1. GCOOS Board of Directors Meeting February 25-26, 2008 Report of the Education and Outreach Council EOC Chairman – CAPT Joe Swaykos USN (Ret) GCOOS Board of Directors Meeting February 25-26, 2008 Report of the Education and Outreach Council EOC Chairman – CAPT Joe Swaykos USN (Ret)

2. GCOOS EOC Bays and Bayous Symposium Bays and Bayous Symposium Linking IOOS to disaster mitigation Linking IOOS to disaster mitigation MTS articles – C. Simoniello MTS articles – C. Simoniello Southwind Sailing article – C. Simoniello Southwind Sailing article – C. Simoniello FL COOS Consortium speaker FL COOS Consortium speaker GOMA Liaison activities GOMA Liaison activities NFRA Ed and Outreach working group NFRA Ed and Outreach working group National E&O Liaison – US IOOS National E&O Liaison – US IOOS

3. GCOOS EOC GCOOS Educators Workshops GCOOS Educators Workshops GPS FocusGPS Focus 60 registered teachers 60 registered teachers Harte Research Institute Corpus Christi Harte Research Institute Corpus Christi 23-24 April 2009 23-24 April 2009 Dauphin Island Sea Lab AL Dauphin Island Sea Lab AL April 30 – 1 May 2009 April 30 – 1 May 2009 GCOOS Portal GCOOS Portal Course module Course module Resources provided by ESSEA Resources provided by ESSEA Linked with CELC kiosk development Linked with CELC kiosk development

4. GCOOS Board of Directors Meeting February 25-26 2009 Report of the Education and Outreach Council Questions?? Comments?? GCOOS Board of Directors Meeting February 25-26 2009 Report of the Education and Outreach Council Questions?? Comments??