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IOOS Regional Governance Systems. Chris Ostrander 21 May 2008. Stages of Development. IOOS initial funding in FY03 Seven regions initiated Full 11 regions came on in FY05 Due to disparate funding scales (temporal and monetary) regions are in various stages of development.
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IOOS Regional Governance Systems Chris Ostrander 21 May 2008
Stages of Development • IOOS initial funding in FY03 • Seven regions initiated • Full 11 regions came on in FY05 • Due to disparate funding scales (temporal and monetary) regions are in various stages of development
Interagency Connections NOAA IOOS Activities NOAA Program Structure Interagency Committee on Ocean Science and Resource Management Integration (ICOSRMI) NOAA Administrator NOAA Ocean Council IOOS Oversight NOAA Observing System Council OAR Assistant Administrator NOS Assistant Administrator Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology (JSOST) Interagency Working Group on Ocean Observations (IWGOO) NOAA IOOS Program Director Ocean.US IOOS Program IOOS DIF Project Management Program Operations Regional Coastal Component Guidance & Requirements Capacity & Capabilities Observations Data Management&Communications Modeling & Analysis Education Research Leveraging existing NOAA-wide capabilities
Function of Governance • Provide organizational structure that defines: • Membership • Decision-making processes • Dues • Fiscal agents • Bylaws • IOOS program office does not prescribe governance format--whatever works is good • RA is to be responsive to needs of stakeholders---different regions may have different needs for governance formality and complexity.
Scales of Governance Informal Formal Simplest MOA MOA 501(c)(3) 501(c)(3) Most Complex
Example 1: AOOS • Loose Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) • No membership classes • 9-25 directors sit on Board, representative of AOOS stakeholders • All signatories to MOA get board seat up to 25 members, then committee nominates candidates • Decisions made by majority vote of board • No dues • No bylaws established • No autonomous fiscal agent (AK SeaLife Center is agent)
Example 2: GCOOS • Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) • 3 signatory classes (for voting rights) • Voting: US orgs using/providing data or individual (w/ $2k or in kind contribution (data, time, products) • Non-voting • Associate: foreign entities/individuals • Up to 15 directors sit on Board • Voting parties pick board (3 year terms) • No dues (though, see voting class) • No internal fiscal agent. Works through fiscal partner to administer funding • MOA structured to avoid any additional bylaws
Example 3: MACOORA • Incorporated as 501(c)(3) • Non-individual members divided into 5 regions • 12-15 member board of directors w/ at least 1 per region • Voting members of MACOORA elect board • Dues: $500 annually to have voting share • Additional member grades being considered by not yet established • Internal fiscal agent • Bylaws adopted
Example 4: SECOORA • In process of incorporating as 501(c)(3) • 4 distinct classes of members w/ different voting privileges, product access, and costs (sustaining, institutional, individual, affiliate) • 15-25 member board of directors • 4 sustaining, 9 institutional, 3 industry, 3 academic • 3 agency/public/nonprofit, 5 at large (from member states) • Up to 6 public seats • Dues (to be tax-deductible) • Sustaining: $10k year • Institutional: $1k year • Individual: $500 year • Affiliate: $0 year • Internal fiscal agent • Adopted bylaws
