The SECOORA 2015 Annual Meeting will be held May 19-20, 2015, at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront in Jacksonville, FL (225 E Coastline Dr., Jacksonville, FL 32202). Registration has closed. Please contact Abbey Wakely, abbey@secooraorgpact.wpengine.com, for more information. Hotel Information
Please contact Abbey Wakely, abbey@secooraorgpact.wpengine.com, for hotel information. Agendas 10:00am – 10:15am | Welcome (Conrad Lautenbacher, SECOORA Chair) | 10:15am – 10:45am | Treasurer Report (Peter Hamilton, SECOORA Treasurer) | 10:45am – 11:15pm | IOOS Proposal (Debra Hernandez, SECOORA Executive Director) - Process and Participants
- Next Steps
| 11:15am – 11:45pm | SECOORA DMAC (Vembu Subramanian, SECOORA RCOOS Manager) - Rob Bochenek, Information Architect, CEO, Axiom Data Science
| 11:45am – 12:00pm | Future Meetings (Conrad Lautenbacher, SECOORA Chair) - July Board Call / Officer Elections
- 2016 Annual Meeting Dates / Location
- December 2015 Board Meeting Dates (Charleston, SC)
| 12:00pm – 12:30pm | Lunch | 12:30pm – 1:00pm | Membership Enhancement (Conrad Lautenbacher, SECOORA Chair) - Member Recruitment
- Board Recruitment (Competitive Elections)
- Write-in Option for Board Elections
| 1:00pm – 1:30pm | By-law Review (Mitch Roffer, Governance Committee Chair) - Executive Committee Participation by Former Chair
- Committee Operations
- Stakeholder Advisory Committee
- By-law Amendment for a Name Change (Article V, Section 3):
- Replace National Federation of Regional Associations with IOOS Association
| 1:30pm – 2:00pm | Board Goals for 7/15 - 6/16 (Conrad Lautenbacher, SECOORA Chair) | 2:00pm – 2:30pm | SOCAN Briefing (Scott Noakes, University of Georgia) | 2:30pm | Adjourn |
3:00pm –3:15pm | Welcome (Conrad Lautenbacher, SECOORA Chair) - Introductions / Roll Call
- Sponsor Recognition
| 3:15pm – 3:30pm | Innovations in Surface HF Radar and Subsurface Acoustic Ocean Technologies for use in Coastal Ocean Observatories (David Fissel, ASL Environmental Sciences Inc.) | 3:30pm – 4:00pm | IOOS Association Update and Congressional Outlook (Josie Quintrell, Director, IOOS Association) | 4:00pm – 5:00pm | SECOORA Members Business Meeting - SECOORA Annual Update (Debra Hernandez, SECOORA Executive Director)
- By-law Amendment (Mitch Roffer, Governance Committee Chair)
- Replace National Federation of Regional Associations with IOOS Association (Article V, Section 3)
- SECOORA FY16 Operating Budget (Peter Hamilton, SECOORA Treasurer)
- Review of Election Procedures / Annual Election of Board of Director
(Mitch Roffer, Board Development Committee Chair) - Board Member Recognition (Conrad Lautenbacher, SECOORA Chair)
| 5:00pm – 6:30pm | Happy Hour with Sponsors (Room 4101) - Beer and Wine Provided with Light Hors d’Oeuvres
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Dinner is on your own 8:00am – 8:30am | Registration and Coffee | 8:30am – 8:45am | Welcome (Conrad Lautenbacher, SECOORA Chair) | 8:45am – 9:15am | State of IOOS (George Jungbluth, Chief, Regions, Budget and Policy, U.S. IOOS) | 9:15am – 10:00am | Accomplishments SECOORA IOOS Award 2010-2015 – Part 1 (Debra Hernandez, SECOORA Executive Director) - 2010-2015 SECOORA Overview
- Governance and Staff Operations Years 1-4
- Outreach & Education
- Discussion
| 10:00am – 10:30am | Break with Sponsors (River Terrace #3) | 10:30am – 12:15pm | Accomplishments SECOORA IOOS Award 2010-2015 – Part 2 - Broad field remote observations – HF-radar (Nick Shay, UM)
- In situ observations – buoys, shore stations (Yonggang Liu, USF)
- Regional modeling (Ruoying He, NCSU)
- DMAC (Dwayne Porter, USC)
Discussion | 12:15pm – 1:05pm | Lunch and Guest Speaker (River Terrace #3) - 12:45pm – 1:05pm, Capt. Mike Getchell, Jacksonville Marine Transportation Exchange, Inc.
Discussion | 1:05pm – 1:15pm | Process for PI Poster Session (Vembu Subramanian, SECOORA Program Manager) | 1:15pm– 2:15pm | PI Poster and Q&A Session (River Terrace #3) - Purpose: Ensure meeting attendees learn about work accomplished by individual PIs
| 2:15pm – 2:45pm | SECOORA IOOS Proposal 2016-2021 – Part 1 (Debra Hernandez, SECOORA Executive Director) - What process was used to determine proposal components?
- Priorities and Proposal Framework
| 2:45pm – 3:00pm | Break with Sponsors (River Terrace #3) | 3:00pm – 4:00pm | SECOORA IOOS Proposal 2016-2021 – Part 2 (Debra Hernandez, SECOORA Executive Director) | 4:00pm – 4:30pm | Wrap-up and Adjourn (Debra Hernandez, SECOORA Executive Director) |
Dinner is on your own Sponsor our meeting! Consider increasing your organization’s exposure at the SECOORA 2015 Annual Meeting. Become a sponsor and showcase your organization’s services and products, and strengthen ties with existing clients. Contact Abbey, abbey@secooraorgpact.wpengine.com, if you are interested in sponsoring. Sponsorship Levels:
| | | $2,000 You will have 15 minutes on the program to demonstrate your project or product, exhibit space, and your organization’s logo will be printed on the program. | $1,000 Your organization’s logo will be printed on the program and you will receive exhibit space. | $500 Your organization will enjoy the benefits of exhibiting at the meeting. |
Thank You Meeting Sponsors! Gold Sponsor: ASL-Helzel Silver Sponsors: Meeting Materials: Board Member Election Documents Academic/Research/Education Sector At Large Seat- Florida At Large Seat- North Carolina At Large Seat- South Carolina Industry/Private Sector Public Agencies/ Non-Profit/ Other Sector: SECOORA Committee Report ****FOR BOARD MEMBERS ONLY****
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