The 2012 LTER All Scientists Meeting will take place from September 10-13. Please mark the dates on your calendars.

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Last week it was revealed that a malware worm was used to siphon off  45,000 user credentials (login and password combinations) from Facebook (www.darkreading.com).  Facebook credentials and Facebook profile information have already been successfully used to target user accounts of corporate and financial systems.

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Happy Holidays and a Wonderful New Year to all! Below, please find your monthly update of NIS development activities for December 2011.

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NSF has posted the long-awaited 30-year review committee report to it's website. Long-Term Ecological Research Program: A Report of the 30 Year Review Committee

LTER Chair Scott Collins recently co-authored a short article on the complimentary nature of LTER and NEON. The article appears in the NEON December email newsletter.

I hope the upcoming holiday season is wonderful, with lots of deserved rest and cheer!  Here is your latest update from the NIS developers...

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Why was the skeleton afraid to cross the street?  Because he had no guts! I hope everyone had a frightful Halloween with lots of ghoulish treats.  The NIS development was full of treats with the completion of both release candidates for the Data Package Manager and the Identity Manager services.  Read on to find out more.

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The LTER Executive Board announces the annual call for proposals for LTER synthesis projects for work to be completed during 2012.

Three kinds of proposals are solicited: 1) Synthesis Working Groups, which may include partial salary for graduate students or post-docs to support the goals of the working group, 2) Individual Post-docs, for cross-site studies by individuals who have received their doctorate within the past three years, and 3) Training Working Groups, to address the need for training in specific areas for scientists and information managers.

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This is the call for NIS product-oriented working groups, IM Travel, and IM site compensation requests for 2012.

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Transitioning from August to September and into Autumn was a productive period as the developers of the Network Information System (NIS) prepared for the annual LTER Information Managers meeting and the Environmental Information Management conference held in Santa Barbara, California. 

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• LTER Exec Board, Mini-Symposium and National Advisory Board meetings-NSF 2012
  February 29, 2012 - March 2, 2012
• Defining Checks to Ensure High Quality LTER Data Packages
  March 6, 2012 - March 7, 2012
• IM Exec 2012
  April 3, 2012 - April 4, 2012
• 2012 LTER Executive Board and Science Council Meeting
  May 14, 2012 - May 18, 2012
• Post SC Lead PI meeting
  May 16, 2012