{"id":33,"date":"2015-08-26T17:51:16","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T17:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/policy\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2020-09-22T18:38:08","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T18:38:08","slug":"esa-policy-section-business-meeting-august-6-2013","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/policy\/esa-policy-section\/annual-meeting\/esa-policy-section-business-meeting-august-6-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"ESA Policy Section Business Meeting: August 6, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Attendance:<\/strong> Emily Cloyd, Cliff Duke, Dan Evans, Ariana Sutton-Grier, Brian Wee<\/p>\n

Although we had only a small group of people who were able to make it to the Policy Section meeting (it was at 7 am, after all), there was a lot of discussion then and with many more section members during other portions of the Annual Meeting. There are great things happening and plans for what the section might do in the future.<\/p>\n

First, some successes from this year\u2019s annual meeting \u2013 and by no means is this list exhaustive! On Sunday, Rich Pouyat & Deborah Goldberg led a workshop aimed at graduate students and early career ecologists illustrating diverse career pathways; several section members participated as panelists and as attendees. On Monday, Nadine Lymn led a workshop on revising ESA\u2019s An Ecologist\u2019s Guidebook to Policy Engagement<\/a>; if you have comments or suggestions on the handbook or are interested in helping with the revision, please contact Nadine (nadine@esa.org<\/a>). Also on Monday, Alexis Erwin, Emilie Stander, and Joanna Bernhardt organized a symposium on \u201cThe Ecology-Policy Interface: Perspectives on Student Engagement\u201d. And Monday finished with a celebration of 30 years of ESA Public Affairs. Wednesday included two Ignite sessions focusing on policy \u2013 \u201cDemystifying Science Communication, Policy, and Decision-making: Experiences of Scientist-practitioners\u201d, organized by Mari-Vaughn Johnson and Faith Kearns, and \u201cThe Endangered Species Act Turns 40: Lessons Learned for Conservation of Threatened and Endangered Species in the United States\u201d, organized by Dan Evans and Terence Houston.<\/p>\n

During the section meeting and in some conversations afterward, we started to outline some potential activities for the Policy Section over the next year and at next year\u2019s Annual Meeting. See below, and stay tuned for more on these activities!<\/p>\n

Mixer (likely DC-based) for policy-minded folks in the DC area, organized in concert with AAAS, ESA, and others. For more information, email Rich Pouyat (rpouyat@fs.fed.us<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Webinar focusing on how to give public comment (and how to find out about when public comment is being accepted). For more information, email Alexis Erwin (ace24@cornell.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Liaison from the Student Section: The new liaison to the Policy Section from the Student Section is Caitlin MacKenzie. If you or your students are interested in learning more about how the Student Section works with the Policy Section, you can get in touch with Caitlin (mackenz@bu.edu<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Web-based communications: The section can have some space on the ESA website \u2013 once we have elections, the Chair and Secretary can look into this further. Another idea discussed during the meeting was starting a LinkedIn group for section members.<\/p>\n

Activities at next year\u2019s Annual Meeting \u2013 During the meeting, several ideas for sessions were thrown into the ring. These include:<\/p>\n