<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:large;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Dear All,</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<font color="#222222" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:large;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>Please join us for an NCEAS <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)"><span class="il">Roundtable</span></span> on Friday,</font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large;background-color:rgb(255,255,204)"> January 11th at 4:00pm:</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<blockquote type="cite" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></blockquote><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="4">Dr. Derek Gray</font></span></b><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<font face="Arial" size="4"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Postdoctoral Associate</span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="Arial" size="4"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis<br>
</span></font><div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:large;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">will hold a discussion on: </span><br>
<span style="font-size:large;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><br><font size="4"><font>"</font><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Should ecologists act as advocates in the environmental policy arena?</span></b><font>"</font></font><br>
<font color="#222222" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font><span style="font-size:large;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Everyone is welcome to attend.</span><br><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><br>
<br></font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,204)"><span class="il">Roundtable</span></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> meetings are held in the </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">NCEAS</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> lounge at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, 735 State Street, Suite 300 (</span><a href="http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/contact" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-decoration:initial">Directions</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">).</span><br>
<font color="#333333" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The </span><a href="http://roundtable.nceas.ucsb.edu/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;text-decoration:initial"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">NCEAS</span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span class="il">Roundtable</span></span> blog</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">contains information about past meetings and a calendar of future events.</span></div>
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