Hotels near the Center for Bioenvironmental Research
There are a variety of hotels near the CBR in New Orleans. Google maps lists many. Some of the hotels marked do not have room availability for the meeting dates. Please feel free to find other hotels nearby as you wish.
| Quality Inn 210 O'Keefe Avenue (504) 412-8771 Rooms available for $70-$90/night |
| Baronne Plaza Hotel 201 Baronne (504) 522-0083 or (888) 756-0083 Rooms available for $80-$90/night |
| AmeriHost Inn & Suites 1300 Canal Street (504) 299-9900 Rooms available for $60-$110/night; parking $12/day |
GCOOS Stakeholder Council Meeting
6-7 March 2007
Provisional Agenda, version 3
Tuesday morning, March 6
| 0800 | Coffee, juice, and bagels |
| 0830 | Opening of Meeting: Welcome, Logistics, Introductions |
| Joint meeting with GCOOS Parties | |
| 0900 | Report on the status of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (Talk from Tom Malone or Mary Altalo, Ocean.US Office) |
| 0920 | Development of the GCOOS Regional Association (Ray Toll, SAIC) |
| 0940 | Status and plans for the regional observing system GCOOS (Ann Jochens, TAMU) |
| 1000 | Specific sector stakeholder workshops held and planned (Worth Nowlin, TAMU) |
| 1020 | BREAK |
| 1040 | Present and future U.S. Navy operational prediction systems (P. J. Hogan, H. E. Hurlburt, O. M. Smedstad, J. Cummings, and E. J. Metzger) |
| 1110 | Integrating Ocean Observations (Paul Moersdorf, NDBC) |
| 1140 | JCOMM status and ocean-observing satellite elements (Worth Nowlin for Eric Lindstrom, NASA, and Jean-Louis Fellous, ESA/CNES) |
| 1210 | LUNCH (on your own) |
Tuesday afternoon, March 6
| 1340 | Continue Stakeholder Council Meeting |
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| 1510 | BREAK |
| 1530 | Open discussion of GCOOS and the RA |
| 1700 | ADJOURN |
Wednesday morning, March 7
| 0800 | Coffee, juice, and bagels |
| Continue Stakeholder Council meeting in joint session with the GCOOS Board of Directors | |
| 0830 | Status and plans for interactions with Mexican and Caribbean colleagues (note actions from November 2006 IOOS Regional Summit) |
| 0900 | Status of IWGOO and Ocean.US Office (Ray Toll) |
| 0930 | Status of GCOOS Business Plan and Communication Plan |
| 1000 | BREAK |
| 1015 | Separate Stakeholder Council Meeting continues |
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| 1200 | ADJOURN |
GCOOS Board of Directors Meeting
March 6-7, 2007
Provisional Agenda, version 3
Tuesday afternoon, March 6
| 1340 | Opening of meeting |
| 1350 | Reports (of actions, plans, and membership) from chairs of all committees and councils (2 hours) |
| 1600 | Status of planning for pilot projects (30 minutes) |
| 1630 | Status of identification of user requirements, including report from Public Health Task Team (30 minutes) |
| 1700 | Status of pending or planned proposals (30 minutes) |
| 1730 | ADJOURN |
Wednesday morning, March 7
| 0800 | Coffee, Juice, and Bagels |
| Continue Board Meeting in joint session with the Stakeholder Council | |
| 0830 | Status and plans for interactions with Mexican and Caribbean colleagues (note actions from November 2006 IOOS Regional Summit) |
| 0900 | Status of IWGOO and Ocean.US Office (Ray Toll) |
| 0930 | Status of GCOOS Business Plan and Communication Plan |
| 1000 | BREAK |
| Separate Board of Directors meeting continues | |
| 1015 | Creating a detailed observing system plan for (a) maritime transportation, (b) beach and water quality, and (c) enhanced resilience to inundation |
| 1145 | LUNCH (on your own) |
Wednesday afternoon, March 7
| 1330 | Actions related to U.S. IOOS by federal agencies and Ocean.US |
| 1500 | Liability insurance and conflict of interest statements for Board members and others as appropriate |
| 1530 | BREAK |
| 1545 | Other Business |
| 1615 | ADJOURN |
| 1615 | Executive Committee meeting, if needed |