1. COSEE Council Meeting, July 28, 2007 - V. Robigou, A. deCharon, J. McDonnell, S. Cook, B. Spector COSEE Network Governance Discussion (continued) July 28, 2007

2. Council Meeting - May 17, 2007 Governance Model

3. The National COSEE Council determines governance National COSEE Council is a Deliberative Assembly NCC, May 07 Next steps Prepare draft of bylaws to vote on by end of TBD Governance Working Group (NCC May 2007) A. deCharon, R. Fortner, V. Robigou, J. McDonnell, S. Cook, B. Spector, and R. Devoe*

4. - R. Devoe prepared a draft of potential COSEE bylaws (after the Sea Grant model) - After review of bylaws draft, more in-depth discussion & clarification (plus input from council & network) needed on specific issues. - 7 telecons (June-July 2007) Governance Working Group V. Robigou, S. Cook,, A. deCharon, J. McDonnell, and B. Spector

5. Council Meeting - July 28, 2007

6. Discussion focus Definition and role of some of the COSEE entities Relationships among entities Next steps and discussion issues

7. National COSEE Council - NCC 1- What is a COSEE council member? 2- What is a quorum for the COSEE Network? 3- Meetings (physical and virtual) and their functions

8. A voting member - Representative of a funded COSEE - Former COSEE representatives can continue to serve and vote by meeting these minimum criteria: - COSEE criteria of excellence - Support from other sources for their center - Capacity to attend and contribute to network meetings and/or projects A non-voting member or affiliate Groups/Individuals that complement/enhance COSEE mission without drawing upon previously allocated resources (GK-12, MSP etc…) What is a COSEE council member?

9. 2/3 of voting members What is a quorum for the COSEE Network? Meeting categories and functions? Guidelines are needed on decision-making to inform any vote pertaining to resources allocation (personnel, funds, time) Check-in meetings Planning meetings Tactical meetings Strategic meetings Impact-Review meetings

11. National Network Secretary?

13. National Network Director? - NND position encompasses evolving responsibilities that reflect the experiential nature of the COSEE network - NND candidate will embrace a pro-active and flexible approach that addresses and responds to the evolution of the network.

14. National Network Director?

16. National Advisory Committee? - NAC thoughtful and active engagement is a positive asset - Role of NAC role still ill-defined (rec. 3) - NAC recommendations (May & June 2007) - Aligned with direction of network discussed by NCC - Short-term vs long-term more strategic - Prioritizing among the seven June 2007 recommendations - NAC needs to be informed on progress on governance (May and July discussions & progress rec. 3)

17. Discussion Issues? and Next Steps - NAC issues - I nform NAC on governance discussions (soon - WGW? Ex. Com.?) - Better understand NAC culture ie: benchmarking * (meeting with NAC subgroup) - NCC and other PIs discuss and agree on role of NAC - Discussion of “interim” NND - NND search search timeline & NND agenda/priorities Lay out possible scenarios - No NND delineate contingency plan

18. - Progress toward COSEE network governance - WGW pulls governance together to prepare report to share with new centers & NAC NAC (TBD?) New centers (TBD?) - Bylaws based on July 2007 council decisions Discussion Issues? and Next Steps

19. - What does it mean? - In education? In other COSEE cultures? For NAC? - How does benchmarking relate to COSEE Criteria of Excellence? - COSEE Criteria of Excellence? How are they defined? How is their definition & acceptance by NCC and network informed by evaluation? - Criteria development based on other groups that are well-recognized & high-quality - Learning from other groups/emulating great criteria & outcomes - Adapting metric based approaches to COSEE work Benchmarking (rec. 1+2) If needed