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Chairman Hamel concluded the subcommittee reports with a summary of the executive committee’s conclusions from their meeting that morning: We were reminded that all current officers of the Arkansas Basin Roun dtable are term limited in their present offices . Vice Chairman Fox volunteered to organize a nomination committee to propose a slate of officer for consideration at the October, 2007 meeting. The Chairman also indicated that the current leadership would b e lobbying for greater administrative support of the roundtable so that no member might be reluctant to stand for election as an officer. Second, he passed out a worksheet to all R oundtable members and guests asking each person to identify four Arkansas Ba sin water n eeds ( consumptive or non - consumptive ) apparent to them. The worksheet also asked for individuals to represent on a map of the Arkansas River drainage those areas they personally believed had common interests in consumptive or non - consu mptive wat er needs. The purpose of this exercise is to give our facilitator , Mary Lou Smith, at starting point for facilitating a dialogue between and among the roundtable members concerning the basin needs assessment. A substantial portion of the agenda for each of the next three meetings is proposed to focus on a facilitated conversation on that topic. 4. SB 179 Funding Request s Mr. Rick Brown of the Colorado Water Conservation Board staff gave an excellent presentation on the history of the WRA, the processin g of recent applications, the dynamics of the CWCB Directors as they considered those applications at their March, 2007 meeting and a vision of the wher e the process is heading next. He noted that expenditure of public funds mandates the delivery of a work pro duct available for public use. Many thoughtful questions were asked and Mr. Brown pro vided comprehensive responses. The application form is being revised in an effort to make it s completion more expeditious. Mr. Brown concluded his remarks by emphasizi ng the importance of the R oundtable’s approval of any request and the gravity with which the Directors of the CWCB respectfully regard that approval in their deliberations. 5. The next regular meeting will be May 9 , 2007 in Pueblo, Colorado at USC , wit h the entire th meeting focused on needs identification . The June 13 meeting will be held in Salida, with a portion of the meeting dedicated to presentations on the recreational , environmental and other non - consumptive uses of water in the basin plus a cont inuation of the facilitated dialogue. The meeting adjourned about 2:50 pm. Respectfully submitted, Gary Barber Recorder April 11, 2007 Minutes 2