The President of the Union has been kind enough to invite the Section Presidents to use this page of EOS to present his ideas on how the Union can continue to serve the membership effectively‐particularly from each Section's viewpoint. As President of the Section of Oceanography, I am pleased to respond to the invitation. Oceanography, perhaps more so than other sections has some ideas that I feel need discussion in a forum such as this in order to provide feedback from the broad membership of AGU. Some of the ideas I will discuss have been around for some time, others are more recent and result from changes taking place in the world around u