Frequently Accessed Documents

This page is designed to provide SECOORA Members with access to frequently used information. Please visit our Communications Page to access SECOORA outreach resources. 

Governance Documents

• By-laws
• Strategic Priorities Plan
• Mini Proposal Policy (Updated April 7, 2011)
• SECOORA Business Plan (an overview presentation is also available)

Board Officers Election Documents

• July 2016 Board Officers Election Framework
• SECOORA Conflict of Interest Policy
• SECOORA Conflict of Interest Policy Form

Travel Documents

• Please see Megan Lee for reimbursement documents (mlee@secoora.org)

Stakeholder Documents

• Summary of SECOORA User Needs compiled July 2009

Annual Meeting Summaries

• 2016 Annual Meeting Presentations / Summary
• 2015 Annual Meeting Presentations
• 2014 Annual Meeting Presentations
• 2012 Annual Meeting Materials and Presentations
  • Members Meeting Notes
• 2011 September SECOORA/SAA Meeting Materials
• 2011 Annual Meeting Materials and Presentations
• 2010 Annual Meeting Presentations
• 2010 Annual Meeting Webcast

SECOORA Proposal Development Procedures

• Guidelines for SECOORA’s Engagement in Proposals
• Proposal Development Policies and Procedures

Defining Legislation

• In March of 2009, President Obama signed the Integrated Coastal Ocean Observation System (ICOOS) Act establishing statutory authority for the development of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). The ICOOS Act mandates the establishment of a national integrated system of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes observing systems coordinated at the federal level.

Congressional Testimonials

• March 21, 2013 VADM Conrad Lautenbacher (Ret.) testimony at the House Appropriations Committee hearing on FY14 appropriations

 SECOORA RCOOS Plans and other relevant documents

• SECOORA Ten Year Build-Out-Plan submitted to NOAA/US IOOS (2011)
• Towards a Regional Coastal Ocean Observing System: An Initial Design for the Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association
• Fall 2008 issue of the Marine Technology Society Journal (42:3) was dedicated to SEACOOS' accomplishments over the course of its six years of operation.  Access the articles from this issue.
• SEACOOS Implementation Plan
• Final SEACOOS Workshop Report
• RCOOS Design Plan and the Systems Design Plan (Draft, December 2007)
• National Operational Wave Observation Plan
• High Frequency Radar Observing Systems: SECOORA Gap Analysis_062808
• A Plan to Meet the Nation’s Needs for Surface Current Mapping