========================================================================= Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:20:31 -0700 Reply-To: Radiocarbon Mailing List Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: Mark McClure Subject: IntCal Oversight Committee nominations MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000C_01C901DC.D5501D00" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C901DC.D5501D00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The IntCal Working Group (IWG) is seeking nominations to the IntCal Oversight Committee (IOC) in order to provide wider community input and = more transparency in the construction of the radiocarbon calibration curve = update (IntCalX) which is being undertaken with a grant from NERC to Dr Paula Reimer and Prof Gerry McCormac (Queen=92s University Belfast) and Prof. Caitlin Buck and Paul Blackwell (University of Sheffield). We are = seeking experts in 1) marine palaeoscience, 2) terrestrial palaeoscience and 3) statistics to contribute to the decision making process. The three = members of the IntCal Oversight Committee will be expected to attend a (1 =BD = day) meeting of the IOC members and the Belfast and Sheffield group at the University of Sheffield in summer 2009 and either a full IWG meeting in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA (date to be announced, dependent on = funding) or a second smaller meeting in Belfast in 2010 to allow the IOC to offer further advice on dataset acceptance and on the modeling of offsets and uncertainties for the IntCalX curve. The IOC members will be asked to contribute to a report of the meetings that will be made public. = Expenses to the meetings will be met in full with support from PAGES and funding = from NERC. IOC members will be included as co-authors on the key calibration curve papers resulting from this work.=20 =20 To nominate individuals for any of the three positions (Marine Palaeoscientist, Terrestrial Palaeoscientist, and Statistician) please = send their names and email contact to Mark McClure, Managing Editor of Radiocarbon, at mcclure@radiocarbon.org using the subject heading IntCal Oversight Committee Nomination. Please first ensure that the individuals = you nominate are willing to serve if elected. Current and former members of = the IWG are ineligible for these positions. Nominations will close on = October 31, 2008. Mark McClure will collate the nominations and we will send = out a list and instructions for voting which will also be handled by = Radiocarbon. =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D To unsubscribe from this list, send the command SIGNOFF C14-L to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU, or send a request to C14-L-request@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU. ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C901DC.D5501D00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

The IntCal Working Group (IWG) is seeking nominations to the = IntCal Oversight Committee (IOC) in order to provide wider community input and more transparency in the construction = of the radiocarbon calibration curve update (IntCalX) which is being undertaken = with a grant from NERC to Dr Paula Reimer and Prof Gerry McCormac = (Queen’s University Belfast) and Prof. Caitlin Buck and Paul Blackwell = (University of Sheffield).=A0 We are seeking experts in 1) marine palaeoscience, 2) = terrestrial palaeoscience and 3) statistics to contribute to the decision making = process.=A0=A0 The three members of the IntCal Oversight Committee will be expected to = attend a (1 =BD day) meeting of the IOC members and the Belfast and Sheffield = group at the University of Sheffield in summer 2009 and either a full IWG meeting in = Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA (date to be announced, dependent on funding) or = a second smaller meeting in Belfast in 2010 to allow the IOC to offer = further advice on dataset acceptance and on the modeling of offsets and = uncertainties for the IntCalX curve.=A0 The IOC members will be asked to contribute to a report of the meetings that = will be made public.=A0 Expenses to the meetings will be met in = full with support from PAGES and funding from NERC.=A0 IOC members will be = included as co-authors on the key calibration curve papers resulting from this = work.

To nominate individuals for any = of the three positions (Marine Palaeoscientist, Terrestrial Palaeoscientist, = and Statistician) please send their names and email contact to Mark McClure, Managing Editor of Radiocarbon, at mcclure@radiocarbon.org using the subject heading IntCal Oversight Committee Nomination. Please = first ensure that the individuals you nominate are willing to serve if = elected.=A0 Current and former members of the IWG are ineligible for these = positions.=A0 Nominations will close on October 31, 2008.=A0 Mark McClure will collate = the nominations and we will send out a list and instructions for voting = which will also be handled by Radiocarbon.=A0

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