Colorado mountains
 

Organizing Committee

2012 LTER ASM organizing Committee Members
Lajtha, Kate (lajthak@science.oregonstate.edu) - AND Walsh, Jonathan (WalshJ@caryinstitute.org) - BES

Grove, Morgan (jmgrove@gmail.com) - BES - Co-chair

Mack, Michelle (mcmack@botany.ufl.edu) - BNZ

Iwaniec, David (David.Iwaniec@asu.edu) - CAP Bahauddin, Dan (danbaha@umn.edu) - CDR
Spivey, Mary (spive007@umn.edu) - CDR Evans, Sakura (sakuraevans@gmail.com) - CWT
Benfield, Ernest (benfield@vt.edu) - CWT Gragson, Ted (tgragson@uga.edu) - CWT
Oehm, Nick (oehmn@fiu.edu) - FCE Dailey, Susan (drskdailey@gmail.com) - FCE
Bowden, Richard (richard.bowden@allegheny.edu) - HFR Sala, Osvaldo (Osvaldo_Sala@Brown.edu) - JRN
Kunkle, Justin (kunkleju@msu.edu) - KBS La Pierre, Kimberly (kimberly.lapierre@yale.edu) - KNZ

Harrington, John (jharrin@k-state.edu) - KNZ

Waide, Robert (rwaide@lternet.edu) - LNO - Co-chair
Vande Castle, John (jvc@lternet.edu) - LNO - Co-chair Gonzalez, Grizelle (ggonzalez@fs.fed.us) - LUQ
Williams, Mark (markw@snobear.colorado.edu) - NWT Whitmer, Allison (acw39@georgetown.edu) - SBC
Rodriguez, Gabe (gerodriguez@umail.ucsb.edu) - SBC Swann, Amaris (amswann@sevilleta.unm.edu) - SEV
Collins, Scott (scollins@sevilleta.unm.edu) - SEV Vanderbilt, Kristin (vanderbi@sevilleta.unm.edu) - SEV
Reidenbach, Matthew (reidenbach@virginia.edu) - VCR  

Sub-committees of the 2012 LTER ASM Program Committee
Version 1.0
October 4, 2011

Theme Sub-committee - develop ideas for meeting theme to be discussed by full committee and recommended to the LTER Science Council (Task Completed)

Grizelle Gonzalez

ggonzalez@fs.fed.us

Osvaldo Sala

Osvaldo_Sala@Brown.edu

Kate Lajtha

lajthak@science.oregonstate.edu

Rich Bowden

richard.bowden@allegheny.edu

 

Program Sub-committee - recommend meeting structure for approval by the full committee

Dan Bahauddin

danbaha@umn.edu

Susan Dailey

drskdailey@gmail.com

Mark Williams

markw@snobear.colorado.edu

John Vande Castle (lead)

jvc@lternet.edu

Nick Oehm

oehmn@fiu.edu

Osvaldo Sala

Osvaldo_Sala@Brown.edu

Grizelle Gonzalez

ggonzalez@fs.fed.us

 

Plenary Sub-committee - solicit ideas for plenary speakers in accordance with the chosen theme, recommend a short list to the full committee, and invite chosen speakers

Scott Collins

scollins@sevilleta.unm.edu

Ali Whitmer

acw39@georgetown.edu

Matthew Reidenbach

reidenbach@virginia.edu

John Harrington

jharrin@k-state.edu

Ted Gragson

tgragson@uga.edu

Ernest Benfield

benfield@vt.edu

Grizelle Gonzalez (lead)

ggonzalez@fs.fed.us

 

Targeted Working Groups Sub-committee - based on previous meetings and community suggestions identify important working groups that need to be included in the program and identify organizers for these working groups. For example, a working group on communicating with press and public.

Ali Whitmer

whitmer@msi.ucsb.edu

Kate Lajtha (lead)

lajthak@science.oregonstate.edu

Amaris Swann

amswann@sevilleta.unm.edu

Mary Spivey

aspive007@umn.edu

Jonathan Walsh

WalshJ@caryinstitute.org

Richard Bowden

aichard.bowden@allegheny.edu

 

Entertainment/Mixers Sub-committee - recommend mixer activities and final night entertainment to the full committee

Bob Waide

rwaide@lternet.edu

Susan Dailey (lead)

drskdailey@gmail.com

Gabe Rodriguez

gerodriguez@umail.ucsb.edu

Nick Oehm

oehmn@fiu.edu

 

Working Group Proposals Sub-committee - review, evaluate, and accept or reject working group proposals; recommend combining potential duplicate working groups; suggest ways to improve or broaden proposed working groups

Matthew Reidenbach

reidenbach@virginia.edu

John Vande Castle

jvc@lternet.edu

Mary Spivey

aspive007@umn.edu

Justin Kunkle (lead)

kunkleju@msu.edu

 

Posters Sub-committee - organize posters sessions, allot spaces to sites based on program, and develop a solicitation for posters

David Iwaniec

David.Iwaniec@asu.edu

Kimberly La Pierre

kimberly.lapierre@yale.edu

Tiffany Troxler-Gann

troxlert@fiu.edu

Sakura Evans (lead)

sakuraevans@gmail.com

Susan Dailey

drskdailey@gmail.com

 

Concluding Remarks/Town Hall Sub-committee - develop recommendations for an agenda for the closing session

Kristen Vanderbilt

vanderbi@sevilleta.unm.edu

Morgan Grove

jmgrove@gmail.com

Bob Waide

rwaide@lternet.edu

 

Assessment Sub-committee - develop mechanisms and metrics to assess the ASM in terms of 1) meeting objectives and 2) meeting organization and logistics

Kate Lajtha

lajthak@science.oregonstate.edu

John Harrington

jharrin@k-state.edu

Scott Swinton

swintons@msu.edu

 

Outreach Sub-committee - develop and disseminate information about the accomplishments of the ASM to NSF, the press, and other audiences via the LTER website

Susan Dailey

drskdailey@gmail.com

McOwiti Thomas (ex officio)

tmcowiti@lternet.edu

Nick Oehm

oehmn@fiu.edu

Mary Spivey (lead)

spive007@umn.edu

 
 
Background Photo by: Nicole Hansen - Jornada (JRN) LTER