Calendar
Monday
- 7:00 - 8:00
- Read newspaper on Metro (subway) to work
- 9:00 - 12:00
- Meetings at NSF
- 12:00 - 1:00
- Lunch meeting with NSF staff
- 1:15
- Taxi to meeting at the Department of Commerce
- 2:00 - 4:00
- Meeting regarding Ocean Observations coordination
- 4:00
- Taxi back to NSF
- 4:30 - 6:00
- E-mail and correspondence
- 6:00 - 7:00
- Metro to home
- 7:30
- Take cats to vet
Tuesday
- 7:00 - 8:00
- Metro to work
- 8:00
- Meeting of NSF Assistant Directors
- 8:30
- Weekly meeting of NSF Director's Policy Group
- 10:00
- Weekly meeting of Senior Managers Integration Group
- 12:00 - 1:30
- Lunch
- 1:30 - 3:00
- Meeting of GEO Senior Staff
- 3:00 - 4:00
- Meetings
- 4:00 - 5:00
- Preparation of presentation overheads for next day
- 5:00 - 6:00
- E-mail and correspondence
- 6:00 - 8:00
- Reception and dinner for National Science Board members
- 8:00 - 9:00
- Metro to home
Wednesday
- 7:30 - 8:30
- Metro to work
- 9:00 - 9:45
- Meet with Chair of GEO Advisory Committee
- 10:00 - 12:00
- Presentation to National Science Board
- 12:00 - 1:00
- Lunch
- 1:00 - 5:00
- National Science Board Meeting
- 5:00 - 6:00
- E-mail and correspondence
- 6:30 - 8:00
- Dinner meeting with visitors from Japanese Science and Technology Agency
- 8:00 - 9:00
- Metro to home
The front of the NSF building in Arlington, Virginia.
Thursday
- 7:00 - 8:00
- Read newspaper on Metro to work
- 8:00 - 9:00
- E-mail and correspondence
- 9:00 - 10:00
- Meet with Staff Associate for Environmental Research and Education
- 10:00 - 11:00
- Meet with Assistant Director for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) to discuss computer needs for climate modeling
- 11:00 - 12:00
- Phone calls
- 12:00 - 1:00
- Lunch
- 1:30 - 2:30
- Budget meeting
- 2:45 - 3:00
- Taxi to meeting in Washington, D.C.
- 3:00 - 4:45
- Meeting at Office of Science and Technology Policy for International discussions of Kyoto Protocol
- 4:45 - 5:00
- Taxi back to NSF
- 5:00 - 6:00
- E-mail and correspondence
- 6:00 - 7:00
- Reading for pleasure on Metro to home
Friday
- 6:30 - 7:30
- Read newspaper on Metro to Global Change Coordination Office in Washington, D.C.
- 7:30 - 9:00
- Meeting to discuss U.S. Global Change Research Program long-range plan
- 9:00 - 9:30
- Taxi to NSF
- 10:30 - 11:30
- Telephone conference call with U.S. Geological Survey to discuss Major Research Equipment Initiative
- 11:30 - 1:30
- Lunch and correspondence
- 1:30 - 3:00
- GEO Management Team meeting
- 3:00 - 4:00
- Birthday party for office staffer
- 4:00 - 5:30
- E-mail and correspondence
- 6:00 - 8:00
- Dinner meeting
Margaret founded the Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting, an environmental sciences fellowship program for journalists. With her are the directors of the Metcalf Institute (from left to right): Science Director Dr. Haraldur Sigurdsson, Executive Director Jackleen de La Harpe, and Journalism Director Peter Lord.
Margaret Leinen
- Assistant Director for Geosciences
- The National Science Foundation
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