The SOCCR Coordinating Team has attempted to design the SOCCR to be useful for policy makers, scientists, business groups, environmental and related public interest groups. To supplement and complement the governmental and scientific review process, we are seeking comments and suggestions from all of these stakeholders.
Several stakeholders participated in our First Stakeholders' Workshop in Arlington, VA, where we worked together to create a structure for the SOCCR that would present the information in the most useful format. After further public comment and revision, an interdisciplinary team of lead and contributing authors from public and private institutions was recruited and began work on creating the first draft of the SOCCR.
A workshop was convened to assist in reviewing and improving an early version of the first draft of the SOCCR and to provide Stakeholder input and feedback on this draft directly to the authors involved. The joint stakeholder/author portion of the workshop was held in Alexandria, Va., on Monday, October 24, 2005. A separate session for the authors of the report was held on Tuesday, October 25.
