Monday, July 16
6-8pm Registration – Icebreaker ("Syringa" and "Gannett" Rooms)
Tuesday, July 17
7:30-9am Registration
8:30am – Host Greetings
8:40am – President Greetings
9:00am – Welcome new SC’s and ARSCO’s
9:15am – Past Presidents Forum: State of Climate Services
9:45am – Journal Report –Editorial Board member(s)
10:10-30am – Break
10:30am-11:30am -State Reports (6 ten minute):
CO/WA/AL/KY/SD/OK–focus on expanding mesonets
11:30-11:50am - Synopsis of NOAA-AASC Partnership (CRN/HCN-M/Legacy COOP)
/AASC Perspectives - Future of In-Situ Observations
12-1:30pm – Awards Lunch and Guest speaker [Award – Beth Hall] (Tom Karl)
1:30-3:30pm –Partners Panel with NWS/NCDC Managers on COOP Legacy:
Tom Karl, Chet Koblinsky and Frank Kelly
3:30-3:45pm – Break
3:45-4:35pm – State Reports (ID, MO, AK, WI, NJ)
4:35-5pm – RCC Reports (WRCC/HPRCC)
5-5:10pm - Business Meeting prep / Agenda
Dinner (on our own)
Wednesday, July 18
8:30-9:20am - State Reports (ND, CA, NC, MS)
9:20-9:40am – Partner’s Reports: NRCS
9:40-10:30am – Break/ Posters
10:30-10:50am – State Reports (SC, FL)
10:50am-11:50am – CSD Report and update on downscaling
11:50-1:20pm – Lunch (on our own)
1:20-1:45pm – National Drought Mitigation / NIDIS (Fuchs/Svoboda)
1:45 – 2:15pm – Report from RCC/ARSCO meeting
2:15-3pm – Business Meeting / Part 1
3-3:20pm – Break
3:20-4:45pm – Business Meeting / Part 2 (votes/MOA/Journal/membership)
4:45-5pm – Action items by Board
5:30-6:30pm – Appetizers at Lake (Drivers and Passengers)
6:30-9pm – Dinner and Speaker (Grant Goodge)
Thursday, July 19
8:30-9:30am – Follow-up from Business Meeting (2008 meeting)
9:30-10am – Open Discussion
10-10:20am – Break
10:20-10:50am – State Reports (MN, AZ, OR, GA)
10:45-11:10am – Extremes Committee (report and procedures)
11:10-11:30am – Final Business and close meeting
Annual Business Meeting Tentative Agenda:
- Minutes of Last Meeting were approved on-line
- Treasurer’s report including proposed budget
- Membership status, role purge, new members (nomination)
- ARSCO Status – MOA’s
- AASC web site and its future plans and development
- Policy statements – standards
- Journal Plans
- Elections (President)
- Next Year’s meeting