[seek] URGENT: MATERIALS FOR SEEK ANNUAL REPORT NEEDED ASAP!!!!

[Mark Schildhauer]

Hello folks,

An emergency situation has arisen which requires that we all 
*immediately* prepare materials for inclusion in the SEEK Annual Report, 
which must be submitted to NSF no later than next Monday, August 2!!!

This means, given the complexity of our project, all project personnel 
(PIs, subcontractors, software developers, etc.,  i.e., *everyone* 
working on SEEK projects) should please immediately prepare materials to 
report back to your institutional lead-PI or contact (SDSC: Ludaescher, 
Rajasekar; KU: Beach; NCEAS: Jones, Schildhauer; UNM: Michener) by THIS 
FRIDAY. 

Emails are--
Ludaescher:  ludaesch at sdsc.edu
Rajasekar:   sekar at sdsc.edu
Beach:  beach at ku.edu
Jones:   jones at nceas.ucsb.edu
Schildhauer: schild at nceas.ucsb.edu
Michener: wmichener at lternet.edu

Please---these items should be prepared as a highest priority, and 
absolutely must be submitted to your institutional contact (see above) 
by this Friday (so we have as much time as possible to collate, edit, 
and assemble these into a coherent report).  At this point, we believe 
that a report will be submitted by each of the four institutions listed 
above, so it is important to route the materials appropriately.  Also, 
please 'cc' Matt Jones (jones at nceas.ucsb.edu), Bill Michener 
(wmichener at lternet.edu), and myself (schild at nceas.ucsb.edu) on any and 
all materials that you submit.

We need information about any updates and advances accomplished over the 
last year (roughly, from July 2003-present). Specifically, we need 
reports on SEEK-related advances over the past year in: "research 
activities and findings", "publications, presentations and products 
(software, database, etc.)", and any updates as to the significance of 
your work (over the past year) in terms of impacts on your principal 
discipline as well as other disciplines.  Please update us as to any 
changes in the status of any publications over the past year (e.g., 
submitted --> accepted) and report on any new developments that will 
build upon what you provided us for last year's annual report.  Any new 
collaborations or project personnel should also be described.

Unfortunately, both Matt Jones and Bill Michener are currently in 
transit to a meeting in Portland, and may not yet be fully aware of the 
situation (e.g., emails not yet read).  I expect that both of them will 
probably be able to update themselves (email, voicemail) by this evening 
or tomorrow at the latest, and we may receive some revision of this plan 
by tomorrow (Thursday, July 29).  At this point, however, we are 
proceeding on the assumption that we must INDEED submit all these 
materials to NSF by next Monday at the latest, which means that we need 
the materials from you ASAP!!!!

Thank you very much for helping out!

Cheers,
Mark S.

-- 
Mark P. Schildhauer, Ph.D. --  Director of Computing
NCEAS --  National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
735 State St., Suite 300       Santa Barbara, CA   93101-3351	
Email: schild at nceas.ucsb.edu   WEB: http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu
Phone: 805-892-2509            FAX: 805-892-2510