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Meeting Location
Five Rivers Delta Center
Alabama State Lands Division
30945 Rivers Blvd
Spanish Fort, AL 36527
(251) 625-0814
www.alabama5rivers.com
Hotel Room Block
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hampton Inn in Daphne, AL; (251) 626-2220. The room rate is $99.00 per night plus 8% tax. Breakfast is included and on weeknights there is an evening happy hour with beer, wine, soda, and snacks. Room reservations must be made individually prior to June 3, 2007 in order to secure this rate. Please mention the "GCOOS/GOMA Group". While there are other hotels available, we ask that the majority stay at this hotel to facilitate the sharing of rides to the meeting location.
Travel Arrangements
The three nearest airports are Pensacola Regional (1 hour), Mobile Regional (45 minutes), and Gulfport/Biloxi (1.5 hours). Maps and driving directions to be posted soon.
Meeting Registration
On-line meeting registration is closed. If you are attending the GOMA meeting and have not yet sent in your $30 registration fee, please do so as soon as possible. The GCOOS Education & Outreach Council Meeting has no registration fee. The GOMA Environmental Education Network meeting has a $30 registration fee to cover meals and incidentals for everyone who attends. The registration fee, made out to Dauphin Island Sea Lab, should be mailed with this form to:
| Dauphin Island Sea Lab GOMA EEN Meeting 101 Bienville Blvd Dauphin Island, AL 36528 |
GCOOS Education and Outreach Council Annual Meeting
18 June 2007
Five Rivers-Delta Center
Spanish Fort, AL
Agenda
18 June 2007
| 0830 | 1.0 | Morning Social – Coffee, Tea, Juice, Water, Soda, fruit, and breakfast breads |
| 0900 | 2.0 | Welcome, Introductions, purpose of meeting, Agenda Adoption — Mike Spranger, Assistant Director, Florida Sea Grant Program |
| 2.1 | Introductions (All) — Mike Spranger, Assistant Director, Florida Sea Grant Program |
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| 2.2 | Purpose of Meeting — Mike Spranger, Assistant Director, Florida Sea Grant Program — Lee Yokel, Education Coordinator, Gulf of Mexico Alliance |
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| 2.3 | Formal Introduction of EOC Coordinator — Sharon Walker, Professor Emeritus, University of Southern Mississippi — Tami Wells, GCOOS Education and Outreach Coordinator |
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| 2.4 | Agenda Adoption | |
| 0915 | 3.0 | GCOOS Update — Ann Jochens, GCOOS Regional Coordinator |
| 3.1 | GCOOS Board Semi-Annual Meeting | |
| 3.2 | GCOOS Workshops in 2006-2007 | |
| 3.3 | Grant Proposals in Process | |
| 3.4 | Questions and Discussion | |
| 0945 | 4.0 | IOOS Update — Ann Jochens, GCOOS Regional Coordinator |
| 4.1 | Questions & discussion | |
| 1015 | BREAK | |
| 1030 | 5.0 | International collaborations — Mike Spranger, Assistant Director, Florida Sea Grant Program |
| 5.1 | Mexico Interactions — Ann Jochens, GCOOS Regional Coordinator |
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| 5.2 | Caribbean Regional Association — Jose Lopez, Professor, University of Puerto Rico |
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| 5.3 | Questions and Discussion | |
| 1100 | 6.0 | Education and Outreach Council Activities — Mike Spranger, Assistant Director, Florida Sea Grant Program — Jessica Kastler, Marine Educator, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium |
| 6.1 | Hiring of EOC Coordinator — Sharon Walker, Professor Emeritus, University of Southern Mississippi |
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| 6.2 | Review of EOC Work Plan and Budget — Mike Spranger, Assistant Director, Florida Sea Grant Program |
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| 1145 | LUNCH (on your own) | |
| 1315 | 7.0 | Overview of GOMA Environmental Education Network — Lee Yokel, Education Coordinator, Gulf of Mexico Alliance |
| 7.1 | Environmental Education Network Membership/Activities | |
| 7.2 | Opportunities for Collaboration | |
| 7.3 | Questions and discussion | |
| 1345 | 8.0 | Review of EOC Working Committees — Mike Spranger, Assistant Director, Florida Sea Grant Program — Jessica Kastler, Marine Educator, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium |
| 8.1 | Regional EOC Coordinator Committee | |
| 8.2 | Resource Committee | |
| 8.3 | Public Relations Committee | |
| 8.4 | Education Advisory Committee | |
| 8.5 | Strategic Planning Committee | |
| 1430 | 9.0 | GOMA EEN–GCOOS EOC Potential Collaborations — Jessica Kastler, Marine Educator, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium |
| 1500 | BREAK | |
| 1515 | 10.0 | 2007-2010 EOC Work Plan — Jessica Kastler, Marine Educator, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium |
| 10.1 | Identified work items and timeline | |
| 10.2 | Discussion of Work Plan Activities for 2007-2010 | |
| 10.3 | Assignments for EOC members/Committees | |
| 1700 | Adjourn GCOOS EOC meeting | |
| 1830 | Reception with GOMA EEN at Blue Gill Restaurant Sponsored by Fugro GEOS |
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Gulf of Mexico Alliance Environmental Education and Outreach Network
Annual Meeting
June 19-20, 2007
Five Rivers-Delta Center,
Spanish Fort, AL
Agenda
19 June 2007
| 8:30 | Light Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 | Welcome and Purpose of Workshop Objectives: Lee Yokel, Environmental Education and Outreach Network Coordinator, Gulf of Mexico Alliance and Dauphin Island Sea Lab, AL |
| 9:10 | Introductions Objectives: Participants introduce themselves |
| 9:20 | Gulf Alliance Perspectives Objectives: Share local knowledge and experience related to the Gulf of Mexico and Alliance efforts Sharon Walker, Education Director, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant |
| 9:40 | Gulf of Mexico Alliance and Education Network Overview Objectives: Understand the history of the Alliance and the purpose and goals of the EEN. Lee Yokel |
| 10:00 | Break |
| 10:15 | Environmental Education Action Items & Workgroups (Panel
Session) Objectives: Understand what the EEN is charged with and what they have accomplished to date. Facilitator: Lee Yokel |
| 10:20 | Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center Network Sharon Hayes or Becky Boudreaux ED-1(2) Expand the existing Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center Network so one facility exists in each of the five US Gulf States and the Mexican Gulf State of Veracruz |
| 10:25 | Underrepresented and Underserved Communities Workgroup Bryan Fluech, Florida Sea Grant ED-1(5) Develop an environmental education pilot program targeted towards underrepresented and underserved communities in the Gulf region. |
| 10:35 | Website Linda Broussard, USGS ED-1(7) Design and host a Web site to support education and outreach efforts of the Network, including an electronic clearinghouse to disseminate effective Gulf coast related educational information and materials via the Internet. |
| 10:45 | Public Awareness Campaign Lee Yokel or other ED-2(1&2) Design and conduct a strategic public awareness campaign that will encourage Gulf stewardship and coastal hazard identification and prevention. Identify strategies for sustaining the public awareness campaign in the short-term and long-term. |
| 10:55 | Community Workshops Tabitha Stadler, Rookery Bay Research Reserve, FL ED-1(1) Hold a series of Community Workshops, at least one in each Gulf State, to solicit citizen input into Alliance priorities and actions. |
| 11:00 | Priority Issue Team reports (Panel Session) Objectives: Learn about the progress of other Alliance priority issue teams • Water Quality for Healthy Beaches and Shellfish Beds • Wetland and Coastal Conservation, Restoration and Resiliency • Identification and Characterization of Gulf Habitats • Reducing Nutrient Inputs to Coastal Ecosystem • Q&A |
| 12:00 | Lunch (on site) |
| 1:00 | International and Gulf Coast Ocean Observing Systems Objectives: Increase understanding of IOOS and GCOOS, specifically the plans for the Education and Outreach Council, including history, goals, projects and timelines Mike Spranger, Assistant Dean, University of Florida, Assistant Director, Florida Sea Grant and GCOOS Board of Directors Jessica Kastler, Marine Education Instructor, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium and Chair of the GCOOS Education and Outreach Council (EOC); video or presentation 5 minutes video; 30 minutes |
| 1:30 | GCOOS/GOMA Break Out Session Objectives: Participants will create a list of potential actions for the EEN to collaborate with the GCOOS Education and Outreach Council |
| 2:30 | Report Out and Prioritize |
| 3:00 | Break |
| 3:15 | Engaging the Priority Issue Teams Facilitator: Ann Weaver |
| 4:15 | Information Sharing Session Objectives: Create systems or processes to better communicate with each other |
| 5:15 | Closing and Announcements Lee Yokel |
| Dinner on your own – Informal Gathering | |
20 June 2007
| 8:00 | Light Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 | Public Awareness Campaign Successful and not-so-successful campaigns and their components Speaker: Linda Burnette, Director of Communications and Governmental Affairs, Indian River Lagoon NEP Sponsored by NOAA, National Coastal Data Development Center |
| 9:30 | Public Awareness Campaigns Case Studies Tampa Bay Manatee Watch Boater Education Program Tabitha Stadler, Rookery Bay NERR South Carolina Littering Campaign Ann Weaver, NOAA CSC |
| 10:00 | Break |
| 10:15 | What makes a good campaign? Objectives: Get participants thinking about the elements of an effective public awareness campaign |
| 10:45 | GOMA Public Awareness Objectives: Create a list of action items related to the EEN public awareness campaign that can be used to move the project forward Discuss JOCI collaboration – theme of Resilient Communities |
| 11:45 | Lunch Speaker – Hilda Castilla, NAAEE Diversity Committee Sponspored by EPA, Gulf of Mexico Program |
| 1:00 | Underserved and Underrepresented Science & Spanish Club Richard Gonzales, Gulf of Mexico Foundation |
| 1:15 | Learning in Florida's Environment Program Greg Ira, Florida Department of Environmental Quality |
| 1:30 | Critical examination of strategies for reaching underserved
and underrepresented or low performing audiences Greg Ira |
| 2:00 | Networking Time (funding and other resources to support these efforts) |
| 2:30 | Other GOMA Business Objectives: To discuss, synthesize and consolidate ideas generated from the past three days – items for July meeting consideration and other actions to pursue post meeting |
| 3:00 | Next Steps, Wrap Up & Meeting Evaluation Objectives: Thank participants and speakers for attendance and clarify roles and responsibilities after the meeting concludes |
| 3:30 | Meeting Adjourns |