IBCC Meeting Notes March 3rd

• Title: Meeting Notes
• Date: 3/3/2006
• Interbasin CC - Doc Type: Meeting Notes

D R A F T
for creative solutions. The group decided to remove text at the beginning of the third
paragraph in this section, and reorganize the remaining text.

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Technical support – Members felt that this section duplicated text in the charter, and
opted to remove it in its enti rety.

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Observers and public participation in IBCC meetings – After discussion, the group chose
to allow participation by observers at the discretion of the Director of Compact
Negotiations.

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Attendance – All members of the IBCC agreed that regular attendanc e by members was
critical for the functioning and success of the Committee , and emphasized that members
should attend as many meetings as possible in order to build and preserve working
relationships, keep up to speed on issues discussed and allow for adeq uate representation
so that decisions could be made.

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Alternates – IBCC members discussed whether alternate members should be allowed and
the merits and problems of using alternates. Some m embers raised the issue that a
number of basin roundtable bylaws al low for alternates and describe how alternative
representatives to the IBCC will be selected . Other roundtable bylaws do not allow for
alternates. The group came to general agreement that the individual roundtable bylaws
should govern alternates for roun dtable representatives to the IBCC , and discussed legal
issues concerning the use of alternates for appointments made by the governor or by
legislative committee chairpersons. It was generally agreed that these latter appointees
would not have alternates.

Members talked over use of proxies as a possible means to ensure representation during
decision making for absent representatives . A proxy system might allow members to
express their views to the Director of Compact Negotiations, who would convey them to
the IBCC when it was in session. IBCC members decided to table the issue until the
group came to agreement on a decision making process.

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Participation in IBCC meetings by telephone. After discussion on participation by
telephone, the group agreed o n wording which appears in the revised draft, allowing
participation by telephone in emergencies or at the discretion of the Director.

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Communications with the media – One concern raised in comments received prior to the
meeting centered on characterizatio n of others’ views to the press. After discussion, the
group agreed that the spirit of the text was in keeping with general principals of accepted
conduct, and decided to move forward with no edits.

Committee Expectations for Meeting Notes

Chris Moore stated that the facilitation team plans to continue preparing meeting notes –
summaries of major discussion points, instead of exact records of statements – as the process of
charter and bylaws review continues. He sought comments on notes prepared for t he first IBCC
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