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Arkansas Basin Roundtable Meeting of March 8, 2006 Meeting Notes The meeting notes attempt to follow the agenda. 1. Chairman Hamel was excused from attending the meeting due to a prior commitment. Temporary Recorder Barber opened the meeting with intro ductions. The meeting notes of February 8, 2006 were corrected, the Rotating Crop Management Bill is HB 1124, not HB 1142 as shown. 38 voting members of the 51 seated members of the Roundtable were present, a 75% attendance, and a quorum was established . A 50% majority was determined to be 20 votes, a 67% majority to be 25 votes. 2. . The IBCC Representative, Mr. Danielson reported on the IBCC meeting of March 3, 2006. He indicated that the Charter would be reviewed by the Committee on March 24, avail able on the web on March 27, 2006 in order to be submitted to the General Assembly by April 1, 2006, the latest possible date to receive consideration in this session. Representative Curry, the Chairwoman of the House Agriculture Committee, has agreed to carry the bill. The IBCC discussion of consensus was important, with a back - up procedure of a 2/3rd majority able to call for a vote that requires a 2/3rds majority for passage of an item. rd Mr. Vanderschuere reported that he was excused from attending the March 3 meeting, but th emphasized the importance of feedback from the roundtable prior to the March 24 meeting, which he will attend. Ms. Jane Rawlings attended a portion of the meeting and emphasized in her report the importance of alternates and pro xies to keep the IBCC process moving forward. Mr. Dennis Smith also attended the meeting and was favorably impressed. He complimented our Representative Danielson and the work he is doing on behalf of the Arkansas Basin Roundtable. 3. Mr. Eric Hecox pr esented information on the Vision of the Roundtable Process and possible agenda items for 2006. He highlighted the requirements of the Act, particularly the Basin Wide Water Needs Assessment, and shared his experience from the time he has spent at roundta bles across the State. His hand - out also included Services available from the Department of Natural Resources and the CSU Cooperative Extension. Mr. Hecox shared research he had done into similar processes that had succeeded and failed in other parts o f the country. Finally, he emphasized that, following completion of the administrative process required by the Act, there is no timetable for the work of the roundtable. Each roundtable can organize itself and its work to serve the interests of the basin . Following Mr. Hecox’s remarks, a lively discussion ensued. Eventually, eleven (11) ideas were posted for discussion by the group of ways to organize the agenda and roundtable meetings. Rather than organize the next meeting around specific topics, the group was inclined to invest meeting time in small group discussions with two (2) goals: a) To get to know one another better and hopefully begin to build trust, and; b) To generate topics for consideration and perhaps set