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Conference Call - January 24, 2011

Purpose of call: Update Steering Committee on action items and seek input on important issues to be addressed before and during the April 20 steering committee meeting.

Steering Committee Meeting Agenda
January 24, 2011
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Call Number: 866-762-5634
Passcode: 5866227#
Web page for handouts: http://www.fws.gov/northeast/science/meetings_012411.html

Web pages for previous meetings:
http://www.fws.gov/northeast/science/meetings_111710.html
http://www.fws.gov/northeast/science/meetings_101410.html

Purpose of call: Update Steering Committee on action items and seek input on important issues to be addressed before and during the April 20 steering committee meeting.

*To access the documents for this meeting, click on each handout to download the Word document, Excel file, or PDF.*

Agenda Items

Discussion Leader and Handouts

Time
1. Introductions, Roll Call
Review agenda
Approve minutes from November 17, 2010 meeting.

Ken Elowe & Andrew Milliken
Handout 1 – Agenda
Handout 2 - November 17, 2010 Meeting Minutes

2:00 p.m.
2. Review progress on action items from November meeting.

Andrew Milliken
Handout 3 – Action items

 2:10 p.m.
3. Steering Committee representation and leadership
Expected Call Outcome: Review membership and discuss nomination process for vice-chair
 Andrew Milliken & Ken Elowe
Handout 4 - Steering Committee Membership List		 2:15 p.m.
4. Draft vision and mission statement
Expected Call Outcome: Agreement on any final edits needed
 Ken Elowe
Handout 5 – Edited vision and mission statement
Handout 6 – Comments incorporated
 2:20 p.m.
5. Review of Technical Committee nominations
Expected Call Outcome: Agree on initial technical committee membership and tasks

Andrew Milliken
Handout 7 – Technical Committee Nominations
Handout 8 – Science and Technical Team proposal

 2:30 p.m.
6. Discussion of Science Needs Request and process for selecting projects
Expected Call Outcome: Committee members to follow up with their staff and partnerships to submit science needs and projects

Andrew Milliken
Handout 9 – Science Needs Request

 2:45 p.m.
7. Update on Boundary
Expected Call Outcome: Update on proposed boundary

Andrew Milliken
Handout 10 – Revised map of North Atlantic LCC boundaries
3:00 p.m.
8. Review and discussion of communications tools, team and SharePoint
Expected Call Outcome: Discussion of pilot websites and communications tools

Megan Nagel
Handout 11 - Communications Contacts for North Atlantic LCC

 3:05 p.m.
9. Discuss agenda for next Steering Committee meeting
Expected Call Outcome: Agreement on agenda items for April 20 meeting

 Ken Elowe
Handout 12 –Proposed agenda items for April 20 meeting

 3:20 p.m.

10. Other business

 3:25 p.m.
11. Adjourn
 3:30 p.m.

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