Cascadia GeoSciences Business Meeting Meeting Dec 5, 2010 4:00 PM 15:50: review agenda agenda: membership form procedure to take: application procedures/guidelines admin fee structure advisory/steering comittee grants.gov MOU HBI 1600: admin: "20%" with the list: we will determine operating expenses to justify the 20% (unless restricted by funding source) competitive nature, if we can undercut humboldt foundation and rcaa (25 35%), we would be great we will determine what costs we expect to have over the long run 16:15: grants.gov: jay will complete this with new acct 16:17: advisory cmte: harvye, bud, silvio advice on how to achieve goals, how projects fit into mission, getting it done on the ground, projects steering cmte: PI's, jeff, mark hemphill, susan, person from each group (research, restor, educ, outreach), once a year look at bylaws, want to change what we do, wehere to go, what do we focus on (change % on restoration, research), big picture direction of CG. board provides report to steering cmte (quarterly summaries), cmte reviews these once a year. maybe review board member... policy statement: tom will do this! 16:27: MOU's tom: maybe jeff could give us some ideas... looking at tectonic geomorph jay: HBI and CG would benefit each others' mission statements tom/todd: how do we support each other how do we feed off each other/mutually benefit each other how do we work together conflicts of interest sharing resources/equipment admin MOU todd: gonna talk to jeff to get this started, maybe have mtg with core team/board at some time in the future reply to susan: we want to be HBI team member, we will have one member. 16:36: application procedures procedure: we want to establish credibility (liklihood of grant success) grant proposal comittee: review all proposals to fit .1. provide mission review statement (1-2 pages). executive summary of proposed research/project .2. have you done this project with us in the past this would bypass the proposal .3. have you reviewed the CG mission statement? .4. what is your success rate for similar projects? (publications) we will define what this is send proposal to cmte tom: w trout unlimited and pws just do this. grant proposal cmte should keep track of what category each project contribute to (research, restoration, educ, outreach) tom: grant proceudure stuff 16:51: membership stuff: contact info membership levels specific donations: scholarship, lecture program, field camp, general contribution todd: will do this 17:01: meeting adjourned