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2.3. Process Development <br />• In general, the process that GURU II developed and followed during its deliberations <br />approximated a classic problem solving model, with some adaptations designed to meet the specific <br />requirements of the GURU II objectives. <br />2.3.1. Initial Steps. As a first step in the process the GURU II participants developed a set of <br />groundrules or operating procedures that were observed and policed by the group and the <br />facilitators during all meetings. The GURU II groundrules were: <br />(1) Principals only (no substitutes) <br />(2) Attend all meetings <br />(3) Be candid. Be tough on the issues and easy on the people. <br />(4) Don't "recycle" conflicts <br />(5) One participant speaks at a time. Others listen. <br />(6) No recording machines and no telephone intemaptions <br />As GURU II's deliberations unfolded, the group added an additional groundrule under <br />• which participants would communicate as early as possible on emerging and important issues to <br />enhance trust and diffuse conflict. Specifically, the group agreed that important issues would be <br />surfaced at GURU II meetings or directly with group members before any reactive steps were <br />initiated. <br />An initial survey of participant expectations was informally conducted to assure that there <br />was agreement on the desired outcomes and purpose of GURU II. This also permitted the <br />facilitators to design agendas that would achieve the group's desired outcomes. <br />Another initial process step was to re-acknowledge the premises for the RIP as the recovery <br />of the endangered fishes while water development in the Upper Colorado River Basin proceeds. <br />That ideal vision was predicated upon the GURU II's understanding that an agreement would <br />require a timely balancing of the competing claims of endangered fish species and other users of <br />the Colorado and Yampa river waters. Some GURU II participants ultimately referred in short <br />• 2-3 <br />