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MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PAMPA-WHITE ROUNDTABLE HELD IN STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, MAY ?? ZOOS Chairman, Tom Sharp call the meeting to order. Introductions were made. The minutes from April 16, 2008 were amended and approved. Tom Sharp led a discussion of amending the bylaws, replacing seat 4 currently designated for a Garfield County representative to a Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District representative. Also, changing the fifth sentence of the first paragraph of Section 2 to "Paragraphs 21 through 27" to include the Green River Basin seat. There was a motion and a second to make those changes and it passed unanimously. Paul Strong detailed the seats whose terms had expired. Kent Vertrees was the only applicant for the Recreation At-Large seat, Forrest Luke was the only applicant for the Industrial At-Large seat, and T. Wright Dickinson was the only applicant for the Green River Basin seat. Tonic Folks and Bill Haffner were the only applicants for the non- voting outside owner seats. A motion and second was made to appoint those five to their respective seats. Stephen Colby and Philo Shelton had applied for the Local Domestic Water Provider At-Large seat. A vote was taken and Stephen Colby was elected to that seat. -- The applicants for the five At-Large seats were, Mike Camblin, Jeff Comstock, Ren Martyn, Elizabeth Black, Jon Hill, Bruce Lindahl, Jaclyn Karolewski, Philo Shelton, Sarah Claasen, Claire Sollars and Christy Belton. The applicants who were present were given a chance to speak. Voting occurred and Mike Camblin, Jeff Comstock, Jon Hill, Bruce Lindahl and Ren Martyn were elected to those seats. A discussion was held regarding the proposal from three East Slope Roundtables for a j Dint meeting with the West Slope Roundtables. The majority of members favored talking with the other round tables but concerns were expressed regarding expectations and format. Tom Sharp suggested a smaller subcommittee similar to what occurred between the Yampa/White and South Platte Roundtables. A motion was made and seconded that the Yampa/White Round Table will suggest that each roundtable appoint a subcommittee to discuss at a meeting with the East Slope Roundtables the issues in their letter. Additionally, the subcommittees will undertake a "visioning" exercise similar to the recent IBCC discussions. The motion passed unanimously. The South Platte Roundtable sent a letter inviting us on a tour of the South Platte basin. Tom Sharp encouraged Yampa/White members to attend the tour as it is very educational. Discussion about putting on a tour of the Yampa/ White basin culminated in a motion to respond favorably to the letter and invite them on a Yampa/White tour. The motion passed unanimously with Jeff Comstock, Geoff Blakeslee and Kevin McBride to coordinate the tour.