Hi All,<div><br></div><div>I'm looking for some kind and generous people who can provide few minutes at AGU to judge two student posters in session C23A. Please sign-up if you can help us out. Instructions are given below. We only have two posters in this session, so it should not take more than few minutes of your time.</div>
<div><br></div><div>See you all in SFO!</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Umesh<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri;min-height:17px">
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Hi all -</div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri;min-height:17px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri">You are receiving this email because the organizer for your AGU Fall Meeting 2012 Cryosphere session designated you as the OSPA Liaison for your session. Each year, the number of students who wish to be considered for the Outstanding Student Paper Award competition grows larger and more help is needed to secure enough judges for all students. Please use your professional network to help secure judges for the students in your session- AGU and the Cryosphere Focus Group greatly appreciates your help. Scope the attached Excel spreadsheet to determine which session has designated you as OSPA Liaison.</div>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri"> </p><div style="margin:0px;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri">Getting Started</div><div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 48px;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri">-<span style="font-size:9px;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span>If you have not already joined the Fall Meeting Community, please register here: <a href="http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2012/community/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(4,51,255)">http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2012/community/</span></a>. You will be emailed an activation link, which will automatically log you in.</div>
<div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 48px;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri">-<span style="font-size:9px;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span>Once you have created an account, or if you already have an account, you may log into the OSPA scheduling site here: <a href="http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2012/ospa/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(4,51,255)">http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2012/ospa/</span></a></div>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri"> </p><div style="margin:0px;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri">Determining the Students in Your Session(s)</div><div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 48px;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri">
-<span style="font-size:9px;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span>There may be other students in your sessions, but only those who appear in the system have indicated that they wish to be judged. The deadline for signing up has passed.</div>
<div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 48px;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri">-<span style="font-size:9px;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span>The third orange navigational button on the right says “Find Presentations”</div>
<div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 48px;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri">-<span style="font-size:9px;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span>In the blue search box at the top, type in one of your sessions and hit the “search” button.</div>
<div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 48px;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri">-<span style="font-size:9px;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span>The results of your search will appear on the next page. You may export these results by clicking “Export as CSV.”</div>
<div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 48px;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri">-<span style="font-size:9px;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span>When you click on the orange triangle beside each paper’s title, it will expand to show you the student’s abstract and if they have chosen to indicate, specific times they will be present at their posters.</div>
<div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 48px;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri">-<span style="font-size:9px;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span>As a Liaison, you will be able to see the judges assigned to a student’s presentation. You will see the judge’s name, university and email address. Your search results will display all students in your session, whereas judges will only be shown students who do not have the same university affiliation.</div>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri"> </p><div style="margin:0px;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri">Judging Students</div><div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 48px;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri">-<span style="font-size:9px;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span>If you choose to judge any of the students yourself, please ensure that you do not have a conflict of interest with those students.</div>
<div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 48px;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri">-<span style="font-size:9px;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span>You may “bulk add” presentations to their schedules. Simply scroll through the search results, checking the box of each presentation you’d like to add and then click “Add to Schedule.”</div>
<div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 48px;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri">-<span style="font-size:9px;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span>Please note: Judges will all need to enter their own scores this year via this system. (Score sheet functionality will be added in a couple of weeks.)</div>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri"> </p><div style="margin:0px;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri">My Schedule</div><div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 48px;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri">-<span style="font-size:9px;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span>You will see that this screen is blank currently because you haven’t added presentations yet.</div>
<div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 48px;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri">-<span style="font-size:9px;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span>You’ll see two tabs- the darker blue tab that’s shown by default displays presentations that you have not yet judged.</div>
<div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 48px;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri">-<span style="font-size:9px;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span>The lighter blue tab allows you to switch to presentations that you’ve already judged.</div>
<div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 48px;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri">-<span style="font-size:9px;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span>You can add/remove presentations on this screen.</div><p style="margin:0px;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri">
</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri"> </p><div style="margin:0px;font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri">A quick note about the presentations- as sessions are cancelled, presentations are moved to different sessions, students withdraw, etc., the list will be updated in the system. If you have any questions about the process, please feel free to contact Tim Link (Cryosphere Focus Group Executive Committee), Kara Smedley (AGU OSPA head honcho), and me (<span style="font-size:14px">AGU Cryosphere Focus Group President-Elect</span>). Thank you for your effort!</div>
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Tom Painter</div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri;min-height:17px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:Calibri">==================</div></div><div><br></div></div></div><div>
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<div>Dr. Umesh K. Haritashya</div>
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<div>Associate Editor ASCE' "Journal of Hydrologic Engineering"<br>Editorial Advisory Board "Himalayan Geology Journal"<br>Editorial Advisory Board "The Open Hydrology Journal"</div>
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<div>Department of Geology<br>University of Dayton<br>300 College Park<br>Dayton, OH 45469-2364<br> <br>Phone: 937-229-2939<br>Fax: 937-229-2889</div>
<div>Email: <a href="mailto:uharitashya1@udayton.edu" target="_blank">uharitashya1@udayton.edu</a> <br>Alternate E-mail: <a href="mailto:ukharit@yahoo.com" target="_blank">ukharit@yahoo.com</a></div><br>
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