FW: ALERT TO ALL FIELD BIOLOGISTS!! An Invitation to Participate in an Important Planning Workshop

[Rodman, James E]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roskoski, Joann P
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 4:07 PM
> To:   BIO-AD-Staff; BIO-DD; BIO-PO; Dybas, Cheryl
> Subject:      FW: ALERT TO ALL FIELD BIOLOGISTS!! An Invitation to
> Participate in an Important Planning Workshop
>
> This is a copy of a message sent out to field biology societies and to all
> PIs that submitted proposals to DEB last year.
>
>
> A planning workshop for the National Science Foundation's proposed
> National
> Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) is scheduled for 9-12 January 2000
> at
> Archbold Biological Station, Florida. As proposed, NEON would involve
> establishing 10 observatories located around the country that will serve
> as national research platforms
> for integrated studies in field biology. Each observatory will provide
> state-of-the-art infrastructure to support interdisciplinary, integrated
> research. Invited participants at this NEON planning workshop will further
> develop the interdisciplinary scope and conceptual breadth of NEON.
>
> Archbold Biological Station, with technical assistance from the San Diego
> Super Computer Center, are coordinating a web broadcast from this
> workshop.
>
> If you would like to:
> 1.    Find out more about the Jan 9-12 NEON workshop
> 2.    Follow the web broadcasts on 10th and 11th Jan from this workshop
> 3.    Submit comments to the breakout groups during the workshop
>
> You can log onto:
> http://www.archbold-station.org/abs/neon/index.html
>
> You will find material about this NEON workshop already posted on the
> Archbold web site. In addition web broadcasts from the breakout groups at
> the workshop, including live audio and summary text information as well as
> opportunities to email comments into the workshop, are scheduled for four
> sessions:
>
> 1.    Monday 10th January 2000 starting around 8:20 a.m. for participant
> introductions and outline of the goals of the workshop.
> 2.    Monday 10th January 2000 starting around 4 p.m. reports of the
> breakout groups with opportunities for the web audience to submit comments
> until 9 p.m.
> 3.    Tuesday 11th January 2000 starting around 11 a.m. reports of the
> breakout groups with opportunities for the web audience to submit comments
> until 2 p.m.
> 4.    Tuesday 11th January 2000 starting around 2 p.m. for the summary
> session.
>
> If you cannot log on during the live broadcasts then you can log on later
> and review them - they will be archived on the web site. If we have
> unexpected high volumes and you have problems logging onto the Archbold
> web
> site there will be a backup web site at the San Diego Super Computer
> Center.
> Please note the SDSC site is not yet ready - it will be available from
> Monday 10th onwards:
>
> http://www.sdsc.edu/NEON/index.html
>
> Material from these web broadcasts will be archived and we will continue
> to
> make it available at the Archbold web site at all times during/after the
> workshop. A general email address has been set up for those wishing to
> send
> comments into the NEON workshop:NEON at archbold-station.org. We will also
> have
> email addresses for web viewers to direct comments to specific breakout
> groups during the NEON workshop. The members of the breakout groups and
> the
> email addresses for these breakout groups will be posted on the web site
> before the meeting starts. Those who want to send in email comments later
> are also invited to do so.
>
> Look forward to having you join us
>
> Hilary Swain, Ph.D.
> Executive Director
> Archbold Biological Station
> PO Box 2057
> Lake Placid, FL 33862
> telephone: 863-465-2571 (old area code 941)
> fax: 863-699-1927 (old area code 941)
> email: hswain at archbold-station.org
> web site http://www.archbold-station.org
>