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Please the message below and respond accordingly if you use any of these NASA satellite missions. Deadline is April 6. Thanks!<br><br>Cy</font><br> <br>
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<b>From</b>: Diane Schafer [mailto:Diane@ksgroup.org]
<br><b>Sent</b>: Monday, March 21, 2011 08:26 AM<br><b>To</b>: NSGIC State Caucus List <nsgic_state_caucus_list@astro.lyris.net>
<br><b>Subject</b>: [nsgic_state_caucus_list] FW: Feedback - NASA missions - limited time to respond
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<div class=WordSection1><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear Colleagues;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>We have an opportunity to provide feedback to NASA on what satellite missions are important to us. This review takes place every two years and helps determine which missions to maintain and which to terminate. This is the venue for the states to provide their feedback/input. There is a limited timeframe to respond, but we would like to know what you (or others in your state) utilize and deem important. </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Dr. Lewis Lapine has been selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to participate in the NASA Earth Science Senior Review 2011/National Interests Panel</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>for</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> Mission Extension of Earth Science Operating Missions. Dr. Lapine will review 12 NASA missions; CALIPSO, GRACE, QuikSCAT, TRMM, Aqua, CloudSat, Jason-1, SORCE, Aura, EO-1, Jason-2/OSTM, and Terra. </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>NASA has requested Dr. Lapine to coordinate input from NSGIC on the above missions. A questionnaire is attached for this purpose. Please distribute the questionnaire to interested parties in your respective states. Use a separate questionnaire for each mission. It is critical that Parts E-G be completed for the questionnaire to be counted. Dr. Lapine will combine all the results into a spreadsheet for NASA. It is not necessary for you to collect the forms or send them to me. Please have your reviewers send the completed forms as attachments directly to Dr. Lapine at <a href="mailto:lew.lapine@scgs.sc.gov">lew.lapine@scgs.sc.gov</a>.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>In order to compile all the results Dr. Lapine requests your input be sent to him no later than Wednesday, April 6, 2011.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='color:black'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>td</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Dr. Timothy M. De Troye, GISP <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>State GIS Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>President Elect, <a href="http://www.nsgic.org/">National States Geographic Information Council</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>1000 Assembly Street, Suite 134<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Columbia, SC 29201<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>(803) 734-3894 ph<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>(803) 734-7001 fax<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:detroyet@gis.sc.gov">detroyet@gis.sc.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.gis.sc.gov/">http://www.gis.sc.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/detroye">http://www.linkedin.com/in/detroye</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div>
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