<div dir="ltr"><p><font face="Open Sans Light, sans-serif">The West Coast Governors
Alliance on Ocean Health cordially invite you to attend the </font><font face="Open Sans Light, sans-serif"><b>3</b></font><sup><font face="Open Sans Light, sans-serif"><b>rd</b></font></sup><font face="Open Sans Light, sans-serif"><b>
West Coast Ocean Data Network Meeting Nov. 3-4th, 2014</b></font><font face="Open Sans Light, sans-serif">
at the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project building in
Costa Mesa, CA.</font><br></p>
<p><font face="Open Sans Light, sans-serif">We are committed to
increasing the ability of coastal managers, researchers, and the
ocean stakeholders to discover and connect with coastal and ocean
data and people to better inform West Coast resource management,
policy development, and planning. You can read more about what we do
at </font><font color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://portal.westcoastoceans.org/"><font face="Open Sans Light, sans-serif">http://portal.westcoastoceans.org</font></a></u></span></font><font face="Open Sans Light, sans-serif">.</font></p>
<p><font face="Open Sans Light, sans-serif">The goals of the meeting
are to highlight accomplishments of the Network over the last three
years, receive technical training and feedback on the Portal, and
chart the long term strategy for the Network.</font></p>
<p><font face="Open Sans Light, sans-serif">We hope your agency,
organization, or tribe can join us in Costa Mesa! We have limited
invitational travel funds to support your attendance at this meeting.
To apply for these funds and RSVP for the meeting please visit
</font><font color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://westcoastoceandatanetwork.eventbrite.com/"><font face="Open Sans Light, sans-serif">http://westcoastoceandatanetwork.eventbrite.com</font></a></u></span></font><font face="Open Sans Light, sans-serif">.
</font><font face="Open Sans Light, sans-serif"><b>The deadline to
register is October 1st.</b></font></p>
<p><font face="Open Sans Light, sans-serif">For those of you who are
unable to travel to Costa Mesa, portions of the meeting will be
streamed online. Please RSVP for remote access to the meeting at
</font><font color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://westcoastoceandatanetwork.eventbrite.com/"><font face="Open Sans Light, sans-serif">http://westcoastoceandatanetwork.eventbrite.com</font></a></u></span></font><font face="Open Sans Light, sans-serif">
and indicate that you would like to participate remotely. If you have
any questions, please contact the WCODP Project Coordinator at
</font><font color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="mailto:Todd.r.hallenbeck@westcoastoceans.org"><font face="Open Sans Light, sans-serif">Todd.r.hallenbeck@westcoastoceans.org</font></a></u></span></font><font face="Open Sans Light, sans-serif">.</font></p>
<p><font face="Open Sans Light, sans-serif">We hope to see you there!</font></p><p><font face="Open Sans Light, sans-serif"></font></p><div><font face="Open Sans Light, sans-serif"><img src="cid:ii_hxz2axlt0_14764c2eb1b2a9ac" width="182" height="100" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br>
</font></div><font face="Open Sans Light, sans-serif"></font><p></p><div>-- <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br>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" target="_blank">todd.r.hallenbeck@westcoastoceans.org</a><div><a href="http://portal.westcoastoceans.org" target="_blank">http://portal.westcoastoceans.org</a></div><div>
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