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and we should let committees appoint people to work with ED in this regard. We need to try to • find a way to pull the GC out of day-to-day operations to make this work, but also ensure that the GC has adequate opportunity to provide the input you want. Purcell said Barels might have hit on something with suggesting FC involvement in polishing the "straw man" policy. DeMott said that the FC represents those that are putting up the money for the Program. Luecke said one of the things that concerns him is that history suggests the GC just can't help itself, so we must give some authority and discretion to the ED to do necessary work. Kowalski said he agreed with many of the previous comments. His concern is about thresholds. By signing the Program, everyone signed a contract that we will all pay attention to everyone's laws. Kowalski said Colorado's thresholds are much different than this proposal, so he was trying to grapple what it means for acknowledging each other's state and federal laws. Purcell said to a certain extent, as long as it is part of the deal we signed on to, Wyoming's procurement laws are somewhat second fiddle to the Program. Kowalski said it is part of the Program Document to acknowledge everyone's laws. He said he appreciated the definition of local sources and as long as it's defined as within the basin that will be appropriate. He said we need to provide justification for deviation from this process in writing, provide more details on the difference between bids and proposals, and more details on how panels for review will be assembled and how proposal rankings will be done. Mike Ryan said he visited with the Bureau's contracting officer. He said he shared the draft policy with him and he noted it was a good start. He commented that some of the thresholds are too restrictive and some areas like full and open competition are not restrictive enough. He also raised the issue that "costs plus" contracts are risky to get into, and that we need to address the topic of construction. Ryan said the Bureau's • contracting officer offered to sit down with Kenny and John Lawson and walk through the draft policy. Purcell said Kenny would re-draft policy based on the comments today, submit the policy to the FC, and work with them to finalize the policy. October 10, 2007 Purcell called the meeting to order. ? ISAC Selection Panel Kowalski said Colorado would be more comfortable if the GC would name the Selection Panel today so we know who will be bringing us names for the ISAC. Colorado recommends Felipe Chavez-Ramirez, Jim Jenniges, Mark Czaplewski, Kevin Urie, Don Anderson, and Mike Drain. Dan Luecke asked about the issue of appointing a senior scientist from outside the group. Kowalski said Scott McBain is a good idea for that spot. Luecke said we need someone that knows something about the Platte River and/or cranes but that is outside of the group. Barels wondered if the scope of work gets to the relationship of ISAC with the Program. Kowalski said Felipe is on the GC and would be able to provide that link. He hopes that the ISAC will review the AMP. Purcell said it is hard to develop a scope of work for 13 years and that he thought ISAC involvement is going to be on a case-by-case basis. He said he hopes that the Selection Panel would pick the ISAC with a broad base that will address each aspect of the Program that we are going to face. This document is a draft based on one person's notes of the meering. The official meeting minutes may be different if corrections are made by the Governance Committee before approval. Page 7 of 10