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<br />-2 <br /> <br />~~ <br />~~ <br />~f~ <br />';{<.". <br /> <br />r~ <br />~}i~ <br />I <br /> <br />002922 <br /> <br />comments and suggestions. In. addition, we have 1Il/ldea critical review of <br /> <br />our own work. Based on the entire review process, we ha~e undertaken <br /> <br />additional work~~the results of which we will share with you at this <br />meeting. <br />Preparation for these meetings has been based on the assumption that <br />each participant has done his homework--specifically that he has read the <br />report carefully. Hence, we do not propose to repeat what has already. <br /> <br />been said. Your written comments seem to convey a favorable impression <br /> <br />with regard to statements of concept and method. Yet, it is clear that a <br /> <br />number of points require.elaboration and clarification. A number of <br /> <br />reviewers have pointed out that the agricultural projection methodology <br />is not sufficiently explicit. <br />The points to be covered by our statement include the following: <br />(a) A brief review of the objective and conceptual basis for our projections <br />program; (b) a resume of the 1Il/ljor components of the. agricultural-land use , <br />projection system, including a discussion of the geographic transformation <br />programs that are so essential in providing materials in a form considered <br />to be most useful in the planning process; and (c) a summation of the work. <br />that has been completed since the draft OBERS report was issued... These <br />statements are intended to be responsive to a substantial number of specific <br /> <br /> <br />questions that have been raised. <br /> <br /> <br />The Objective. of the ERS Work <br /> <br />and It's Conceptual Orientation <br /> <br /> <br />In broad perspective the objective of the,projections program, a goal <br /> <br /> <br />that we. share with OBE and the Water Resources Council, is to provide an <br /> <br /> <br />improved economic foundation to und~~gird pUblic efforts. in the preparation <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />l:~-~;j...., <br />(fl.~{~ <br />~.,~Jf~~- <br />7~~.>::s.~"" <br />n"m <br /> <br />i <br />~~f:}~{~ <br />~q:~~1 <br />. :;-~;:" ~"- <br />~~t~~"-~~' ; <br />.,' ..-'z.; <br />~~~~f:~~ <br />;-:*;:.;;.::.... <br />~~.':_;:~~:":A <br /> <br />l.;'.Y-:~:_'- <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />i'"._~fAlfill~.J~4l:~~~fli <br />