[community] 2 Important Opportunities!

• To: community@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
• Subject: [community] 2 Important Opportunities!
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:38:28 -0700

WANTED: Graduate Students interested in making a significant
contribution to the Unidata Community

The Unidata Users Committee is seeking nominations for a Graduate
Student representative to join the group of 9 university faculty
members currently serving on this committee.   Nominees should be
Graduate Students who have completed at least one year of study, use
Unidata software, and hold a strong interest in the Unidata program.
Nominations may be made by any community members.  Self-nominations are
acceptable.  This position will be for a two-year term.

Advantages for the selected student afforded by this opportunity
include making numerous professional contacts at Unidata and in the
university community at large, professional development resulting from
participation in Unidata governance.  The committee meets twice a year
in Boulder, CO; the selected representative will have all travel and
lodging expenses covered by the Unidata Program Center.

Please address the following points in the nomination (a short
abstract of no more than one page in length):

- Your contact information (email, phone)
- Student name, institution, and email address
- discipline major
- Which Unidata software and tools are being utilized by the student
or their program
- Evidence of interest and/or willingness to engage in community service
- Explanation of why the individual is well suited for participation
on the committee

Please submit nominations by December 31, 2009 to:
nominations@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Unidata is a leader in educational software development and data
distribution, and this organization relies on input from two governing
committees, the Users Committee, which is charged with providing
feedback from the user community to Unidata, and the Policy Committee,
charged with ensuring that community needs are being met by Unidata.

For additional information on Unidata's governance committees, see:
<http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/community/index.html#governance>

If you have questions, please contact:  Tom Whitaker, Chair, Unidata
Users Committee whittaker@xxxxxxxx


2) European Geosciences Union General Assembly-Call for Abstracts

General meeting information is available at 
http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2010/

NOTE:  Abstracts are due by 18 January 2010.

Thanks!

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Linda Miller - lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Community Services, Unidata
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000