OHHI Advisory Panel
Spring 2009 Meeting
23-24 April 2009
Old Town Alexandria, Virginia

UPDATED: 16 April 2009

RSVP
Please confirm your plans to attend the meeting with Brian Jackson before COB on 20 March 2009.

AGENDA (NEW! 4/7/09)

MEETING GOALS (NEW! 4/7/09)

• OHHI AP strategic discussion on how to best move forward with the new NOAA Administration.
• OHHI AP input on 6 questions posed to NOAA's Ocean Health Working Group (OHWG) as part of their charge.
• OHHI AP programmatic review of how OHHI's on-going and planned activities and products/services are aligning with Goal 2: "Investigate and optimize health benefits from the sea" and related Goal 3 (outreach and community building) activities.
• OHHI AP strategic discussion on how to maximize OHHI efforts in a limited and changing budget environment.

BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS (UPDATED! 4/8/09)

• OHHI vision, mission, goal objectives and performance measures
• Ocean and Health Working Group Terms of Reference and Membership
• NOS priorities brochure and one-pager on the OHHI
• Joint Ocean Commission Initiative Priorities for the Obama Administration
  (refer to pages 28 -30 for OHH specifics).
• Americas Oceans and Coasts: Safe, Healthy, and Productive and Social Pressures on our Oceans and Coasts

PARTICIPANT LIST (Updated 4/9/09)
Listed are those individuals who have confirmed their plans to attend. If your name does not appear on this list, we do not know that you are coming; please contact Brian Jackson by COB on 20 March 2009, to confirm your plans to attend. Please send any edits to your contact information to Brian.

MEETING VENUE
Lorien Hotel & Spa
1600 King Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22314

Tel: 703-894-3434
Guest Fax: 703-894-3435
Web site

NOTE: We will be meeting in the Independence Ballroom.

ACCOMMODATIONS
A block of rooms is being held for our group for the nights of 22-23 April 2009 at the Lorien Hotel & Spa, with a few rooms being held for the night of 24 April. The government rate is $209.00 plus 11.5% tax and fees per night ($234.04 total).

PLEASE NOTE: All hotel reservations will be made by Brian Jackson at UCAR-JOSS via a rooming list with the hotel. Federal attendees should contact Brian with your hotel reservation request -specifying which nights you need- by COB on 20 March. UCAR-supported attendees see TRAVEL below.

• Federal attendees and those on federal travel orders will be responsible for their own room and tax charges as well as all incidental expenses.
• UCAR-supported attendees - See TRAVEL below. Room and tax charges for UCAR-supported participants will be direct-billed to UCAR. UCAR-supported attendees are responsible for all incidental expenses.

Check-in time is 3:00 p.m., and check-out time is 12:00 p.m.

WORKING LUNCHES (NEW! 4/8/09)
Please note that a working lunch will be provided on both days. It is assumed that all meeting participants will attend.

Federal attendees and those on federal travel orders - Please note that UCAR is prohibited by NOAA from providing meals to federal employees. Therefore federal employees are requested to contribute $36.00 towards the cost of the lunch (the lunch portion of the M&IE for metro Washington). See PAYMENT below.

UCAR-supported attendees - $36.00 for the lunch will be deducted from the travel expense reimbursement claims of those attendees receiving travel support from UCAR.

NOTE: Working lunches will be served in the Liberty Ballroom.

GROUP DINNER (NEW! 4/8/09)
There will be a Group Dinner on Thursday evening, 23 April, at Gadsby's Tavern in Old Town Alexandria. It is assumed that all meeting participants will attend. If you do not wish to attend the group dinner, please contact Brian Jackson before Friday, 17 April 2009.

Federal attendees and those on federal travel orders - Please note that UCAR is prohibited by NOAA from providing meals to federal employees. Therefore federal employees are requested to contribute $31.00 towards the cost of their dinner (the dinner portion of the M&IE for metro Washington). See PAYMENT below.

UCAR-supported attendees - $31.00 for the dinner will be deducted from the travel expense reimbursement claims of those attendees receiving travel support from UCAR.

PAYMENT (NEW! 4/8/09)
Federal attendees may combine the lunches and the group dinner into one payment:

$36.00 - 2 working lunches
$31.00 - 1 group dinner
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$67.00 - Total

1. Please proceed to https://www.fin.ucar.edu/epayment/startEpayments.do

2. Under "Payment Select", click on "Other Items" and then from the drop-down menu, choose "OHHI A.P. Meeting - Alexandria - 23-24 April 2009 - Reg. Fee", and then click on the "Next" button.

3. On the following screen, enter the amount above and fill in your billing information.
When you are ready, click on the "Start Process" button.

4. You will receive an e-mail confirming your payment.

If you prefer to pay by check, please make your check payable to "UCAR" and send it to Brian Jackson, UCAR-JOSS, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307. I will mail receipts to those who request one, following the meeting.

DIRECTIONS TO HOTEL
The Lorien is located just two blocks from the King Street Metro (Blue and Yellow Lines) and one-half from the Amtrak station in Alexandria. Reagan National Airport is approximately three miles away (2 stops on the Metro, Blue and Yellow Lines).

For a map of the area as well as detailed directions to the Lorien -including from Dulles and Baltimore/Washington International Airports- please click here.

TRAVEL

• Federal attendees -and those on fedetal travel orders- are responsible for their own travel arrangements, but should provide Brian with the nights they need hotel reservations before COB 20 March(see LODGING above).
• UCAR-supported attendees - Travel arrangements for non-federal attendees will be handled by Brian Jackson through UCAR. Travel support includes round-trip airfare, lodging, per diem, misc. ground transportation and airport parking.

Please contact Brian as soon as possible regarding your travel plans, if you have not done so already. Please include the following information:

• your name as it appears on your driver's license
• your date of birth (new Homeland Security regulation, effective 2/09)
• preferred dates and departure times
• preferred departure airport
• preferred Washington airport (Dulles, National, BWI)
• any frequent flyer program account numbers
• your seating preference (aisle or window)

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