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BYLAWS FOR THE NORTH PLATTE BASIN ROUNDTABLE Ratified April 4 , 2 006 PREAMBLE In Colorado, water is among the state’s most important issues. The ability to successfully address the challenges and opportunities related to water requires a basin - driven, c ollaborative approach. To facilitate continued discussions within and between basins on water management issues, and to encourage locally driven collaborative st solutions to water supply challenges, the Colorado Water for the 21 Century Act created nine p ermanent basin roundtables. These roundtables include the following: (1) South Platte Basin; (2) Arkansas Basin; (3) Rio Grande Basin; (4) Gunnison Basin; (5) Colorado Basin; (6) Yampa - White area; (7) Dolores, San Miguel, and San Juan Basins; (8) Metro ar ea; and (9) North Platte Basin . In the eyes of many stakeholders, the legitimacy of a roundtable organization can be measured against the ideal of a participatory democracy. Legitimacy requires that anyone potentially affected by the actions of a roundta ble should have an opportunity to participate or, at a minimum, each affected group of stakeholders should have a like - minded representative participating as a member of the roundtable organization. Only by st working together can Colorado’s 21 century wat er issues be resolved. ARTICLE I NAME AND PURPOSE/MISSION Section 1. Name . The name of the organization shall be the North Platte Basin th Roundtable , (the “Roundtable”), with its principal office located at 404 4 Street; Walden, CO 80480; Jackson C ounty. Section 2. Purpose/Mission . The purpose/mission of the Roundtable is to support and advocate cooperative efforts to coordinate and facilitate the appropriate use of the waters of the North Platte and to develop long - term solutions to intra - bas in water needs, and collaborate with other Roundtables to find solu tions to inter - basin water issu es. ARTICLE II GOALS AND OBJECTIVES Improve communications by providing a forum to facilitate the coordination of decisions made among affected landowners, holder s of water rights recognized as private usufructuary property right s, concerned citizens and representatives of local, state and federal agencies. Facilitate cooperation and the voluntary exchange of information in order to identify and address intr a - basin and inter - basin water concerns in a proactive manner.