Meeting Minutes Oct. 29, 2007 Draft

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ROUGH DRAFT 12/2/07 River Protection Workgroup Steering Committee Minutes October 29, 2007 In attendance were: Linda Bassi (by phone), Scott Brinton, Steve Fearn, Ann Oliver, Janice Sheftel, Mark Stiles, John Taylor, Chuck Wanner, Bruce Whitehead, and Facilitator Marsha Porter-Norton. 1. The Committee reviewed and corrected the minutes for October 1 and October 12. 2. The Committee reviewed Marsha's draft of 10/29/07, attached, for the conduct of the Community Process, as discussed below. 3. Participants in the Community process need to be able to get their points heard; and need to know what happens to their input,what the next steps will be, and what will be the end of the process. The process should not draw lines,but create conditions for a community dialogue/forum. Key participants may be implementers of community decisions, which could range from the issue as a non-starter to enough coalescing interest to pursue protection under WS&R Act. Decisions are to be made by consensus or negotiations about potential actions The Steering Committee needs to decide the role of the Steering Committee in the Community process. • Committee take active role to facilitate process • If Committee members sense interest in an action, need to take leadership role,but shoulder to shoulder, not out front • Public is not there to help us. Not expect public to do something for us. Committee members are there to help the public • Committee to recognize issues/potential. Help drive the process. Provide forum to jump start decision making • Committee members need to help organize/coalesce thoughts - serve as collective facilitator • Committee is to foster the process, not prejudge where the process will go • Committee is to serve as catalyst to help provide framework for community discussion of the streams identified • Committee members need to play role as guides since they have spent two years discussing. Need to be humble • Committee just catalyze discussion. Group identify different ideas with broad support. Narrow ideas get tempered • Statement of purpose- Committee's role is not to take testimony and then decide • If Committee member at table,help to lead from within group What are possible outcomes? How would they work? Can't decide now. Product needs to be 1