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0 -3- 2- Many of the recent problems with this organization's dissatisfaction as to role and accomplishments is that the Council has no way to successfully cope with continuity or follow-through. CRWC business automatically falls to every agencies' lowest business priority.. . Directors, Technical representatives, committee chairman or the secretary have not been able to follow through on any issue because of their normal professional workload. Council and technical members only rarely accomplish their normal other workloads, and can't do anything but swipe at a Council item before another professional assignment consumes their attention. Therefore, the Council business is done in fits and starts. The Council needs someone who can devote the necessary time to be in constant contact with committee chairmen; handle and transmit developing issues; make sure the directors get in touch with each other and follow-up; coordinate with secretaries of WAFWA, Water Users, American Fisheries Society and federal cooperators; get correspondence out in a timely manner throughout the year; be available to represent the directors at other CRWC meetings and perhaps other organizations' meetings; act as a clearinghouse for inter-organization business and timely dissemination of intra-business; and get exposure in press and other conservation fields. The special committee recommends a single-purpose secretary, probably paid on an hourly rate, so that Council duties could be separated from professional agency duties. Addition of a part-time paid secretary to accomplish the job objectives delineated above, when super-imposed on the present operations of the Council, could be expected to raise annual costs to approximately $13,000-$17,000. If the Council wishes to further consider this approach, more detailed estimates of time and costs should be developed. Following Mr. Stone's report and discussion, the Council took the following actions with unanimous consensus. a. Continue consideration of becoming an appropriate part of the Colorado River Water Users Association to meet with them and become the spokes organization for wildlife along the river. L B b. Establish a contract with Rod Stone to: 1) acquire information on the Colorado River Water Users organization - its funding, membership, table of organization, subcommittee structure and objectives - with the objective of looking at CRWC becoming an appropriate conjunctive of the association; 2) obtain the necessary detail to expand a preliminary budget for a paid CRWC secretary; 3) continue to investigate possible other sources of financial support for CRWC, utilizing a paid secretary; 4) identify current and potential significant wildlife issues effecting each or all of the seven basin states and/or which the Colorado River Water Users organization may have on their agenda. r