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Governance & Meetings

NEOSEC members represent organizations and networks concerned with ocean science education, research and government entities. At periodic face-to-face meetings, we develop joint goals for expanding ocean literacy beyond our individual institutions’ reach, leveraging limited resources to make progress together.

NEOSEC members gathered at the Ocean Explorium at New Bedford Seaport in December 2010 to set out a scope for strategic planning. The group produce this wordle based on the question, “what is NEOSEC?”

Governance and Meetings

NEOSEC is led by a Governing Council of representatives from each member organization, which is responsible for planning, prioritizing, tasking work groups, monitoring progress on activities, and facilitating communication within the region. The Council, with sitting Chair, Past-Chair, and Chair-Elect, including representatives and alternates from every institutional member, holds regular conference calls to monitor progress toward goals.

Meetings

At periodic face-to-face meetings, we develop joint goals for expanding ocean literacy beyond our individual institutions’ reach, leveraging limited resources to make progress together. Between face-to-face meetings, subcommittees also convene via conference calls to develop recommendations for the larger Council.

Conference calls
September 14, 2011,10am
January 25, 2012,10am
March 21, 2012, 10am

In-person meetings
October 20 & 21 2011, Portland ME
May 17 & 18 2012, Mystic/Groton CT

Download an Excel spreadsheet containing our schedule of calls and meetings for 2010.

Below are links to discussion summaries from past meetings.

May 2011 (Northeastern U. Marine Science Center, Nahant MA)
May 2010 (Graduate School of Oceanography, URI, Narragansett RI)
December 2009 (University of Connecticut Marine Science Center, Groton)
May 2009 (Great Bay Discovery Center, NH)
December 2008 (University of Southern Maine, S.Portland)
May 2008 (Seacoast Science Center, Rye NH)
March 2008 (conference call)
December 2007 (Graduate School of Oceanography, URI, Narragansett RI)
July 2007 (Gulf of Maine Research Institute)