Kick-off meeting of EBTAG in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Agenda items in brief:

1. Reviewed the objectives of EBTAG
2. Confirmed the organizations to be represented as a core group
3. Discussed ways to participate with other organizations, users of technical information, lay people, etc.
• Recognized there should be a satellite group of technical users. More work needs to be done to identify specific groups.
• Include other types of users through special focus meetings, workshops, etc.

4. Implementation of information transfer and outreach
• Hold annual workshops
• Develop web site
• Develop email list
• Communicate directly on specific topics with other groups

5. Detailed discussion on upcoming workshop format
• subcommittee was formed to work on details

6. Detailed discussion on format of web site
• draft version will be developed at USGS

7. Begin list of URL's for links on the web site
• A few URL's exist; more need to be found.
• These will develop as the web site is fleshed out

8. Brief reports were provided by representatives on what studies the organizations are doing
• Info on these studies will be the targets of web sites links
• They will be summarized also at the annual workshop