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NOAA IN THE CAROLINAS 2005 ANNUAL MEETING
November 2-4, 2005 - Asheville, NC
In support of the NOAA administrator's, Vice Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher, vision of "One NOAA," a workshop will be held on November 2-4, 2005 at the National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC. We invite NOAA partners from across North and South Carolina to join this effort.
2004 NOAA in NC Meeting
2005 NOAA in the Carolinas Meeting Objectives
2005 Meeting Agenda
Existing "One NOAA" Partnerships
Partnership Submission Form
Registration
Travel Information
Contact Information
Over the years, individual NOAA offices and programs in NC and SC have collaborated on many cross-line office, interdisciplinary projects, for example: improving rip current safety; developing better flood and storm-surge models, predicting climate change impacts, and identifying changing coastal demographics and impacts on the coastal environment. In May 2004, a broad-based committee of NOAA representatives in North Carolina coordinated a similar meeting in Wilmington, NC, to highlight these and other NOAA partnership efforts; the resulting report recommends new potential research and outreach mechanisms. In February 2005, the results of this meeting were presented, along with subsequent resulting success stories, to the NOAA Goal Team leads, who encouraged us to continue our efforts and to expand to include SC along with NC.
2005 NOAA in the Carolinas Meeting Objectives:
Objectives of the 2005 second annual NOAA in the Carolinas meeting include: to improve communications among NOAA elements, to build partnerships that provide improved NOAA products and services, and to increase public access to NOAA products and services.
Nov. 2, 2005 NCDC Asheville, NC
4:00 pm: NCDC Tour
6:00-8:00: La Canterina Tratorria, reception
Nov. 3, 2005 NCDC
8:30 - 9:00 am: Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:10: Welcome: Dr. Thomas Karl, NCDC
9:10 – 9:40: Introduction: Andy Shepard, NOAA Undersea Research Center at UNCW, NOAA in the Carolinas history and goals
9:40 - 10:15 Keynote: Scott Rayder, NOAA Chief of Staff, “One NOAA Vision”
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 – 12:00: NOAA in Carolinas partnership presentations (To be determined)
12:00 – 1:30: - Lunch on your own
1:30 – 2:00 Model of One NOAA in the Carolinas, Jeff Payne, NOAA Coastal Services Center
2:00 – 2:15 Breakout process: addressing the One NOAA vision in the Carolinas
2:15- 3:30 Breakout 1
3:30-3:45 coffee
3:45-4:00 Plenary
4:00 – 5:00 Breakout 2
5:00 - 5:30 Plenary
Dinner on own
Steering Committee meet to review and prioritize One NOAA project ideas
Nov. 4, 2005 NCDC
8:30 Continental breakfast
9:00 Continue Breakouts:
9:00 – 10:00 Breakout 1
10:00 – 10:30 Plenary
10:30 – 11:30 Breakout 2
11:30 – 12:00 Final Plenary
Existing "One NOAA" Partnerships:
There are many outstanding partnerships to consider for inclusion on the agenda and in the meeting report. Please fill out the attached template to summarize successful NOAA partnership projects. The program committee will review the nominations, select several examples that reflect the spectrum of NOAA efforts in the Carolina, and invite those partnerships to be highlighted at the meeting. All suitable submitted partnerships will be included in a booklet distributed at the event. Templates should be returned to Andy Shepard, NOAA Undersea Research Center, sheparda@uncw.edu, NO LATER THAN October 15, 2005. Breakout group discussions will build on the pre-meeting surveys.
Registration will be required for the meeting, along with a fee of $35 per person. Registration will be handled on-line by UCAR; please go to their Web site at: http://www.regonline.com/28966
A rough map is provided below. The meeting will be held at the National Climatic Data Center (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov). NCDC address: 151 Patton Ave. Room 120, Asheville, NC 28801-5001, 828-271-4800.
Hotel:
We have reserved a block of rooms at the Hampton Inn Asheville, 204 Tunnel Road, Asheville, NC 28805, phone: 828-255-9220, website: http://www.hamptoninn.com/en/hp/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=AVLTUHX.
Forty rooms are available for the nights of Nov 2nd and 3rd. The deadline to make hotel reservations has been extended until October 9th. After that date it will be first come-first served and they will not guarantee the government per diem rate ($81.00). Workshop participants must call the hotel directly (phone: 828-255-9220) to make the reservation and guarantee with a credit card. DO NOT make the reservation via the Internet or the 1-800 number! When they call, they must tell them that they need to reserve a room under the block name of "NOAA in the Carolinas." The rates increase to the normal rate of those wishing to stay in Asheville on Fri or Sat night: $98.10 a night (king bed or 2 doubles) for those with AAA or AARP; $109.00 a night (king bed or 2 doubles) for those without AAA or AARP.
Airport:
The Asheville airport (http://www.flyavl.com/) is about 30 mins. from the meeting site and hotel. There is no shuttle between the hotel and the airport. Each person must find their way to NCDC or the hotel.
Reception:
A reception will be held from 6:00-8:00 pm on Wednesday, November 2, at the La Caterina Trattoria (website: http://www.lacaterina.com). Appetizers and soft drinks/tea will be provided.
The NOAA in the Carolinas effort is led by a Steering Committee of NOAA partners.
For more information about the 2005 meeting, contact meeting coordinators: logistics-- Adam Smith, NCDC (adam.smith@noaa.gov); objectives-- Andy Shepard (sheparda@uncw.edu).
As part of the NOAA in the Carolinas effort, we maintain an email list of NOAA partners. If you do not want to be on the "NOAA in the Carolinas" email list, or if you would like to designate someone else from your office to serve as the contact, please send an e-mail to debra_lynch@ncsu.edu. Also, if you think that we have missed a NOAA partner, please let us know.
NOAA in the Carolinas Partnerships Submission Form:
Click here for a Microsoft Word Version of the Template, or copy and paste the form below into an e-mail.
“NOAA IN THE CAROLINAS” PARTNERSHIPS
PLEASE SUBMIT ELECTRONICALLY TO SHEPARDA@UNCW.EDU BY OCTOBER 15, 2005.
CHECK: ___ oral presentation ____ just include in partnership booklet
PROJECT TITLE: _____________________________________________________
COLLABORATING PROGRAMS/ CONTACTS (NOAA partners, as well as other federal, state or l
ocal contacts); include primary contact name, agency, phone and email.
1. ______________________________________________________________________________
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2. ______________________________________________________________________________
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3. ______________________________________________________________________________
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4. ______________________________________________________________________________
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5. ______________________________________________________________________________
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BROAD NOAA CATEGORY (check one or more): __Climate; __Water and Weather;
__Ecosystems; __Commerce/Transportation; __Outreach and Education
PROJECT SUMMARY (Provide brief (<500 words) description of major objectives and NOAA
relevancy. Be sure to highlight and partners and their contributions.):