Steering Committee 3rd Workshop, Puerto Rico
Telcon
Telecon
Monday, March 21, 2011
19:00 - 20:30 UTC
Minutes (Version 0.1 of 2011- 4- 3 23:27)
Participants:
Doug Wilson,
NOAA
(Correspondent)
Michael Bruno,
Stevens
(Workshop Series Chair)
Hans-Peter Plag,
NBMG, UNR
(Co-Chair)
Roy A. Watlington,
CaRA/CARICOOS
Jorge Corredor,
UPR
(Member)
Paul DiGiacomo,
NOAA
(Co-Chair)
Agenda:
1
Acceptance of Agenda
2
Information item: GEO Newsletter Report
Douglas Cripe
and
Hans-Peter Plag
prepared a report to be published in the GEO Newsletter. The next issue of the
Newsletter is scheduled to be published on March 21, 2011. The draft report, which will be edited by the GEO
Secretariat is available as
doc
.
3
Discussion of the recommendation edits.
All comments and edits of the recommendations submitted so far were copied to everybody. A new version
of the recommendations taking into account the edits is available as
doc
,
pdf
,
doc with track changes
.
4
Discussion of post-workshop activities
The workshop resulted in a number of proposed post-workshop activities that need to be started.
The list of activities related to the recommendations includes:
-
GEO to invite UNWTO to become Participating Organization:
Douglas Cripe
after finalization of the
recommendations
-
GEO Secretariat to initiate intergovernmental dialog:
Douglas Cripe
after finalization of the
recommendations
-
A platform be created for a coordinated dialog with GEO and the CZCP:
Hans-Peter Plag
has set up an initial
web page that could develop into a nucleus for such a platform. See
http://www.czcp.org/regions/caribbean
.
However, participation of the regional
organization in developing this platform will be crucial.
-
A web-based information system for Coastal Zone issues be established: This is supposed to be a
major activity of the CZCP over the next three years.
Hans-Peter Plag
has volunteered to
prepare a first draft concept proposal. The idea is to populate the system initially with at least
two regions with one being the Caribbean.
-
A pilot project be initiated to familiarize the regional users with GEO facilities: This pilot should
by initiated by the CZCP, and it could actually be used to familiarize the broader CZCP community
with GEO facilities and get feedback.
-
Arrangements be made for up-to-date presentations on GEOSS: This is already developing very well,
with the first presentation to be given by Francesco Gaetani, GEO Secretariat.
Other post-workshop activities include:
-
Workshop report: If we decide to prepare a workshop report, then we need to decide on editor(s)
who will have to solicit input. Likewise, we need to decide on the format (web-based, pdf, ...). The report
would be published on the workshop web page.
-
Published brief reports: it was proposed to prepare reports/news articles/articles to be published
in major journals of user and provider groups. Up to now, only the report for the GEO Newsletter has been
published. We need to decide what other documents we want to prepare, and who will take responsibility
for these.
5
Next Activities
We should decide on which activities the CZCP will focus on in the next months.
The potential list includes:
-
The presentation of the CZCP at the DeltaNet Conference on the Impacts of Global Change on
Deltas, Estuaries and Coastal Lagoons, to be held in the Ebro Delta (Catalonia, Spain) on June 6-10.
See
http://www.armagedontours.com/Deltanet/
.
Robert Christian
will participate and present the CZCP. We might want to provide promotion material to him.
-
We need to develop to next workshop(s): Arctic region, and, potential, North Africa.
-
Concerning the CZWIS (Coastal Zone World Information System), we should investigate potential
funding sources and key players.
-
CZCP Newsletter: We planned to start a newsletter in 2010, but did not manage to get it
out. Should we reconsider? An alternative would be infrequent and more informal e-mails from the
chairs to the CZCP community.
6
Any Other Business
7
Date and Time of next telecon(s)
Do we need more Steering Committee telecons? If so, what date and time for PR-18?
We also should consider to take up CZCP Core Group telecons again. What date and time for that?
8
Summary of Action Items
Notes:
1
Acceptance of Agenda
The agenda was accepted without any changes.
2
Information item: GEO Newsletter Report
Douglas Cripe
and
Hans-Peter Plag
prepared a report, which was included in the GEO Newsletter, published on March 21, 2011, just before the
http://www.earthobservations.org/art_013_007.shtml
.
The participants commented positively on the report.
3
Discussion of the recommendation edits.
A new version of the recommendations was made available prior to the telcon with all comments taken into account. There was c
point in the recommendations, but in the end, no further changes were decided.
In particular, questions about the nature of the "platform" for a dialog between
stakeholders in tourism and GEO were posed, and it was not clear whether this
should be a regional CZCP. However, a regional CZCP would have to be broader than
just tourism, and it was pointed out that the recommendations focused more on
the stakeholders in tourism than stakeholders in coastal zone issues.
4
Discussion of post-workshop activities
The list of post-workshop activities included in the agenda was briefly discussed,
-
GEO to invite UNWTO to become Participating Organization: This resulted in
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-1:
Douglas Cripe
will propose to the GEO Secretariat that UNWTO is asked to submit
prior to GEO-VII a request to become a Particiating Organization of GEO prior to
GEO-VIII.
Responsible:
Douglas Cripe,
Deadline:
2011-04-30.
-
GEO Secretariat to initiate intergovernmental dialog: This resulted in
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-2:
Douglas Cripe
will contact the GEO Principals in the Caribbean and discuss with them
ways to initiate an intergovernmental dialog along the lines laid out in the
Workshop recommendation.
Responsible:
Douglas Cripe,
Deadline:
2011-05-31.
-
A platform be created for a coordinated dialog with GEO and the CZCP:
Hans-Peter Plag
had set up an initial
web page that could develop into a nucleus for such a platform. See
http://www.czcp.org/regions/caribbean
.
However,
Hans-Peter Plag
pointed out that participation of the regional organization
in developing this platform will be crucial for success.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-3:
Roy A. Watlington
will contact Brad Nugent and discuss how participation of regional tourist organizations
in the development of a dialogue platform can be ensured.
Responsible:
Roy A. Watlington,
Deadline:
2011-04-30.
-
A web-based information system for Coastal Zone issues be established: This is supposed to be a
major activity of the CZCP over the next three years.
Hans-Peter Plag
has volunteered to
prepare a first draft concept proposal. The idea is to populate the system initially with at least
two regions with one being the Caribbean.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-4:
Hans-Peter Plag
will draft a description of the coastal information system and distribute this to the CZCP
core group for further discussion.
Responsible:
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-04-30.
-
A pilot project be initiated to familiarize the regional users with GEO facilities: This pilot should
by initiated by the CZCP, and it could actually be used to familiarize the broader CZCP community
with GEO facilities and get feedback.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-5:
Hans-Peter Plag
will work with
Roy A. Watlington
and
Douglas Cripe
to develop a pilot project aiming at familarizing stakeholders
in tourism in the Caribbean with GEOSS.
Responsible:
Roy A. Watlington,
Hans-Peter Plag,
Douglas Cripe,
Deadline:
2011-05-31.
-
Arrangements be made for up-to-date presentations on GEOSS: There were positively comments on
the fact that a first presentation would be given by Francesco Gaetani, GEO Secretariat.
Other post-workshop activities include:
-
Workshop report: There was agreement that a web-based report should be preapred. No decision
on editor(s) was made. The discussion resulted in:
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-6:
Hans-Peter Plag
will invite all participants of the workshop to submit contributions to the workshop
report. He will compile a web-based report for iteration with the participants.
Responsible:
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-04-15.
Paul DiGiacomo
expressed his concerns that no regional CZCP was developing as a result of the workshop and
asked how such a regional activity could be started.
Hans-Peter Plag
proposed that the key regional
organizations could be asked, but he emphasized that the regional CZCP would not necessarily be focused
on sustainable tourism alone.
Paul DiGiacomo
responded that an option would be to consider a global thematic
CoPs focusing on sustainable tourism, instead of a regional CZCP.
Hans-Peter Plag
added that there are already ]
global CoPs on sustainable tourism, and it could be better to bring GEOSS to them instead of attempting
to create a new CoP.
-
Published brief reports: there was agreement that reports/news articles/articles should be
prepared for publication in major journals of user and provider groups.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-7:
Michael Bruno
will investigate which tourism-related journal in Puerto Rico could be used to publish a
workshop report in.
Responsible:
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-04-30.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-8:
Roy A. Watlington
will discuss with Elizabeth Riley how a workshop report can be distributed in CDEMA and its
stakeholders.
Responsible:
Roy A. Watlington,
Deadline:
2011-04-30.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-9:
Jorge Corredor
will investigate how a workshop report can be published in the IOCARIBBE media.
Responsible:
Jorge Corredor,
Deadline:
2011-04-30.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-10:
Doug Wilson
will discuss with Cesar Toro whether a workshop report can be published in the UNESCO and IOC media.
Responsible:
Doug Wilson,
Deadline:
2011-04-30.
5
Next Activities
Therew was some discussion on activities of the CZCP over the next months.
-
Hans-Peter Plag
informed that
Robert Christian
will give a presentation on the CZCP at the DeltaNet
Conference on the Impacts of Global Change on
Deltas, Estuaries and Coastal Lagoons, to be held in the Ebro Delta (Catalonia, Spain) on June 6-10.
See
http://www.armagedontours.com/Deltanet/
.
There was agreement that promotion material for the CZCP should be provided to
Robert Christian.
Paul DiGiacomo
suggested
that the CZCP poster should be used.
Hans-Peter Plag
added that a leaflet could easily be prepared based on
the material compiled for the Ministerial Summit.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-11:
Hans-Peter Plag
will contact
Robert Christian
and discuss with him options for promotion material for the CZCP
top be distributed at the Delta Conference in Spain.
Responsible:
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-04-30.
-
There was agreement that the North Africa workshop was not on the agenda for the time being.
It was agreed that the announcement should be removed from the web page.
Hans-Peter Plag
asked how best to start the organization of the next workshop, which should focus
on Arctic coastal zones and climate change.
Michael Bruno
informed that he was involved in running a
workshop in Anchorage in September, 2011, which would bring many decision makers there, including
industry.
Hans-Peter Plag
asked whether the CZCP workshop should be combined with this event, but there was
agreement that this would be both too early for the CZCP workshop and most likely also not the
right co-location. There was agreement that the CZCOP workshop should take place in Summer 2012.
Considering that many workshops focus on Arctic and climate change, it was emphasized that the
identification of a niche for the CZCP workshop was important.
Michael Bruno
expressed his opinion that
coastal issues do not get all the attention they deserve in the discussion of climate change impacts
in the Arctic. A proposed title for the workshop
could be "Climate Change in the Arctic: New Opportunities and Challenges for the Coastal Zones"
-
There was agreement that concerning the CZWIS (Coastal Zone World Information System),
there is a need to investigate potential
funding sources and key players. The draft description to be prepared by
Hans-Peter Plag
will be an important
starting point.
-
CZCP Newsletter:
Hans-Peter Plag
remined that in 2010, it was planned to start a newsletter in 2010,
but the core group did not manage to get it
out. He proposed as an alternative to send out infrequent and more informal e-mails from the
chairs to the CZCP community. This proposal was supported by the participants.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-12:
Paul DiGiacomo
and
Hans-Peter Plag
will prepare a news mail to the CZCP community and send this out
to the CZCP mailing list.
Responsible:
Paul DiGiacomo,
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-05-15.
6
Any Other Business
Therw was not other business.
7
Date and Time of next telecon(s)
There was agreement that the Steering Group should reconvene soon, preferably early next week.
Paul DiGiacomo
suggested to invite the conveners to this telecon.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-13:
Hans-Peter Plag
will organize the next telecon of the PR Steering committee.
Responsible:
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-03-27.
It was also asked that the presentation to be prepared by Francesco Gaetani should be
made available to the Steering Committee for comments prior to the presentation.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-14:
Hans-Peter Plag
will contact Francesco Gaetani and ask for distribution of the presentation
to the Steering Committee for comments.
Responsible:
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-03-27.
For a CZCP Core Group telecons, it was suggested to have this organized after April 15, 2011, when
Hans-Peter Plag
and other would be backl for the GEO meetings in Sydney.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-15:
Hans-Peter Plag
will set up a doodle poll for a date and time for Core Group telecon after
April 15, 2011 and ask all Core Group members to enter their availability.
Responsible:
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-04-01.
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Summary of Action Items
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-1:
Douglas Cripe
will propose to the GEO Secretariat that UNWTO is asked to submit
prior to GEO-VII a request to become a Particiating Organization of GEO prior to
GEO-VIII.
Responsible:
Douglas Cripe,
Deadline:
2011-04-30.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-2:
Douglas Cripe
will contact the GEO Principals in the Caribbean and discuss with them
ways to initiate an intergovernmental dialog along the lines laid out in the
Workshop recommendation.
Responsible:
Douglas Cripe,
Deadline:
2011-05-31.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-3:
Roy A. Watlington
will contact Brad Nugent and discuss how participation of regional tourist organizations
in the development of a dialogue platform can be ensured.
Responsible:
Roy A. Watlington,
Deadline:
2011-04-30.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-4:
Hans-Peter Plag
will draft a description of the coastal information system and distribute this to the CZCP
core group for further discussion.
Responsible:
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-04-30.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-5:
Hans-Peter Plag
will work with
Roy A. Watlington
and
Douglas Cripe
to develop a pilot project aiming at familarizing stakeholders
in tourism in the Caribbean with GEOSS.
Responsible:
Roy A. Watlington,
Hans-Peter Plag,
Douglas Cripe,
Deadline:
2011-05-31.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-6:
Hans-Peter Plag
will invite all participants of the workshop to submit contributions to the workshop
report. He will compile a web-based report for iteration with the participants.
Responsible:
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-04-15.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-7:
Michael Bruno
will investigate which tourism-related journal in Puerto Rico could be used to publish a
workshop report in.
Responsible:
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-04-30.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-8:
Roy A. Watlington
will discuss with Elizabeth Riley how a workshop report can be distributed in CDEMA and its
stakeholders.
Responsible:
Roy A. Watlington,
Deadline:
2011-04-30.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-9:
Jorge Corredor
will investigate how a workshop report can be published in the IOCARIBBE media.
Responsible:
Jorge Corredor,
Deadline:
2011-04-30.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-10:
Doug Wilson
will discuss with Cesar Toro whether a workshop report can be published in the UNESCO and IOC media.
Responsible:
Doug Wilson,
Deadline:
2011-04-30.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-11:
Hans-Peter Plag
will contact
Robert Christian
and discuss with him options for promotion material for the CZCP
top be distributed at the Delta Conference in Spain.
Responsible:
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-04-30.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-12:
Paul DiGiacomo
and
Hans-Peter Plag
will prepare a news mail to the CZCP community and send this out
to the CZCP mailing list.
Responsible:
Paul DiGiacomo,
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-05-15.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-13:
Hans-Peter Plag
will organize the next telecon of the PR Steering committee.
Responsible:
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-03-27.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-14:
Hans-Peter Plag
will contact Francesco Gaetani and ask for distribution of the presentation
to the Steering Committee for comments.
Responsible:
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-03-27.
Action Item
CZCP-PR-17-15:
Hans-Peter Plag
will set up a doodle poll for a date and time for Core Group telecon after
April 15, 2011 and ask all Core Group members to enter their availability.
Responsible:
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-04-01.
Minutes prepared by
Hans-Peter Plag
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