MASGC Strategic Planning Questions This survey seeks your input to identify the needs of our coastal region and how the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium (MASGC) can address these needs in the upcoming years. MASGC is a federal and state partnership between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and public universities in the two-state region. MASGC implements its programs through an integrated process and strong partnerships with the public and the private sector. The results of this survey will help guide the update of MASGC’s strategic plan. To review MASGC's current strategic plan go to: MASGC Strategic Plan. MASGC focuses its investments in the following areas: Environmental literacy and workforce development Healthy coastal ecosystems Resilient communities and economies Sustainable fisheries and aquaculture MASGC implements its strategic plan through 5 functional areas: Research – Supports relevant university-based coastal and social science research to solve the real world problems affecting the coastal region. A secondary benefit is workforce development through undergraduate and graduate education. Education – Offers formal and informal experiences and training to improve marine science literacy among students, teachers and the public. Legal – Conducts research on marine laws and policies to inform coastal and ocean policy-makers. Extension – Works with residents, scientists, community leaders, businesses, resource managers and others to increase the use of research discovery to improve the economic, environmental and sociopolitical sustainability of our region and to increase community resilience to natural and human-caused disaster. Communications – Provides communications support for all MASGC programs and helps inform users of MASGC’s research, extension, legal and education programs. This survey consists of open-ended questions for you to answer drawing from your experience with and local knowledge of the problems our region currently faces and the anticipated problems we will face over the next several years. We ask you to invest 15 minutes or more in responding to the questions. Sincerely yours,LaDon Swann, DirectorMississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium Question Title * 1. Please select one of the following that best describes your affiliation. Private sector business Non-Governmental Organization Education, K-12 University/College Government, City Government, County Government, State Government, Federal Retiree Other (please specify) Question Title * 2. What do you believe are the top 5 problems Sea Grant should solve over the next 5 years using its integrated research, education, legal, extension and communications capabilities? Problem 1 Problem 2 Problem 3 Problem 4 Problem 5 Question Title * 3. What long-term trends in science, technology, education, society, the economy or the environment do you think should shape Sea Grant’s functional programs over the next 5-10 years? Question Title * 4. What opportunities are there for Sea Grant to respond to these trends? Question Title * 5. What areas of Sea Grant could be improved to address these trends? Question Title * 6. What obstacles might impede Sea Grant from addressing these trends? Question Title * 7. Contact Information Last name First name Organization City/Town State/Province -- select state -- AL AlabamaAK AlaskaAS American SamoaAZ ArizonaAR ArkansasCA CaliforniaCO ColoradoCT ConnecticutDE DelawareDC District of ColumbiaFM Federated States of MicronesiaFL FloridaGA GeorgiaGU GuamHI HawaiiID IdahoIL IllinoisIN IndianaIA IowaKS KansasKY KentuckyLA LouisianaME MaineMH Marshall IslandsMD MarylandMA MassachusettsMI MichiganMN MinnesotaMS MississippiMO MissouriMT MontanaNE NebraskaNV NevadaNH New HampshireNJ New JerseyNM New MexicoNY New YorkNC North CarolinaND North DakotaMP Northern Mariana IslandsOH OhioOK OklahomaOR OregonPW PalauPA PennsylvaniaPR Puerto RicoRI Rhode IslandSC South CarolinaSD South DakotaTN TennesseeTX TexasUT UtahVT VermontVI Virgin IslandsVA VirginiaWA WashingtonWV West VirginiaWI WisconsinWY Wyoming ZIP/Postal Code Email Address Phone Number Submit
