CZ07 pt. 2

Well, its getting late for east coast time and its high time I go to sleep but wanted to jot down some notes before hitting the hay. This afternoon I went to the conference center and registered and then ducked into the Surfrider Foundation meeting that was going on. I arrived a bit late and couldn't stay too long but it was nice to be among surfers and like minds again. I'm guessing there'll be alot of that feeling this weekend. On the way out I also ran into Don Robadue from the Coastal Resources Center @ URI, and my old stomping grounds. It was good to see him as well, even if most of what he works on goes right over my head, he's a neat guy and always into some interesting project or another. If i get the chance I'm definitely going to try and pick his brain for ideas and impressions on Coastopolis. There are more than a few "public outreach" sessions at the conference this year, and I'm also thinking that it may prove beneficial to attend a few of these as well, seeing as how thats kind of the whole point of the site, making it easier for stakeholders to connect and enabling wiser choices to bubble up through the power of the web and networks. I spent some time tinkering tonight and might have a sort of customer survey up soon so I can get some feed back from people that I meet at the conference. I know that I'm in way over my head on this thing but seeing familiar faces today and getting a taste of that enthusiasm made it seem like so long as I gave it my best shot my efforts wouldn't be a total waste.