GLIN==> Ohio Sea Grant?s Strategic Plan for 2005-10 and Implementation Plans for 2004-06 and 2005-07

["Jeffrey M. Reutter" <reutter.1@osu.edu>]

SUBJECT:     Ohio Sea Grant?s Strategic Plan
for 2005-10 and Implementation Plans for 2004-06 and 2005-07
 
I am very pleased to inform you that a copy of the Strategic Plan for the
Ohio Sea Grant College Program, including Stone Laboratory, the Center
for Lake Erie Area Research (CLEAR), and the Great Lakes Aquatic
Ecosystem Research Consortium (GLAERC), for the period 2005-10, is
available on our web site at

www.sg.ohio-state.edu.  This plan contains 11 thematic areas and is
modeled after the 2003-08 Strategic Plan of the National Sea Grant
College Program.  It also incorporates the nine priorities of the
Council of Great Lakes Governors and the Academic Plan and Leadership
Agenda of The Ohio State University.  Initial work on the plan began
in late 2003 and included public hearings with the Great Lakes
Commission, five focus group meetings of our private sector advisory
committees, a web survey with 187 respondents, and a great deal of input
on numerous drafts from our extension agents, communications staff, Sea
Grant investigators, the Friends of Stone Laboratory, and our advisory
committee members. 
 
You will also find copies of our Implementation Plans for 2004-06 and
2005-07.  Both of these plans were developed using the same input
described above for the Strategic Plan.  The 2004-06 Plan is in the
format of our old Strategic Plan covering the period 2000-05.  The
National Sea Grant College Program requires implementation plans that are
updated every two years.    While this plan is in the old
format, I believe it is an extremely valuable document because it
includes every research, education, and outreach project (86 projects in
all) that we supported between 1 February 2000 and 31 March 2005 to
implement the Strategic Plan.  All of these projects can be reviewed
on our web site at
www.sg.ohio-state.edu. 
We will continue to use this strategy with the new Implementation
Plan.  The 2005-07 Implementation Plan continues to use our format
of Goals, Objectives, and Actions.  This is a living document that
will be revised frequently and reprinted every two years.  While it
is very likely that we will have projects during the next 5 years that
address all 11 thematic areas, we have also prioritized the 11 areas for
Ohio.
 
We hope you find these documents to be informative and enjoyable to read
and peruse.  Please don?t hesitate to call or write if you have
comments on our work and priorities or suggestions for new projects and
programs.

Jeffrey M. Reutter, Ph.D., President
National Association of Marine Laboratories, and
Director
Ohio Sea Grant College Program,
F.T. Stone Laboratory,
Center for Lake Erie Area Research (CLEAR), and the
Great Lakes Aquatic Ecosystem Research Consortium (GLAERC)
The Ohio State University
Area 100 Research Center, 1314 Kinnear Rd., Columbus, Ohio 43212
tel (614)292-8949; fax (614)292-4364; email reutter.1@osu.edu
http://www.sg.ohio-state.edu/
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