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Eric Hecox has asked me to talk to you this evening about <br />three things: <br />1) The facilitated session and what it could include—how it <br />might be structured. <br />2) Opportunity to explore South Platte beliefs and values by <br />use of the same methodology used in SWSI phase one <br />3) Some concepts or decision making approaches which will help <br />you move beyond polarized positions and find creative win- <br />win solutions. <br />Let me talk first about the SWSI exercise. <br />SWSI Objectives <br />Many of you have heard about it and maybe even participated in it. <br />Basically, a set of water management objectives were derived by <br />participation of all the roundtables. The objectives ranged from <br />“Sustainably meet municipal and industrial demands” and <br />“sustainably meet agricultural demands” to “provide for <br />environmental enhancement” and “enhance recreational <br />opportunities.” There are nine objectives all together. Then, each <br />member of each roundtable was asked to complete an exercise in <br />which they gave varying weights to each of these objectives <br />based on their own personal preferences. A method called Pair- <br />wise comparison was used. The idea behind this exercise is very <br />similar to that of Dr. Kathlene’s Q-Sort. The survey showed <br />overlap in various groups’ preferences for various objectives or <br />values. It is this overlap which the SWSI 2 technical roundtables <br />are using as they look at possible water supply alternatives. It is <br />my understanding that Rick Brown and Sue Morea with SWSI <br />want to bring that opportunity to the South Platte Roundtable <br />this summer. To give you the opportunity to rank objectives, and <br />then, to use that ranking to help you evaluate various water supply <br />alternatives brought forward for your consideration by the SWSI <br />