Agenda
ALERT State-Wide Meeting
Vandenberg Air Force Base
February 14, 2000

Sunday, February 13, 2000:
6:30p-8:30 p: Informal Dinner at Outpost Restaurant, 118 S. H. Street

Monday, January 14, 2000:
8:00a-8:20a: Coffee
8:20a-8:30a: Welcome (Jay Skiles, Ellen Metzger)
Review of Progress of Initiatives set at previous All-ALERT meeting

8:30a-9:00a: Overview of agenda for strategic planning (Beth Ambos, Edward Ng)

- Strategic planning: How will we move ALERT forward?

o digital library
o thematic expansion
o constituency expansion

- Long-term sustainability: How will we provide support for colleagues at NASA centers and at CSU's?

o In-reach: How can we help present ALERT benefits to all stakeholders persuasively?
o Funding Sources: Can we fund ALERT from non-federal sources, additional federal sources?

9:00a-10:15 a: Round-Table Discussion of Strategic Planning Initiative I:

Digital Library expansion:
Discussion Facilitators: Freda Cheung, Hong-Lie Qiu

10:15a-10:30a: Summary of Discussion (Jay Skiles, Edward Ng, et al.)

10:30a-10:45a: Break

10:45a-11:45a: Round-Table Discussion of Strategic Planning Initiative II:

Thematic Expansion:
Discussion Facilitators: Beth Ambos and Tom Nolan

11:45a-noon: Summary of Discussion - Ellen Metzger and Rich Alvidrez

noon-1:00p: Lunch Pacific Club

1:00p-1:15p: NOVA Update — Ron Johnson

1:15p-2:20p: Round-Table Discussion of Strategic Planning Initiative III:

Constituent Expansion:
Discussion Facilitators: Laura Henriques and Edward Ng

2:20p-3:00p: Summary of Discussion

3:00p-3:15p: Break

3:15p-4:00p: Sustainability Discussion: Where do we see ourselves in two years?

Facilitators: Ellen Metzger and John Foster

4:00p-4:30p: Summary of Discussion

4:30p: Parting Words and Adjournment