTER Information Management Committee updated and approved by the committee April 30, 2018
Network bylaws were revised at the 2017 Science Council Meeting to include the Director of the Network Communications Office as a voting member of the Executive Board and the Director of the Environmental Data Initiative as an ex officio member of the Executive Board.
Approved meeting notes from executive board meeting of February 28, 2017. Agenda topics incuded:
The terms of reference for the education and outreach committee were updated in January 2107 to allow electronic voting. This version supercedes all previous versions.
