[Spm] Resource for SPM folks - and a chance to win an iPod Nano

[Robert Carpick]

Dear fellow SPMers -

I'd like you all to be aware of the Nanoprobe Network 
(http://nanoprobenetwork.org), a new, free, non-profit, web-based 
community for SPM researchers in all fields around the world.  The 
Network's goal is to provide an interactive, user-driven web space for 
the exchange of information, ideas, techniques, protocols, images, 
software, and discussions.

The Network is sponsoring a contest for the best contributions to the 
site. *The winning entries will receive iPod Nano's.* *To enter the 
contest*, click here: http://nanoprobenetwork.org/contest and become a 
registered member of the Network. You are then invited to:

    * Create or edit an article within Probe-Pedia, the
      Wikipedia-inspired on-line guide to probe science and technology.
      A prize will be awarded for the *Best New Probe-Pedia Article*.
    * View, download, or contribute to the A/V Library for images,
      audios, videos, software, presentations. Prizes will be awarded
      for the *Best New Image File, Best New Audio File, Best New Video
      File, and Best Contributed Presentation. *The best image will be
      featured on the home page of the site.
    * Create a *Member Profile *for yourself. A prize will be awarded
      for the most inspired Member Profile page.
    * Submit a suggestion for a *slogan* for the site. A prize will be
      awarded to the winning slogan which we will then use in the future.

The contest deadline is * February 28^th , 2009*.  A panel of judges 
will review the submissions and winners will be announced shortly 
thereafter.

Please note: the Nanoprobe Network is not intended to be a competitor or 
replacement for the SPM Digest. Rather, we offer different functions 
including Probe-Pedia, Blogs, Member Pages, etc.

Feel free to spread the word about the contest, and please get involved 
in building up this resource.

sincerely,
Rob Carpick

-- 
R.W. Carpick, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics, U. Pennsylvania
U. Penn Director, The Nanotechnology Institute  http://www.nanotechinstitute.org/
Office: 271 Towne Bldg.  Tel: 215-898-4608  Fax: 215-573-6334
Mail: 229 Towne, 220 S. 33rd St., Philadelphia, PA  19104-6315
carpick at seas.upenn.edu  http://www.seas.upenn.edu/meam/faculty/carpick.html

Nanoprobe Network, a resource for nanoprobe research: http://www.nanoprobenetwork.org

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