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NOAA Science Advisory Board
Meeting To: Members, NOAA Science Advisory
Board From: Nancy Rabalais, President Re: Invitation to the Ocean Sciences Subcommittee to attend the Estuarine Research Federation's Conference in New Orleans, September 26-30, 1999. Dear Dr. Crosby and Members of the Subcommittee: On behalf of the members of the Federation's Governing Board I am pleased to invite you to join us in New Orleans this September to attend and participate in our biennial conference. Our organization is the nation's premier research society for estuarine and coastal research and we would welcome the chance to share the excitement of our work with you. We expect approximately 1000 scientists and resource managers from around America and other countries. Their latest research findings will be presented and discussed in formal and informal settings. One of the interesting and unique things about the Federation is that it's membership, while predominately academics, comprises a significant minority of resource agency scientists and managers also. Their presence keeps our science grounded in practical considerations and peppers our debates with references to problems where science, policy and management intersect. We invite you to attend the full week of our conference. We would like to create an opportunity for you to meet with the members of the Federation's Governing Board so that we can discuss topics of mutual interest. One option for this would be for the Governing Board to host a lunch for your members. We welcome your ideas for other avenues of interaction between our organizations. If your subcommittee would like to hold a meeting during the conference, we can provide a conference room for you at our hotel. Our executive director, Joy Bartholomew, will contact Dr. Crosby in early February to discuss arrangements or feel free to call me at 504-851-2880 (or nrabalais@lumcon.edu) to discuss this invitation. |