February 1, 2000—9:00 am

Mighty 8th Air Force Heritage Museum

High Wycombe Room

175 Bourne Avenue, Pooler, Ga.

1. Introductions of SEG Members (est. time allotted: 5 minutes)

ii. Facilitator's Comments/Any Initial Focusing Exercise (est. time allotted: 5 minutes)

iii. Approve Agenda for SEG's 14^th month (est. time allotted: 5 minutes)

• Including specification of SEG Membership's desired allocation of maximum time to each item to complete agenda of items SEG wishes to consider today
• Identify any agenda items of especially high-priority interest to the broad SEG Membership for up-front consideration—right now.
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• Which have action items for priority placement?

• Draft summaries referred to Communications Committee at 10/99 SEG meeting for review and submission of any committee-recommended changes to SEG for action: (est. time allotted: 5 minutes)

• iv-1: May 1999 summary
• iv-2: June 1999 summary
• iv-3: July 1999 summary
• iv-4: August 1999 summary

• Summaries not referred to Communications Committee at 10/99 SEG meeting: (est. time allotted: 1 minute)

• iv-5: January 2000 summary

• v-1: Operating Guidelines report—including committee consensus recommendation to SEG on (1) update of the Operating Guidelines appendices, (2) updating of the matrix, and (3) consideration of a functional and suitable definition of "consensus" for SEG to accomplish its Mission—Morgan Rees (est. time allotted: 30 minutes)

• v-2: Ballast water questions—status report/responses—Morgan Rees (est. time allotted: 2 minutes)

• v-3: Funding for Sect. 1135 Studies—Tom Meronek and GPA representatives (est. time allotted: 15 minutes)

• Other

• v-4: Progress report/SEG accomplishments—Morgan Rees (est. time allotted: 1 minute)

• Other

6. Break—10 minutes

• vii-1: Beach Erosion report—Bill Farmer (est. time allotted: 15 minutes)

• vii-2: Dredging and Disposal report—Fred Beason (est. time allotted: 15 minutes)

• vii-3: Fisheries and Aquatic Resources report—Bill Bailey & Prescott Brownell (est. time allotted: 15 minutes)

• vii-4: MTRG report—Bo Ellis (est. time allotted: 15 minutes)

• vii-5: Tidal amplitude considerations in MTRG work—Bo Ellis (est. time allotted: 2 minutes)

• vii-6: Discuss the report that ATM recently circulated regarding problems with data collection efforts, as discussed at several recent SEG meetings—Ben Brewton (time requested: 10-15 minutes)

• vii-7: Shortnose Sturgeon report—Bo Ellis with comments as desired by Priscilla Wendt and Prescott Brownell (est. time allotted: 5 minutes)

• vii-8: Striped Bass report—Tom Meronek (est. time allotted: 15 minutes)

• Other

• vii-9: Communications report: presentation on how the web site recommendations are being implemented—Ben Brewton (est. time allotted: 5 minutes)

• vii-10: Economics report—Judy Jennings (est. time allotted: 5 minutes)

• vii-11: Operating Guidelines report—(any other items in addition to those already considered as agenda item v-1—Morgan Rees (est. time allotted: 5 minutes)

• Other

• Status report back to SEG on research and possible action—F&WS, ATM, and GPA (est. time allotted: 5 minutes)

• ix-1: F&WS
• ix-2: ATM
• ix-3: GPA

• ix-4: Discussion of any other active scientific studies activity related to accomplishing the SEG Mission underway of which the SEG is or might be unaware—requested by Teri Leffek (est. time allotted: 15 minutes)

• Other

• Report of all SEG committee chairs on their proposed record-keeping process and procedures pursuant to Communications Committee recommendation # 9 of 13 adopted by SEG at 10/99 meeting; also determine who will review and approve such plans and procedures
• ix-5: Beach Erosion proposed record-keeping process and procedures report—Bill Farmer (est. time allotted: 2 minutes)
• ix-6: Communications proposed record-keeping process and procedures report—Ben Brewton (est. time allotted: 2 minutes)
• ix-7: Dredging and Disposal proposed record-keeping process and procedures report—Fred Beason (est. time allotted: 2 minutes)
• ix-8: Economics proposed record-keeping process and procedures report—Judy Jennings (est. time allotted: 2 minutes)
• ix-9: Fisheries and Aquatic Resources proposed record-keeping process and procedures report—Bill Bailey & Prescott Brownell (est. time allotted: 2 minutes)
• ix-10: MTRG proposed record-keeping process and procedures report—Bo Ellis (est. time allotted: 2 minutes)
• ix-11: Operating Guidelines proposed record-keeping process and procedures report—Morgan Rees (est. time allotted: 2 minutes)
• ix-12: Shortnose Sturgeon proposed record-keeping process and procedures report—Bo Ellis, Priscilla Wendt, and/or Prescott Brownell (est. time allotted: 2 minutes)
• ix-13: Striped Bass proposed record-keeping process and procedures report—Tom Meronek (est. time allotted: 2 minutes)

• ix-14: Update from GPA as to any activities taking place outside the SEG, such as cultural, economic, design and engineering, implementation, etc., as referenced in Section I of the Operating Guidelines. Since GPA has not had any advance notice of this request, it may be that we are only able to "introduce" the topic at this meeting and ask GPA to report back to the SEG—Ben Brewton (time requested: 2 minutes)

• ix-15: Next Meeting Date—March 7, 2000, 9:00 am, Mighty 8^th Museum

• Other