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Mapping the Colorado Basin Rou ndtable’s Water Policy Networks <br />9 <br />Section 4: Roles and Relationships within the Water Community <br />As already reported, we know a lot about the demographics of each respondent, such as their <br />gender, age, roundtable membership, etc. We also learned another type of information about <br />each respondent: how other respondents who took this survey perceive them. We asked <br />respondents to tell us who in the water community they: <br />Consider the most influential statewide; <br />Exchange information with; <br />Receive important information from; <br />Believe most share their goals; <br />Trust the most to keep their interests in mind, regardless of whether they share their <br />goals; and <br />Can depend on to follow through on a commitment. <br />Using the responses to these questions, we can explore how respondents view each other, as <br />well as who else in the water community is an important contact for them. There are many <br />ways to think about how the respondents view each other and other water stakeholders in the <br />community. Understanding how water stakeholders’ view each other will help to: <br />Identify groups of stakeholders with positive views of each other, likely to be <br />coordinating and partnering on water policy and management efforts together; <br />Identifying types of stakeholders who bridge between groups, who may help bring <br />different interests together; and <br />Identify types of stakeholders who are isolated from many others, suggesting where <br />more information and coordination is needed. <br />The discussion to follow examines the percepti ons of survey respondents using the following <br />groupings: <br />W CO R <br />: Members of the Colorado Basin Roundtable were the <br />ITHIN THE OUNDTABLE <br />original survey respondents and they were asked to report their perceptions of all other <br />members of the roundtable. <br />L O CO R <br />: Members of the Colorado Basin Roundtable <br />OOKING UTSIDE THE OUNDTABLE <br />were asked to identify water stakeholders outside their roundtable for each question and <br />report their perceptions of those stakeholders. Everyone identified was invited to take <br />the survey, and 68% of them responded. <br />O CO R <br />: The water stakeholders outside the Colorado Basin <br />UTSIDE THE OUNDTABLE <br />Roundtable who agreed to participate in the survey were asked to identify other water <br />stakeholders for each question and report their perceptions of these stakeholders. Many <br />of these respondents identified each other. <br />L CO R <br />: The water stakeholders outside the Colorado Basin <br />OOKING INTO THE OUNDTABLE <br />Roundtable who agreed to participate in the survey sometimes identified members of the <br />  <br />9 <br /> Details of the data in this section can be found in Appendix A, Tables A4.1 – A4.6. <br />Colorado Institute of Public Policy 31 of 64 <br />