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Preliminary Agenda
(additions welcome)

Expected Attendance: PLEASE RSVP IF YOUR NAME IS MISSING:

Marielle Anzelone, Daniel Avery, Christina Colon, Susan Elbin, Gretchen
Ferenz, Carole Griffiths, Joy Garland, Liz Johnson, John Jordan, Veronique
Lambert, Don McCrimmon, John Mickelson, Jason Nu, Bill Shore, Bill Solecki,
Shino Tanikawa

Installation of a new President: Bill Solecki succeeds Don McCrimmon, who
served for more than two years

1. Brief reports on what Member organizations are doing


2. Citizen Science and Phenology; (Relevance for Nature Network's Volunteer Monitoring Project?)
Daniel Avery, Climate Change Project Manager, and Christina P. Colon,Curator of Curriculum Development and Evaluation Children's Education, The New York Botanical Garden

3. Using the Institute for Sustainable Cities WIKI for Nature Network

Jason Nu and Bill Solecki

4. Working Group Reports

Education: Shino Tanikawa

Survival:Bill Shore and Paul Mankiewicz (with an added dimension of ecosystem threat)

Invasives:Susan Elbin

Sustainable Development: Bill Shore

5. Biodiversity Atlas

Bill Solecki, John Mickelson, Liz Johnson


OPEN DISCUSSION:

  • What are the main purposes of an "Atlas"?

  • Who are our target audiences?

  • What data do we see being included (ranked: 1.Critical, 2.Important, 3.Useful).

  • Where might it be hosted?

  • What would a reasonable budget be\resources needed?

  • What on-going resources are available to maintain it over the long-term?

  • How will we identify\obtain start-up\development funds?

  • Should we seek collaborators among organizations already posting environmental data on maps, particularly, Landscope?

  • How should we try to involve NJ and CT data-gathering organizations?



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