Communications Workgroup
Monthly Meeting Minutes
September 3, 2015
Participants
Bill Hayden, VA DEQ (Chair) Guy Stephens, UMCES
Margaret Enloe, ACB (Coordinator) Stephanie Smith, ACB
Jenna Valente, CRC (Staff) Kim Couranz, NOAA
Kristen Peterson, MD DNR Mary Gattis, ACB
Kristen Wolf, PA DEP Renee Kelly, CRC
Melissa Merritt, WVCA Tom Wenz, EPA
John Wolf, USGS Greg Barranco, EPA
Will Parson, ACB
I. Round Robin/GIT Updates
NOAA/GIT 1
· Initial in water seeding phase of Harris Creek will be completed this month
· CBP communications team will be creating a video to draw attention to the completed phase
LGAC
· Will be engaging a group of elected officials in Blair County, Pa., and may be releasing a press release on the event afterward.
STAC
· Three reports coming up. The first will be released at the end of the month and the other two will come out shortly after that.
· STAC retreat is September 8-9
EPA
· Delaware, West Virginia, and Maryland agricultural assessments were released last week
· EPA is working with NFWF to plan for grants announcement in mid-October
CBP Communications
· Produced a new trifold brochure for the Bay Program to be used for conferences and events
· The brochure explains what we do and is available in both English and Spanish
· Action: Send Bill Hayden some brochures to distribute at the state fair
II. CBP Editorial Calendar Review & Brainstorm Session
· CBP Communications Analytics Presentation
· Action: Send story ideas to Stephanie Smith
III. Land Use Data Development, Local Governmentt Review, CBP Use
· Phase 6 Land Use Database Presentation
· This is the first time we have ever had this level of outreach and first time we have ever had data at this scale
· A USGS website will be serving the 10 meter data and a contractor will be serving the 1 meter information
· A couple of asks of the Communications Workgroup:
o Need help sharing this story with the public, partners, and stakeholders
o This will be a process that takes place over the next year and the Communications Workgroup will be tasked with helping structure the messaging starting now, working over the next year, and targeting appropriate audiences
· Action: Rich, send CBP Communications team the two-pager on this
· Action: CBP Webteam will be engaged by Peter as website is developing
· Action: Subgroup of Bill Hayden, Margaret Enloe, Kristen Peterson, and Rich Batiuk will draft up a communications strategy for the data
Upcoming Meeting: October 1
CBP’s new Climate Change Coordinator – Zoe Johnson