<div dir="ltr"><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#666666"><font><b>West Coast Oce</b></font><font><b>an Data Network</b> - A reminder to please take five minutes to fill out this short survey by<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"> </span></font><font><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">July 31st</b></font><font> if you think your agency, organization, or tribe has a dataset or <span class="" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);background-repeat:initial">data</span> catalog that y</font><font>ou think could benefit from technical support and assistance in connecting with the WCODP (full description attached). Please share with your colleagues. If you have questions, please contact Todd Hallenbeck (</font><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="mailto:todd.r.hallenbeck@westcoastoceans.org" target="_blank">todd.r.hallenbeck@westcoastoceans.org</a></u></span><font>). </font>Thanks and we hope to hear from you!</font></div>
<p align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom:0in"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#666666"><span lang="zxx"><u><b><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3M8R5P3" target="_blank">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3M8R5P3</a></b></u></span></font></p>
<p align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom:0in"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#666666"><span lang="zxx"><u><br></u></span></font></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>Upcoming Events and Opportunities:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font color="#666666"><b style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Open Science Codefest 2014, September 2-4, 2014, Santa Barbara</b><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">. </span><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Are you a researcher with a coding project that needs some help?</span><br>
</font></p><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#666666">Are you developing software for the earth sciences and would like some<br>feedback and collaboration from a diverse group of scientists? If so, check<br>out the <a href="http://nceas.github.io/open-science-codefest/emails/codefest-promo-email.html">Open Science Codefest 2014</a>.</font><div>
<font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#666666"><br></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>Offshore Wind and Wave Energy Technology Training Session, July 29-30th 2014, Sacramento</b>. BOEM, in coordination with the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), has finalized the venue and agenda (attached) for the free two-day training session. The two-day event will be held at the Hyatt Regency Sacramento, 1209 L Street, Sacramento, California on July 29-30, 2014. This <b>FREE two-day training session</b> is open to the public and registration begins at 8:00 am on both the 29<sup>th </sup>and 30<sup>th</sup>. There is no need to register prior to the event. <br>
</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#666666"><br></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#666666">The meeting announcement and agenda can be found on our website at <a href="http://www.boem.gov/Pacific-Region/" target="_blank">http://www.boem.gov/Pacific-Region/</a>. The agenda (attached) also contains a link to join by Webinar and a call-in number to join by phone. Please forward to any other parties who may be interested in this opportunity to learn about offshore renewable energy technologies.<br>
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<b><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">You can visit the <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)"><span class="" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">West</span></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)"><span class="" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Coast</span></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Ocean</span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)"><span class="" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Data</span></span> Portal at </font><font color="#000080" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://portal.westcoastoceans.org/" target="_blank">http://portal.westcoastoceans.org</a></u></span></font><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">.</font><br>
</b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>If you wish to learn more or contribute your <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)"><span class="" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">data</span></span> to the Portal, please contact Todd Hallenbeck (<font color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="mailto:Todd.r.hallenbeck@Westcoastoceans.org" target="_blank">Todd.r.hallenbeck@Westcoastoceans.org</a></u></span></font>). </b></font></p>
</div></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#666666"><br></font></div>-- <br></font><div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#666666">Todd R. Hallenbeck | Program Coordinator<br><br>West Coast Ocean Data Portal<br>
West Coast Governors Alliance<br>Cell: (408) 482-6807 <br><a href="mailto:todd.r.hallenbeck@westcoastoceans.org">todd.r.hallenbeck@westcoastoceans.org</a></font><div><a href="http://portal.westcoastoceans.org"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#666666">http://portal.westcoastoceans.org</font></a></div>
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