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<br />? <br /> T. Wright Dickinison: W hat been most encouraging to me is seeing the learning Jeris <br />talked about happening . This state can’t be driven from the top and is abhorrent to state <br />water planning – this is what they told me when I st arted – but what we lack is a way to <br />bring people together to understand the greater good. You can’t lead us, but if it is our <br />idea , it will work. The trick is to lead without pushing. I w ould hope the new state <br />administration would take time to see wha t’s working before making changes . It is the <br />responsibility of eve ryone here to bring the important things to this table to discuss. Are <br />the major players comfortable enough with this process to bring things to the table? With <br />the emergence of our new e nergy economy, think about what that does to the economics <br />of pumping on the Ogallala. High value corn could cause us to drain it dry. This is <br />where we can actually lead by showing the courage and foresight to use this forum to <br />bring things f orward. <br /> <br />Q uestion 3 a : Have we provided the right kind of educational materials and opportunities to the <br />roundtables? <br /> <br />? <br /> Rita Crumpton: The Public O utreach , P articipation , and Education Working Group have <br />Deleted: <br />has <br />talked at length about defining our audience. Is it the IBCC? Roundtables? Other state <br />agencies? Some don’t know we exist or what we do, or why we exist. We’ve begun <br />reaching out to those not included , and want to bring them in . Many organizations are <br />wondering where they can fit in to help this education effort. <br /> <br />? <br /> Steve Vandiver: R oundtables are taking the initiative to educate their own members, and <br />have been able to present information on water administration , etc. that impact people in <br />basin, but they didn’t know anything about. This has helped to c larify and correct what is <br />being said in the coffee shops, and the discussion with Roundtable members has been <br />beneficial. <br /> <br />Question 3b: How are needs assessment activities perceived? <br /> <br />? <br /> Marc Catlin: The Gunnison basin needs assessment committee has met, a nd will make <br />recommendations Monday night on how to spend our 1400 money. Looking at the SWSI <br />needs assessment, there is some information missing because small communities were <br />reluctant to participate. The SWSI staff has been very professional working w ith us, and <br />we would like to see that relationship continue. <br /> <br />? <br /> Ray Wright: The Rio Grande basin didn’t feel an extensive re - work of the SWSI needs <br />assessment was necessary. The 1400 money we’ve requested to this point will be used <br />for groundwater inves tigations needed to move forward with the primary objective of the <br />Rio Grande Roundtable, which is to address issues of sustainability within the basin. <br /> <br />? <br /> Stan Cazier: The biggest issue the Colorado Roundtable hopes to address in the needs <br />assessment is n on - consumptive use. This is a very big task. Our consumptive use <br />numbers are in SWSI. Headwaters impacts are always an issue, and the farther down you <br />go the harder it is to locate projects. <br /> <br />6 <br />