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- Understand the over - appropriated nature of the Arkansas and South Platte river basins, <br />develop Colorado’s remaining Colorado River Compact entitlement (Colorado water <br />going to California) and mitigation of Colorado basin trans fers <br />- Augmentation of wells for agriculture <br />- On a macro level: Keep every drop of Colorado’s water in Colorado; on a micro level: <br />Understand that water rights are property rights, therefore, study the economic impacts of <br />transfers <br />- Within a capitalist society, how to effect water transfers without a constraint of property <br />rights <br />- The impact and importance of Ft. Carson within the Arkansas basin and to the nation as <br />a whole <br />- Small communities and their needs <br />- Quality of life as it equates to water and water quality as that results in economic vitality <br />- Recognition of the importance of out - of - basin imports to the flow of the Arkansas River <br />- Non - renewable nature of groundwater as a domestic water supply in some parts of the <br />basin <br /> <br />2. The By - laws commit tee briefed the roundtable on its activities. Mr. Dennis Smith presented <br />the preamble and mission statement portion of the by - laws. The by - law committee offered the <br />concept of Honor the work of the subcommittees. This means that all roundtable members a re <br />welcome to participate in subcommittee work but when a subcommittee presents the product of <br />its work, roundtable members should not offer specific, detailed editorial comments. If any <br />roundtable member disagrees with the work product, rather that simpl y state their criticism, that <br />individual should propose an alternative and persuade the roundtable of the merits of that <br />alternative versus the work product as presented. <br /> <br />The by - law committee suggested that approval of by - laws or amendments would require a <br />quorum of 3/4ths of the voting members and approval by a 2/3rds majority. Mr. Barber presented <br />the proffered selection method for IBCC representatives as drafted in the by - laws. Chairman <br />Hamel declared a quorum existed. He called the question for appr oval of the by - laws as then <br />completed. The vote in favor was 36 and the by - laws were deemed approved, with the <br />understanding that many more sections remained for completion. The next by - law subcommittee <br />meeting is January 6, 2006, 1:00 pm at the Pueblo B oard of Water Works offices. <br /> <br />3. Mr. Hamel transferred facilitation of the meeting to Mr. Eric Hecox for the selection of two <br />(2) IBCC representatives. The concept of an alternate was discussed by the by - law committee but <br />the conclusion was that the IBCC roundtable would be the body that determined the status of <br />alternates to its board. A discussion concerning water rights ownership concluded that only one <br />of the candidates offering themselves did not own a water right, as that definition currently exist s <br />within the Arkansas basin roundtable, therefore the statutory requirement that one (1) <br />representative must own a water right would be satisfied. <br /> <br />The candidates were: Mr. Dennis Smith, Mr. Alan Hamel, Mr. Dan Henrichs, Mr. Jeris Danielson, <br />Mr. Tim Glenn and Ms. Jane Rawlings. Each candidate was afforded five (5) minutes to offer <br />their qualifications for the post, followed by an opportunity for questions and answers by <br />