[HubbardBrook] SCC Minutes 4/7/15

[Nick Rodenhouse]

Hi Ruth,
Thanks for taking and posting the minutes.  I suggest changing this
sentence,

"The bird group has two different simulation models.  Hydropedology.
Predicting trees."

to the following --

The bird group uses multiple different kinds of models.

OK?

Thanks, Nick

On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 1:10 AM, Ruth D Yanai <rdyanai at syr.edu> wrote:

>  *April 7, 2015*
> *SCC meeting*
> Attending:  Ruth Yanai, Scott Bailey, John Campbell, Lindsey Rustad, Lynn
> Christenson, John Battles, Gary Lovett
> Pam Templer by phone
> Not Ivan Fernandez, Melany Fisk, or Charley Driscoll
>
> *Review COS membership annually*
> Scott, as RAC chair, usually offers names of new investigators who have
> proposed projects at the site. This year, all RAC proposals are from
> existing members. Otherwise, we ask if anyone knows of any existing
> investigators who are missing from the COS. And we make a list of inactive
> members for the chair to check in with to see if they want to stay on the
> COS. I would say that the list is fairly heavy toward the inactive side
> right now, which may not be that desirable. Maybe some of the discussion
> should focus on how to encourage existing members to be more active?
> We approved the addition of Matt Vadeboncoeur , Eric
> Kelsey, and Jacqueline Hatala Mathes  to the COS.
> John Battles will check with some of the inactive members to see if they
> want to be on the more general list rather than the COS list.
>
> *Encouraging people to participate *
> Dylan Parry (insects), ESF  --Ruth invited him, his student Wendy came.
> Tom Horton (mycorrhizae), ESF --Ruth invited him, he wanted to come.
> Hannah ter Hofstede, Dartmouth, sensory ecology, bats and insects
> Jackie Mathes, Dartmouth, ecosystems, eddy flux, climate
> Farrah Fatemi is back in Vt (St Michaels)  —Lindsey will contact her
> Jennifer Talbot is a new professor at BU, microbiology  —Pam will contact
> her
> Madeline Mineau has been working at HB, not coming to COS mts.  --John C
> will contact her.
>
> *Leadership*
> Pam and John B. were willing to co-Chair.  They will negotiate coverage
> for the quarterly meetings.
> Thanks to our departing members, Ruth and Scott.
>
> *Changes to the format of the Cooperators meeting*
> Mary Martin will check with Suzanne, who used to help to get people
> registered on line and collect titles.
> Timeline:  Announce in April, due by June 10.  Circulate the agenda by
> June 25.
> Tim will still organize the talks, but he wants to have only 2 lengths (3
> and 8, plus 2 minutes for discussion and transition).
> How about moving the Wednesday afternoon meetings to Tuesday before the
> HBRF dinner?
> Poster session will be Thursday after lunch.  Two blocks of committee
> meetings, 3-5 Tuesday and 3-5 Thursday.  Lynn will send us a proposed
> revision.
> Scott would be happy to work with Tim on the scientific program.
> Organizing lunch?  Could we get some graduate students to do in exchange
> for a free lunch?
> David will come back with a recommendation.
> Sign up graduate students to help Ian with logistics.  We need about 10 of
> them, give them a t-shirt.  Put it on the registration form, and give them
> specific times to help.  Scott will ask Ian.
>
> *Future COS meetings*
> *July: * synthesis and integration, modeling and prediction, or “advanced
> analytical techniques” – Groffman, Driscoll, Aber, Richardson, Battles,
> Goodale, Yanai, Rastetter.  Focus it on a particular problem. Climate
> change?  Influence diagrams?  This could help with the LTER renewal.
>  “coherent conceptual model” and prediction, uncertainty, new tools. The
> bird group has two different simulation models.  Hydropedology.  Predicting
> trees
> *October: * Precipitation increase.  “Building an ark.”  More water, more
> dilute.  ET, WUE.  Heidi Abjornsen.  Who will lead?  John C.  Mark.
> Hydropedology.  Lindsey will help.
> *Ideas for the future*
> --Multiple limitation study
> --Soil freezing
> --Aluminum
> --H+ budget
> --Resilience
> --relating to new programs at NSF (get the list from Peter)  NEON, nexus,
> macrosystems
> --Biodiversity, Matt Ayers, Windsor Lowe
> --W2, invite Reiners, Likens, maybe.  50th anniversary
>
>  Minutes respectfully submitted by Ruth Yanai
>
>
>
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