GMDSS Task Force Meeting - 28 September 2011

press release

Friday, September 23, 2011

The U.S. Coast Guard's GMDSS Task Force will meet Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 9:00 am at the Sanibel Harbor Resort; Fort Myers, Florida, in connection with National Marine Electronics Association Annual Conference.

The agenda for that meeting can be downloaded at: http://rtcm.info/Tfag-69.doc
Information on the NMEA conference can be found here: http://www.nmea.org/content/2011_NMEA_Conference/2011_NMEA_Conference.asp

Contacts: Captain Jack Fuechsel / 703-527-0484 / gmdss@comcast.net

Meeting document archive: http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=gmdssTFMeetingSummary / See panel on the left side of the Web page for more links.

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