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WH&B Planning Group Meeting

January 14-15, 2005

Washington, DC

Tentative Agenda

Friday

9:00 am Hospitality – coffee & bagels (courtesy of Nancy & The HSUS)

9:30 am. Introduction (Robin)

A. Housekeeping Items

B. Meeting Goals and Objectives

C. Agenda

D. Organizational Issues

9:45 am Update on BLM NPO Action (Robin)

10:00 am Report on the ISPMB Conference (Karen)

10:15 am Legal Options (Working Committee: Howard, Russ & Valerie)

A. Short Term (e.g., moratorium on sale authority language, definition of excess)

B. Long Term (e.g., land use planning, appropriations process)

C. Regulatory (e.g., requirement to promulgate regulations governing "sale")

12:00 pm Lunch

1:00 pm BLM Presentation - Tom Dyer, Deputy Assistant Director for Renewable Resources

A. Q & A

1:30 pm Legislative Initiatives

A. Identify current legislative players (Working Committee: Trina, Lauren, Nancy & Chris)

B. Determine strategy: pros and cons of a variety of approaches

C. Discuss relationship with Burns and Reid

D. Discuss relationship with BLM

E. Establish tentative timeline

2:45 pm Break

3:00 pm Legislative Initiatives – Continued

4:00 pm Recap

A. Task assignments and timelines

B. Review Saturday’s agenda items

C. Begin general discussion regarding information packet

5:00 pm Adjourn

6:00 pm Dinner TBA

Saturday

9:00 am Information Packet (Working Group: Neda, Robin & Karen)

A. Review draft fact sheet and position paper

B. Determine timeline for final edits and review

C. Discuss possible "calls to action" based on legal/legislative initiatives

D. Establish timeline for final edits and review of "calls to action"

10:30 am Break

10:45 am Educational Outreach (Working Group: Nancy, Lauren, Virginie & Karen)

A. Identify potential audiences

B. Discuss options for effective communications plan and interface with:

1. Field groups

2. Parallel advocates (e.g., environmental groups, etc.)

3. Public

C. Role of celebrity spokespersons

D. Determine options and timeline for distribution of information packet and "calls to action"

12:00 pm Lunch

1:00 pm Media (Working Group: Neda, Karen, Ginger & Trina)

A. Identify media needs

B. Determine archival method

C. Determine strategy for rumor control

D. Discuss and develop media strategy appropriate to legal/legislative initiative

E. Establish timeline

2:30 pm Break

2:45 pm Recap

A. Review of task assignments

B. Determine date for next teleconference/meeting

C. Establish mechanism to distribute meeting summary

4:00 pm Adjourn

4:00-5:30 pm Time Permitting (Neda, Virginie, Robin & Karen)

A. Continued editing and review of fact sheet and position paper