January 26, 2001:
Faculty-Staff Development Center (Library — East Wing)
California State University at Long Beach Campus

8-8:30: continental breakfast

8:30-9:30: "Benefits" Reports
Ellen Metzger — Northern California;
Jay Skiles — NASA Ames Research Center;
Elizabeth Ambos — Southern California;
Edward Ng - Jet Propulsion Laboratory

9:30-10: Overview of Strategic Planning Initiatives (Group led)

10-10:15: Break

10:15-10:45: Implementation of Strategic Planning Process
The California Science Project — Gerry Simila and Jeff Seitz

10:45-11:30: Identification of Proposal Opportunities and Proposal
Writing Teams
NSF — GEO (Diversity), GEO (AFGE), DUE (Teacher Education) — March 16, 2001, April 17, 2001, August 2001 (Metzger, Ambos)
DOEducation — LAAMP — March 16, 2001
NASA — BAA-01 — May 15, 2001 — preliminary; August 1, 2001 — final proposals (Ng)
CSU Chancellor’s Office — indefinite deadline (Ambos, Simila, Metzger, Kassaie)
NASA — University Initiative (Skiles)

11:30-1:00: Working Lunch

1:00-2:30: Breakout Teams:
Each proposal-writing team will be responsible for writing (1) a paragraph abstract of the proposal that they will pursue, (2) a list of participants, (3) a timeline for writing the proposal, and, (4) a to-do list of assignments in writing the proposal

2:30-3:30: Closure — Reports from Breakout Teams — Follow-up activities