October 2003 NewsletterWestern NetworksLast spring six of the existing GPS networks submitted a single proposal through UNAVCO asking for funds to operate the networks for five years. In the original plan, at the end of five years the operation and maintenance of the stations is to be taken over by EarthScope. The plan covered most of the stations in the AKDA, EBRY, BARD, BARGEN, and PANGA networks and half of the stations in the SCIGN network. NSF funded the proposal but cut the term to 18 months and directed us to find ways to eliminate duplication of activities. Representatives of the six networks are meeting in early November to discuss network operations and to plan a proposal for the 3-1/2 years between the end of the current proposal and the beginning of EarthScope responsibility for these networks.
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