Mark your calendars, the next Joint WRRC-Sea Grant Faculty and Staff Meeting will take place on
Tuesday, August 21 in HIG 210.

Agenda

Summary:
The Hawai‘i Sea Grant/Water Resources Research Center administration will provide programmatic
updates at our August staff meeting. There are also presentations by the new Acting Director of the
Institute for Hawaiian Language Research and Training, Kaiwipuni “Punihei” Lipe, and by selected
extension faculty and staff. After lunch, we will walk over to the new net zero Flexible Response to
Ongoing Growth (FROG) classroom at the College of Education where Eileen Peppard will give us a
tour/presentation and where we will finish up the meeting for the rest of the afternoon.

Meeting Goal:
Inform faculty and staff about relevant programmatic, local, regional, and national Sea Grant/WRRC
activities.

9:15 am-9:30 am Welcome and Introductions: Darren Okimoto
9:30 am-10:20 am Director’s Update: Darren Lerner
10:20 am-10:35 am Mevo Livestream Demonstration: Maya Walton
10:35 am-10:45 am Fiscal Update: Hen Yee, Sea Grant/John Matassa, WRRC
10:45 am-11:00 am Break
11:00 am-11:20 am UH as a Hawaiian Place of Learning presentation: Kaiwipuni “Punihei” Lipe
11:20 am-11:30 am Communications Update: Cindy Knapman
11:30 am-11:40 am Communications Professional Development Training: Kelly Ching
11:40 am-12:00 pm Kūlana Noi‘i Presentation: Rosie Alegado and Katy Hintzen
12:00 pm-1:30 pm Networking lunch (food will be provided)
1:30 pm-1:45 pm Walk over to College of Education (everyone)
1:45 pm-2:00 pm Flexible Response to Ongoing Growth (FROG) Classrooms Tour and
Presentation: Eileen Peppard
2:00 pm-4:00 pm Faculty and Staff Updates: Darren Okimoto and all faculty and staff
4:00 pm Meeting Adjourned