Spring 2007 Annual Membership Meeting Agenda

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Please read the following documents prior to the meeting:
Business Plan • Proposed Bylaws • Sample Ballot • Candidate Biographies • Election Process • Eligible Voters

Monday, June 11

8:00 – 8:30

Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 8:40

Welcome and Workshop Overview (CAPT Parker Lumpkin, SECOORA Special Projects Officer)

8:40 – 9:10

National Federation of Regional Associations (NFRA) Update (Josie Quintrell, NFRA Executive Director)

9:10 – 9:40

NOAA IOOS Coordination Update (Representative, NOAA IOOS Program Office)

9:40 – 10:10

Grants Discussion (Dave Easter, NOAA Coastal Services Center)

• Center role in IOOS/Funding

10:10 – 10:30

SECOORA Workshop Goals (Rick DeVoe, South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium)

10:30 – 10:45

Break

10:45 – 11:45

Business Plan Overview and Discussion

• Observations and Transmission Subsystem (Dr. Harvey Seim, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill)
• Data Management and Communication Subsystem (Dr. Dwayne Porter, University of South Carolina)
• Data Analysis and Data Products Subsystem (Dr. Christopher N.K. Mooers, University of Miami RSMAS)

11:45 – 1:00

Lunch

1:00 – 2:00

Business Plan Overview and Discussion (cont’d)

• Governance and Funding (Dr. Jim Sanders, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography)
• Marketing Plan (Jennifer Dorton, Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program/Tom Kuba, Lockheed Martin)
• Research and Product/Service Development (Dr. Rick Jahnke, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography

2:00 – 3:30

• Membership Feedback/Discussion of Business Plan
• Membership Vote to Approve Business Plan
• Next Steps for the Business Plan

(Jennifer Dorton)

3:30 – 3:45

Ocean Data Partnership (Dr. Madilyn Fletcher, Chairperson)

3:45 – 4:00

Day Summary (Rick DeVoe)

4:00

Ocean Data Partnership Sidebar (Plantain Restaurant Bar)
Dr. Madilyn Fletcher, ODP Chairperson
Interested parties welcome

Tuesday, June 12

8:00 – 8:30

Continental breakfast

8:30 – 9:30

• IOOS Regional Observations Registry Update (Dave Easter, NOAA Coastal Services Center)
• Inventory Database Requirements for SECOORA Members (Jesse Cleary, UNC-CH)

9:30 – 10:00

Current State of SECOORA’s Web Site (Chris Calloway, UNC-CH)

10:00 – 10:15

Break

10:15 – 11:45

SECOORA Bylaws Discussion and Approval (CAPT Parker Lumpkin)

11:45 – 1:00

Lunch

1:00 – 3:00

Business Meeting (Closed to Nonmembers)

• Nomination Process Review (Dr. Judy Gray, SECOORA Steering Committee)
• Announcement of Nominees and Voting
• Vote Tally (Nominating Committee)/ Afternoon Break
• Announcement of Election Results

3:00 – 3:30

Wrap Up/Adjourn (Board of Directors)

• Board recognition of Steering Committee
• Next steps – where do we go from here?