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Briefing Materials - RIEC Meeting December 1

     

 

 

RIEC Members:

 

We are looking forward to your participation at the meeting on December

1.  Thank you for taking the time to meet in person or by phone with Deb

Nudelman from RESOLVE prior to this meeting.  Unfortunately, we learned

yesterday that Deb will not be able to join us for the meeting.  Her

mother, who was living with Deb and her family in Portland, passed away on

Monday.  Deb is making arrangements with her family for services in

California next week.  I talked with her today and offered our

condolences.  She is very sorry to be missing the meeting because she has

enjoyed working on this project.  She has prepared a power-point summary

of the interviews that will be presented at the meeting.  Paul De Morgan,

a Senior Mediator with RESOLVE, has offered to step in for Deb and

facilitate the meeting.  Some of you may already know Paul.  Attached is

his resume if you would like to learn more about his background.  I have

talked with him by phone.  I am sure that he will do an excellent job. 

Deb will re-engage on this project as necessary when she returns to

Portland. 

 

Following is some information that you will want to read prior to the

meeting:

Agenda: The Agenda is attached below.  Note the start time of 9:00 am; end

time is 3:00 pm.  The morning will be focused on the future of the RIEC,

IAC and the PACs.   The goal is to make some decisions.  In the afternoon

you will be discussing your ideas for a different type of interagency

forum and next steps should you decide to pursue this concept.  We are

pleased that Tony Vecchio, the Director of the Oregon Zoo, has agreed to

join us for a few minutes before the meeting and offer a welcome to the

group.   

Background information:  In addition to the documents that we sent to you

before your interviews, we thought that it might be helpful to provide you

with links to other key documents for reference.  They can be reached

through the following links:

 - Interagency NWFP MOU signed in 2003 (

http://www.reo.gov/library/policy/2003MOU4NWFP.htm)

 - IAC Charter signed in 2005 (http://www.reo.gov/iac/IAC_Charter.htm)

 - PAC Charter signed in 2005

(http://www.reo.gov/library/agreements/PAC2005charter.htm

 

Several of you also asked for an excerpted copy of the Northwest Forest

Plan ROD/Standards and Guidelines with the references to RIEC and REO 

responsibilities highlighted.  Those documents are attached below.

 

Meeting Logistics:  The meeting will be held at the Oregon Zoo.  The Zoo

is located just west of downtown Portland.  The Zoo is on the MAX Portland

Tri-Met light rail line.  Take the train west past downtown to the

"Washington Park Station", which is 200 feet from the Zoo entrance. (It

should take you about 15 minutes to travel from downtown by MAX.) By car

take Highway 26 and exit at "The Zoo".  Park in the regular Zoo lot

(parking is free for this event.)   Go the the main entrance, walk past

the ticket booths and enter the "Cascade Crest Banquet Center" to your

right.  The meeting will be held in the "Skyline Room" which is on the

bottom floor.    Snacks and lunch will be furnished at a cost of $20.00

per person.  (Please bring exact change.)

 

As always, please contact your REO representative, Kath Collier

(503-808-2167) or me if you have any questions.  We are looking forward to

seeing you next Friday.  I hope you all have a nice Thanksgiving holiday.

 

Anne

 

                                             

 

 

 

 

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Anne Badgley

Executive Director

Regional Ecosystem Office

333 S.W. 1st Ave.

P.O. Box 3623

Portland, OR  97204-3440

(503) 808-2166

(503) 808-2163 FAX

anne_badgley@or.blm.gov