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<br />While the number of roundtable members will differ between the roundtables, the <br />primary purpose will not differ. This purpose is the development and discussion of water <br />issues within the basin and the state, and potential solutions to these issues. Each <br />roundtable will reflect the uniqueness of each basin. <br /> <br />To facilitate conversations between basins, and to address a global, statewide view, the <br />legislation also creates a statewide Interbasin Compact Committee. This 27-member <br />committee will be built out of the basin roundtables and will bring the issues of each <br />roundtable to the statewide discussion. <br /> <br />The Director of Compact Negotiations will chair the Interbasin Compact Committee and <br />will work to ensure that this process is moving forward at an appropriate pace toward <br />decision-making. <br /> <br />I am honored that the Governor has appointed me as the director. He and I have worked <br />closely to build this concept into the reality it is today. I look forward to his full support <br />as we begin bringing people together to develop a brighter water future. <br /> <br />The many localized examples of cooperation on water lead us to believe that we can <br />build upon these efforts to create better relationships statewide. To foster real world <br />solutions out of these relationships is the challenge we will meet. <br /> <br />The Statewide Water Supply Initiative has provided us with a wealth of important <br />information. This data will be used to help the roundtables identify needs within basins <br />and to create a scientific standard from which we will accomplish our work. The <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board will play an integral role in the success of this <br />effort. Each member of CWCB serves as official liaison between the members' home <br />basin roundtable and CWCB. The continued SWSI program will add new information in <br />the coming years. As this new detail is developed, it will be provided to the roundtables <br />to help ensure that we are making rational decisions based upon the best available <br />information, without being duplicative. <br /> <br />The Interbasin Compact process will no doubt be cumbersome at first. We are asking <br />many different and varied interests to come to the table together. Just the number of <br />participants is daunting-but the large numbers are necessary if we are to bring all parties <br />and interests together. <br /> <br />My hopes for the success of the Interbasin Compact process are bolstered on a daily basis <br />through conversations with people who share our vision of cooperation and collaboration. <br />Because this effort is designed as a purely voluntary process, we will need to create tmst <br />and goodwill between the participants. The conversations I have had lead me to believe <br />that people are willing and ready to try this new and historic approach. <br /> <br />With the Interbasin Compacts process, we are walking a trail on which we have not been <br />before. Many have asked what I see as the result of this process. My answer is simple. I <br /> <br />2 <br />