Steering Committee 3rd Workshop, Puerto Rico
Telcon
Telecon
Friday, January 28, 2011
18:00 - 19:30 UTC
Minutes (Version 0.1 of 2011- 2- 2 8:17)
Participants:
Hans-Peter Plag,
NBMG, UNR
(Co-Chair)
Michael Bruno,
Stevens
(Workshop Series Chair)
Paul DiGiacomo,
NOAA
(Co-Chair)
Doug Wilson,
NOAA
(Correspondent)
Agenda:
1
Agenda and Action Items of the last telecon
A list of Action Items is available
here
.
2
Allocation of funding and pre-paid rooms to participants
3
Status of Local Organization.
4
Workshop Program and Session Chairs
A draft workshop program is available at
http://www.czcp.org/workshops/Puerto_Rico
and there the
link 'Draft Program.'
5
Any Other Business
6
Date and time for PR-12
7
Summary of Action Items
Notes:
1
Agenda and Action Items of the last telecon
A list of Action Items was made available
here
.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-11-1:
Doug Wilson
will send a list of persons for the six pre-paid rooms not yet allocated to
Jorge Corredor.
Responsible:
Doug Wilson,
Deadline:
2011-01-28,
would be followed up after the discussions during the telecon.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-11-2:
Doug Wilson
will initiate a request for travel funds for
Christa von Hillebrandt-Andrade.
Responsible:
Doug Wilson,
Deadline:
2011-01-24,
was obsolete since
Christa von Hillebrandt-Andrade
did not need NOAA funding.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-10-1:
Roy A. Watlington
will contact Lenard Nurce, Vincent Sweeny and Neville Trust and invite these to participate in the Workshop.
Responsible:
Roy A. Watlington,
Deadline:
2011-01-21,
was not discussed since
Roy A. Watlington
had not join the telecon. Likewise,
Action Item
CZCP-PR-10-3:
Douglas Cripe
will ensure that invitations are sent to all Ministries of Tourism in the Carribbean.
Responsible:
Douglas Cripe,
Deadline:
2011-01-24,
was
not discussed since
Douglas Cripe
was not on.
Concerning
Action Item
CZCP-PR-7-4:
Roy A. Watlington
will look at the document under the link 'Sustainable Tourism in SIDS' available on the
workshop web page and provide input to
Hans-Peter Plag.
Responsible:
Roy A. Watlington,
Deadline:
2010-12-09,
Doug Wilson
reported that
Roy A. Watlington
was working on comments, but
Hans-Peter Plag
stated that he had
not heard from
Roy A. Watlington
and would soon go ahead and contact other people for comments.
2
Allocation of funding and pre-paid rooms to participants
There was a discussion of how to allocate the available funds to participants. It was agreed to ask the
GEO Secretariat to fund six persons.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-12-1:
Doug Wilson
will sent the list of six participants to be funded by the GEO Secretariat to
Douglas Cripe.
Responsible:
Doug Wilson,
Deadline:
2011-01-28.
For the GOOS funds, one person was tentatively asigned, and the remaining funds were kept for additional candidates
that might emerge in the next days.
Concerning the prepaid rooms, the discussion led to two more rooms being assigned to two participants. This leaves
four rooms available.
Hans-Peter Plag
and
Doug Wilson
independently updated their version of the master file. It was agreed that:
Action Item
CZCP-PR-12-2:
Hans-Peter Plag
will send his version of the master file to
Doug Wilson
for cross check.
Responsible:
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-01-28.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-12-3:
Doug Wilson
will distribute the complete master file to the core group.
Responsible:
Doug Wilson,
Deadline:
2011-01-31.
3
Status of Local Organization.
It was agreed that
Hans-Peter Plag
would ask
Vanessa Gutierrez
to prepare several items for the workshop:
Action Item
CZCP-PR-12-4:
Hans-Peter Plag
will ask
Vanessa Gutierrez
to prepare the following items for the workshop:
-
a list of participants including their affiliation and contact details;
-
badges for all participants with name, organization, and country;
-
a folder to hand out with material about GEO, GEOSS, pre-studies, tourist organizations,
cruise liners, and local material;
He also will ask
Douglas Cripe
to provide promotional GEO and GEOSS material to
Vanessa Gutierrez.
Responsible:
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-01-28.
4
Workshop Program and Session Chairs
A draft workshop program is available at
http://www.czcp.org/workshops/Puerto_Rico
and there the
link 'Draft Program.'
The program was briefly reviewed.
Paul DiGiacomo
emphasized the need to address the lack of experts in biology and
ecosystems. He pointed out that Frank Muller-Karger would be important to have at the meeting.
Hans-Peter Plag
mentioned that Gail Henry, CTO, had replied to the initial invitation.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-12-5:
Hans-Peter Plag
will contact Gail Henry and investigate whether he was planning to attend the workshop.
Responsible:
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-01-31.
5
Any Other Business
There was no other business.
However,
Paul DiGiacomo
pointed out that during the more informal telecon on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 many issues
had been discussed.
6
Date and time for PR-12
It was agreed to hold the next telecon on Friday, February 4, 2011, at 18:00 UTC.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-12-6:
Hans-Peter Plag
will ask
Douglas Cripe
to set up PR-13 for February 4, 2011, at 18:00 UTC.
Responsible:
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-02-01.
7
Summary of Action Items
Action Item
CZCP-PR-12-1:
Doug Wilson
will sent the list of six participants to be funded by the GEO Secretariat to
Douglas Cripe.
Responsible:
Doug Wilson,
Deadline:
2011-01-28.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-12-2:
Hans-Peter Plag
will send his version of the master file to
Doug Wilson
for cross check.
Responsible:
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-01-28.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-12-3:
Doug Wilson
will distribute the complete master file to the core group.
Responsible:
Doug Wilson,
Deadline:
2011-01-31.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-12-4:
Hans-Peter Plag
will ask
Vanessa Gutierrez
to prepare the following items for the workshop:
-
a list of participants including their affiliation and contact details;
-
badges for all participants with name, organization, and country;
-
a folder to hand out with material about GEO, GEOSS, pre-studies, tourist organizations,
cruise liners, and local material;
He also will ask
Douglas Cripe
to provide promotional GEO and GEOSS material to
Vanessa Gutierrez.
Responsible:
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-01-28.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-12-5:
Hans-Peter Plag
will contact Gail Henry and investigate whether he was planning to attend the workshop.
Responsible:
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-01-31.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-12-6:
Hans-Peter Plag
will ask
Douglas Cripe
to set up PR-13 for February 4, 2011, at 18:00 UTC.
Responsible:
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-02-01.
Minutes prepared by
Hans-Peter Plag
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