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Arkansas Basin Roundtable Meeting of January 10, 2007 Meeting Notes 1. Roundtable Business Chairman Hamel convened the meeting , asking each person to introduce themselves and their affiliation. T he minutes of November 8, 2006 were approved by voice vot e. Chairman Hamel described his activities regarding membership and participation since the last meeting. As discussed and agreed in November, letters and phone call were sent to any member who might be considered “inactive” based on the attendance reco rds reviewed at the November meeting. Some member s asked to be replaced, others committed to better attendance and some were non - responsive. The result of Chairman Hamel’s effort is that 46 members remain active, with several entities in the process of re placing their representative. The group then discussed the agenda, which included consideration of a bylaw amendment. To consider the amendment, a super quorum of 75%, or 34 members, is required. After some dialogue, Mike Stiehl observed that 34 members were present, this count being affirmed by other roundtable members as well. The Chairman declared that a quorum was established for consideration of a bylaw amendment. Jay Winner requested that LAVWCD’s two items be removed from the agenda and schedu led for February. 2. IBCC Reports Jeris Danielson and Wayne Vanderschuere reported that the IBCC had not met during the holidays. Eric Hecox reported that Harris Sherman had been appointed Director of Natural Resources and, for the time being, the posi tion of Director of Interbasin Compact Negotiations would remain open, filled by Director Sherman in a similar fashion to Russ George. 3. Subcommittee Reports A. Bylaw s subcommittee. Chairman Hamel introduced Mary Lou Smith of Aqua Engineering, who is contracted with the IBCC to provide facilitation to roundtables upon request. Ms. Smith spent a little time describing consensus, what it means and what it doesn’t mean. She then introduced the bylaw amendment and facilitated a discussion of its merits, drawing out individual member’s concerns. To amend the bylaws, a 67 % supermajority of roundtable members present is required for approval, in this case 23 ayes. Tom Verquer moved approval of the amendment, Jay Winner seconded the motion. By show of hand s, 28 voted aye and the bylaws were amended. A table summarizing many of the elements of the current bylaws is attached. B. Groundwater Subcommittee. Committee members were polled to determine the best time for a conference call to review the draft SB - 193 report with the vendor and CWCB project rd manager . The time was set as 10:00 am, January 23 , call - in information to be provided by e - mail. The report is due to the General Assembly by March 1, 2007. C. Transfers Guideline Subcommittee. No report.