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NED Executive Summit

October 2, 2007
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Ambridge Event Center
300 NE Multnomah St (directions [80k PDF] or GoogleMap)
Portland, Oregon

Materials

• Cover letter (140k PDF)
• Summit focus (390k PDF)
• Briefing paper: Issues and options (40k PDF)
• Business case: Examples of benefits and cost avoidance (690k PDF)

Agenda

8:30 – Welcome (Barry Thom, Tom Karier, John Stein – Executive Leads)

8:45 – Introductions, Agenda, Objectives, and Background Materials (All/Nancy Tosta, Facilitator)

9:00 – Discuss Executive Commitment to Regional Information (All – facilitated)

• Is there a need for a steering committee?
• Who should be engaged?
• What is the structure?
• What are steps to move forward?

10:00 – Break

10:20 – Identify Issues of Common Concern (All – facilitated)

• Priority interests (e.g., water quality, fish abundance, land use, monitoring protocols…)
• What’s not working (e.g., data don’t exist, lack of coordination, varying protocols, geographic variability…)
• What’s needed (e.g., resources, focus, technology, standards…)

11:30 – Delineate Executive Next Steps (All – facilitated)

12:15 – Synopsis of Agreements and Tasks (Facilitator)

12:30 – Adjourn