Conference Approval Process Flow Chart

SOCIETY ACTIONS
LOC ACTIONS
LINKS TO EXAMPLES
YEARS BEFORE CONFERENCE
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DESIRE TO HOST A CONFERENCE oceansconference.org
CONTACT RECON CHAIR BY EMAIL Email RECON
RECON ADVISE REFER TO OCEANS CONFERENCE MANUAL OCOP Manual
RECON ADVISE LOC SUBMITS LTR OF INTENT & PRE-SURVEY INFORMATIO Sample Letter of Intent 6
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RECON APPROVES*
PCO PARTICIPATION

HOTEL CONTRACTS

RECON CONDUCTS

SITE VISIT

RECON APPROVES*
RECON ADVISE

PCO ASSIST

LOC PRESENTS PRELIM. CONFERENCE PLAN TO RECON AT OCEANS CONFERENCE Sample Preliminary Conference Plan 5
RECON APPROVES*
LOC PREPARES FINAL CONFERENCE PLAN
Sample Final Conference Plan 4
RECON APPROVES*
LOC PRESENTS CONFERENCE PLAN TO SOCIETIES AT OCEANS
SOCIETIES APPROVE*
SIGN MOA, COI, LTR TO GEN. CHAIR, APPOINT LIAISON
Sample Letter to Chair

Sample MOA

IEEE required forms

MTS Conflict of Interest form

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SOCIETIES PROVIDE
SUBMIT BUDGET TO RECON AND JOAB
OCEANS’13 San Diego Draft Budget
Summary | Income | Expenses | Social Functions
BUDGET APPROVED*
JOAB GUIDANCE

PCO SUPPORT

SEED MONEY

FORMALIZE LOC

WEB TOOLS TRAINING

OPEN BANK ACCOUNT

POPULATE WEBSITE

INITIATE PUBLICITY

HAVE FUN 3
*NOTE: RECON AND SOCIETY APPROVALS ARE NECESSARY TO MOVE TO NEXT PHASE AS INDICATED ABOVE.