1. Information Dissemination 2006/2007
Using a variety of ways to disseminate information
Website
Posting more information:
Meetings and agendas
Workshops
Reports
Internal Coordination: Coordination with program participants, subcontractors, TRC, SC, etc.
Coordination with Staff
Implemented quarterly staff meetings
Working on more monthly meetings with sr. staff
Contracts and financial management (prepare contracts, reviewing invoices, working with external auditor, updating SC)
2005 on track with regard to labor and direct costs
Surplus in subs due to cancellation of episodic toxicity ($100K)
However, do not have funding to date:
Contract issues with Caltrans ($40K still outstanding); Expecting payment on one other ($20KCity of Vallejo)
Any surplus will be carried to 2006.
Program Planning

2. Information Dissemination 2006/2007
Publications
Pulse of Estuary
Annual Monitoring Results (ITS HERE!)
Reports
Newsletters
Press Outreach
Internal Coordination: Coordination with program participants, subcontractors, TRC, SC, etc.
Coordination with Staff
Implemented quarterly staff meetings
Working on more monthly meetings with sr. staff
Contracts and financial management (prepare contracts, reviewing invoices, working with external auditor, updating SC)
2005 on track with regard to labor and direct costs
Surplus in subs due to cancellation of episodic toxicity ($100K)
However, do not have funding to date:
Contract issues with Caltrans ($40K still outstanding); Expecting payment on one other ($20KCity of Vallejo)
Any surplus will be carried to 2006.
Program Planning
“When we started studying the bay in the 1970s and 1980s, it had a low productivity of phytoplankton. In the last five years, the level has increased to what is comparable to the estuaries of North America and Europe,'' Cloern said. Cloern plans to present his findings today at the annual meeting… “ (SF Chronicle, September 12, 2006)

3. Information Dissemination 2006/2007
Annual Meeting
September 2007
Presentations in 2006:
NWQMC (8 posters/7 talks)
CALFED Science Conference (3 session chairs/5 talks/3 posters)
SETAC (2 posters)
World’s Oceans Conference (2 talks)
Internal Coordination: Coordination with program participants, subcontractors, TRC, SC, etc.
Coordination with Staff
Implemented quarterly staff meetings
Working on more monthly meetings with sr. staff
Contracts and financial management (prepare contracts, reviewing invoices, working with external auditor, updating SC)
2005 on track with regard to labor and direct costs
Surplus in subs due to cancellation of episodic toxicity ($100K)
However, do not have funding to date:
Contract issues with Caltrans ($40K still outstanding); Expecting payment on one other ($20KCity of Vallejo)
Any surplus will be carried to 2006.
Program Planning

4. 2007 Newsletter Purpose 1 full newsletter – Winter/Spring
1 SFEP Estuary insert – Fall