The Organization of Biological Field Stations and the National Association of Marine Labs are conducting strategic planning for field stations and marine labs.  We want to make certain that field stations and marine labs are positioning themselves for the future-- what do scientists, educators, and resource managers need us to be?

There will be a workshop addressing these issues in mid-November in which scientists, educators, policy managers, and field station directors discuss these issues face to face.  We are in the process of developing our agenda for the meeting and would appreciate any thoughts the field station community has. 

You can get more information about this planning effort from
http://fsmlfuture.weebly.com/index.html

We have set up a discussion board that allows people to submit comments and engage in discussion at:
http://groups.google.com/group/fsml-general-comments

If you have thoughts about field stations and marine labs, please join the discussion board and share your opinion.

Thank you!

Ian Billick

Executive Director RMBL