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January 10, 2013 Dear Applicant: Thank you for your interest in serving as a representative on the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council. Enclosed, please find an application form, the Advisory Council Charter and Protocols, and general information about the Sanctuary. The Advisory Council was established by the Secretary of Commerce to: Help strengthen and provide support for the growth of the Sanctuary;
The Advisory council's' twenty voting members represent a variety of local user groups, the general public, and eight local, state and federal government jurisdictions . In addition, the respective managers for the California National Marine Sanctuaries (Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, and the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary), the National Marine Fisheries Service, the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, and the United States Coast Guard sit as non-voting members. Members are appointed competitively by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Candidates selected for these seats should expect to serve until February 2016. Advisory council representatives are expected to attend full advisory council meetings held every other month, excluding June, in full-day open sessions located at various locations along the Sanctuary's 276-mile shoreline. Individual members may also participate in working groups, subcommittees, or special task forces. The White House has requested that Executive Branch Agencies adopt additional vetting responsibilities for boards, commissions, advisory committees, and related entities. Specifically, if an individual candidate has been a federally registered lobbyist in the two-year period before their appointment date, they may not be a member of a board, commission, or advisory committee. Your completed application, addressing all of the eight elements in the application guidelines, must be received at our office no later than Friday, February15, 2013. Please send or fax an application to: If you have any questions, please contact Jacqueline Sommers at (831) 647-4206. Thank you for your interest in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Sincerely, Paul Michel Superintendent Downloads:
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