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Wednesday, September 7, 2011 SECOORA Board Meeting

12:30-1:00 Welcome, Roll Call and Agenda Review (Dick Dodge, Board Chair)

1:00-1:30 SECOORA Business

1:30-2:00 Executive Director Report (Debra Hernandez, SECOORA)

2:00-3:15 Build Out Plan Review (Holly Price, Facilitator)

3:15-3:30 BREAK

3:30-5:00 Build Out Plan Review, Continued (Holly Price, Facilitator)

5:00-5:30 Wrap-up and Adjourn (Dick Dodge, Board Chair)

  • Brief overview of goals for rest of meeting (Debra Hernandez, SECOORA)
  • Mapping component demo (Vembu Subramanian, SECOORA)
  • Logistics and adjourn

6:00 Lowcountry Boil and Oyster Roast at Skidaway Institute of Oceanography

Thursday, September 8, 2011 Joint SECOORA/South Atlantic Alliance Meeting

Background:

8:30-9:00 Welcome and Introductions Around the Room 

  • Dee Freeman, Secretary, NC DENR, SAA Steering Group
  • Dick Dodge, Chair, SECOORA Board of Directors

9:00-9:20 SAA Directions (Carolyn Boltin-Kelly, SAA)         

9:20-9:40 SECOORA Capabilities (Debra Hernandez, SECOORA)

  • Business Lines/Subsystems, Projects of Special Interest
  • Build Out Plan overview

9:40-9:50 Charge to Breakout Groups (Holly Price, Facilitator)

  • 1-Healthy Ecosystems and Clean Coastal and Ocean Waters
  • 2- Disaster Resilient Communities and Working Waterfronts
  • SAA Priorities Matrix

9:50-10:00 BREAK

10:00-11:30 Defining Priorities, Identifying Interests and Resources (Breakout groups)

11:30-12:00  Reporting Out (Holly Price, Facilitator)

12:00-1:00  Joint Lunch (BioHab Demo) and Joint SECOORA / SAA meeting ends

NOTE:AFTER LUNCH, SECOORA AND SAA WILL BREAKOUT FOR SEPARATE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETINGS.

SECOORA/GCOOS Meeting:  Coordinating Observing Plans for the West Florida Shelf

NOTE:  THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES.

1:00-1:15 Introductions and Agenda Review (Debra Hernandez, SECOORA and Ann Jochens, Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS))

1:15-2:00 Overview of Existing Build Out Plans (Holly Price, Facilitator)

2:00–3:45 Discuss 10 year Priorities for the WFS (Holly Price, Facilitator)

3:45–4:00 BREAK

4:00–5:00 Next Steps and Coordination Among the Plans

Friday, September 9, 2011 Build Out Plan Session for SECOORA Members
NOTE:  THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO SECOORA MEMBERS.

8:00–8:30 Setting the Stage (Debra Hernandez, SECOORA)

  • Review of agenda
  • Debrief from Board, SAA and GCOOS meetings

8:30–9:30  Review of Subsystem Matrix and Map (Holly Price, Facilitator)

9:30-9:45 Break

9:45-11:45 Review of Subsystem Matrix and Map, Continued

11:45-12:00 Cost Assumptions and Estimates

12:00-12:30 Identification of Next Steps

Build Out Plan Draft Materials and Background Documents