Surfrider Foundation, MAKING WAVES, August 2004

MAKING WAVES, August 2004 issue: Table of Contents

Surfrider
Foundation
Summit

October 15, 16, 17, 2004
Costa Mesa, California

After 20 years of coastal environmental battles, we are left with a glorious by-product: 60 U.S. chapters and over 37,000 members ready to protect a coastal heritage for future generations. Through the work of activists, donors, volunteer Board members and dedicated staffers, our founders' dreams of creating a voice for surf and the coastal ocean, exists and thrives today. It is time to celebrate our success, reflect on our history and anticipate our future challenges.

We will be marking this important occasion with an educational and networking event on October 15, 16 and 17, 2004, with the Surfrider Foundation Summit at the Hilton Hotel in Costa Mesa, California. The Summit is an opportunity to bring our 60 chapters from across the United States and Puerto Rico together to learn from experts, as well as each other, about activism and mission-related topics.

We are pleased to present Dr. Sylvia Earle as the keynote speaker for the Saturday dinner reception. Dr. Earle, a marine biologist sometimes known as "Her Deepness" or "The Sturgeon General", has been an explorer-in-residence at the National Geographic Society since 1998. Named Time magazine's first "hero for the planet" in 1998, Earle has pioneered research on marine ecosystems and has led more than 50 expeditions totaling more than 6,000 hours underwater.

The agenda for the Summit is designed to encourage and facilitate interactions among chapter members and activists, along with subject matter experts to help train and educate for the next 20 years of Surfrider Foundation advocacy.

Surfrider Foundation will be providing each chapter with five passes for the Summit weekend as well as one hotel room per chapter for two nights. Please contact Ed Mazzarella for more details.

Registration fees are $25 for members and $50 for non-members (includes membership fee) before September 30th. Prices will increase after September 30th. Space is limited.

For more information, or to register, please go to
http://www.surfrider.org/summit

Tentative 2004 Coastal Summit Schedule of Events
October 15-17, 2004

Friday Night: 6 pm to 9 pm
Reception and Recognition Presentation at Costa Mesa Hilton

Saturday Costa Mesa Hilton

8:30 am to 9 am - Registration

9:15 am to 10 am - Plenary Session ® Opening remarks

10:15- 11:45 - First Sessions

A. Access, Race and Justice / Grassroots Surf Activism and Cultural Diversity (Serge Dedina, Wildcoast: Robert Garcia, Center for Law in the Public Interest)

B. National Campaign: Puerto Rico (Chad Nelsen)

C. Water Quality: (David Beckman, NRDC; Steve Heilig, Director San Francisco Medical Society)

12:00 to 1:15pm - LUNCH BREAK

1:15- 2:45 pm - Second Sessions

A. Shifting Baselines:
(Randy Olson, Shifting Baselines; Sharon Lawrence, actor/ activist)

B. Coastal Commission/ Coastal Act:
(Mark Massara, Sierra Club; Peter Douglas, Executive Director California Coastal Commission)

C. Florida/ East Coast Beach Fill:
(Michelle Duval, PhD., Environmental Defense; Ken Lindeman,PhD., Environmental Defense; Gary Appleson, Carribean Cons. Corps)

2:45 ® 3:00 - Break

3:15- 4:30 pm - Third Session - Plenary
Pew and Ocean Reports:
(Roger Rufe, The Ocean Conservancy; Warner Chabot, The Ocean Conservancy; William D. Ruckelshaus*, U.S. Ocean Commission; Mike Orbach, Duke University; Kevin Ranker, Surfrider Foundation)

Saturday Evening Reception

6:30 - 10pm - Cocktails, Music, Dinner
Keynote speaker Dr. Sylvia Earle

Sunday

8:30 am to 10:00 am - Plenary
Chapter Session: (Moderated by Ed Mazzarella, Dir. of Chapters)

10:15 to 11:45 am - Fourth Sessions

A. Campaign Planning and Training: (Mark Spalding, The Ocean Foundation)

B. How to Market and Use Media: (Jeff Duclos, Surfrider Foundation; Andy Goodman, a goodman*)

C. Surfrider Foundation Program Training: (Mark Rauscher, Interim Environmental Director)

12:00 - 12:45 - Closing Remarks

Mike Orbach, PhD, Ed Mazzarella: Surfrider Foundation Recognition awards for chapters

* unconfirmed