TU New England Regional Meeting
New England Regional Meeting – May 3rd, 2008
9 AM - 4PM. Doors open at 8AM for coffee, etc.
(All TU members and state agencies are welcome to attend).
DOYLE CONSERVATION CENTER
464 Abbott Avenue
Leominster, MA 01453
978-840-4446 x1901
New England Meeting Agenda:
1. Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture (EBTJV)
a. Nat Gillespie- CIS and GIS. Demonstration and hands on
workshop.
b. Bryan Moore – Funding (grants), and the new Service Learning
Program in the EBTJV.
2. Legislative Action – Kirt Mayland
a
. How councils can position themselves on water policy items,
and other conservation issues.
b. What TU can and cannot do.
c. A dry run on legislative action. How councils can set up the
legislative coordinators and key council leaders to best respond.
d. Council Legislative Committees – coordinating and supporting
Kirt’s work.
3. Youth Education:
a. Greg Ponte -Youth Camps – what is needed to set one up.
b. Bryan Moore - Tie in with the EBTJV’s new Service Learning
Program.
c. TIC –
4. Strategic planning for New England – open discussion.
· Review of NE Meetings 2004 To 2008
· Understanding each council’s objective
· What does New England leadership see the Brook Trout program
looking like in the Northeast in five years, and building to that
vision.
i. Laying out
the road map for a successful regional campaign.
ii. Discussion of
key regional items; water policy and the brook trout campaign.
Overlapping the items.
iii. CIS overlap
with Brook Trout, and other key chapter initiatives (TIC/Youth). Plot
them on the map.
iv. Targeting the
projects for success, and connecting the projects and the states for
recognition beyond TU. Building momentum for brook trout.
We will keep the meeting very focused, thus allowing more workshop and discussion time.
Please RSVP: To your TU State Council Chairs, and cc to Jan Allardt at
Jcfa_mayfly@hotmail.com.
(RSVP gives us a head count for lunch, and beverages. Please state
serious food allergies, i.e. peanuts, etc).
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