Hi all
First, note that I am not presently in Dunedin so haven’t convened a lunchtime meeting this month. I will also be away next month but am likely to call an ‘out of season’ meeting in mid May to make up for that.
Second, please note that next Monday 10 April is the deadline for applications to attend the IODP planning workshop in Sydney in mid June. I would really like people to apply to attend this important workshop. At it, plans will be made for applications to IODP for future expeditions in the SW Pacific region in the coming decade. Its really important that those of us who will be doing Ocean Drilling-related science in this region are involved in defining our scientific goals. If you think you could attend, please please apply. For those who cannot attend, I will compile a list of science ideas/targets/objectives that I hope one Otago representative can take to the Workshop and present for us. I will also send this summary to Neville Exxon. If you have relevant ideas please signal these to me.
There is also a Continental Scientific Drilling workshop of similar style planned in Minneapolis in May this year, and if you think you might be involved in projects in the USA or with US colleagues in the next decade you should be thinking of attending that. Deadline for applications is 14 April. More details under 3 below.
Third, I’ve recently added updates to our blog about
1. A new ANZIC Annual Report available for download if desired
2. An invitation to join a Geol Soc of America Interdisciplinary Interest Group for Continental Scientific Drilling.
3. A call for applications to join a workshop planning the science drivers and drilling targets for Continental Scientific Drilling in America (and projects that Americans might contribute to overseas!) in Minneapolis from May 18-19 this year. If anyone can attend this I strongly recommend applying by the deadline of 14 April. There are also links in that blog post to some online surveys that you can/should try to fill in to provide some input if you can’t attend in person.
4. There is a blog post about an online article about the W Pacific Warm Pool and the latest ANZIC Bulletin.
5. I am working on setting up a mailing list for these emails but haven’t done it yet… but can you glance at the addressee list here and see if I am missing anyone please?
6. There is a similar upcoming workshop (Sept 2017) related to the JOIDES resolution. Details here: http://usoceandiscovery.org/denver2/
OK, if you have any questions about any of this stuff please contact me by email. Also, keep watching the blog for new stuff I pop up there as I mostly don’t send out emails to you all as I do it.
Thanks
Virginia
