Upcoming Events and Info!

Ok, we have a lot going on. Please see descriptions below for details:

1.) Trip to Port Aransas: We are leaving either Fri. night or Sat. morning (will have confirmation by tomorrow night). We will arrive at Cole Park in Corpus Christi on Sat. to help out with Earth Day "Bay Day." http://www.baysfoundation.org/edbd_main.php
We will be out there from appx. 12-5pm. We will then wake up early Sun. and set up a control site for the marsh comparison. This should not take very long and we will leave Port A no later than 2pm on Sunday. Please send me an email stating you preference on leaving (fri. night or Sat. morning): oceanadventurer@mail.utexas.edu

2.) Seafood brochure: Please have all restaurant info. ready to go at next Monday's meeting, we will be making the brochure then. If you can send them in earlier, that would be great!

3.) "Seatopia" Please send in your article of choice to me and we will get it ready to go for the newsletter. All articles welcome (can be about a certain species, issues, volunteer events, etc...) Have these ready by next Monday as well.

4.) Earth Day tabling event: We need people to work our table at the East Mall. The table will be out there from 10am-3pm. I can work from 10-12:00pm. We need people from 12-3pm. Please respond to this post saying which shift you would like to work. Remeber to sign your comment with your name or I won't know who you are. Thanks!

That's about it. Next Monday will be our last meeting of the semester before finals so we will have a lot to talk about! Hope you have a great week and let me know about the trip!

~AMI

S.A.F.E.Oceans Meeting Today! (04/14/08)

Hey Everyone!! There will be a meeting today to discuss our trip this weekend and details for the brochure and newsletter! We will meet at Austin's Pizza at 6pm. Hope to see ya there!

~AMI

Recap of Meeting from (04/07/08)

Ok, here is what we talked about

1.) Seafood Brochure: Please think of some places to call this week and have the info ready for when we meet next Monday. All you have to do is pick local Austin restaurants, tell them who we are and why we are doing this. Ask if they have a dish that is sustainable ad would they like for us to feature it in our brochure. They need to send a pic. and a shirt description of the entree (including price$). Try to call 2 or 3 places by next Monday.

2.) "Seatopia" newsletter: I want the first newsletter to be pretty involved, so please think of something marine related you would like to write about and compile a short article to be put in the newsletter by next Monday. Once again, this is optional, you don't have to write this, but just know that the option is more than available.

3.) Port Aransas trip (4/19-4/20): Still waiting on final details from Ken on this. We will iron out all the details next Monday. We may be able to leave on Friday night, and will be leaving Port A by 3pm on Sunday. Final details coming!!

4.) We will be tabling for Earth Day from 10-3pm on April 22nd (East Mall). I can do it from 10-12pm, I need volunteers to try volunteer for the other hours. Send me an email if you can pick up any of those other hours!

That's about it! Think about the stuff above and see what you can get done by next Monday. I want to have the newsletter and brochure ready for Earth Day, so we have about two weeks. Ok, thanks a lot for your help and I will see you in a week.

~AMI

S.A.F.E.Oceans Meeting Today! (04/07/08)

Hey there! We will be meeting at Austin's Pizza today to discuss our trip to Port Aransas in a couple of weekends. We will also be picking the restaurants for our brochure and assigning them to people so they can call. We will also talk about the launch of the newsletter, "Seatopia" and see if people want to be in charge of certain topics or just write an article for it. Ok, the meeting will be from 6-6:45pm and that should cover it. Check out this article on albatrosses and what is being done to help them. ~AMI

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/12/albatross/safina-text

Recap of meeting from (03/31/08)

Hey Everyone! The meeting from Monday went well. I always get more motivated when we actually meet...go figure! Anyway, here is a list of the topics and upcoming events that we discussed:

1.) Field/Research Trip to Port Aransas (04/19-04/20): This is happening and will not be canceled. We will be leaving early Saturday morning (most likely around 7am) and be leaving Port Aransas no later than 3pm. This will be a very fun trip and the weather should be great that weekend. I will give more details about when and where to meet next Monday.

2.) Earth Day (04/22): We will be tabling on the East Mall and getting the word out about our group. We will be out there from around 10am-2pm...volunteers needed, so check your schedules and let me know.

3.) Local seafood brochure: Yeah!!! This is finally a go. I will send out a list of places this week for us to call, please feel free to call some on your own. Hopefully we can have this brochure up and running for Earth Day. We can hand these out then :)

4.) "Seatopia" This is our first shot at an official newsletter. This will have details of what the group is working on and which issues are important for that month. I also want to split up the content in terms of contributors. Maybe one person can be in charge of different sections. That way if someone is interested in a certain topic, they can write about it each month. We will talk more about this in the next meeting.

Ok, that's it for now. Feel free to email me with any questions and bring any ideas or comments to our next meeting! Have a great weekend, see ya Monday!!

~AMI
oceanadventurer@mail.utexas.edu