Great Lakes United Conference in Our Home Town!
Posted by: Kathie Brosemer (kathie) on May 16, 2003 at 20:33:39
from the i'm-too-lazy-to-set-a-department dept.
Cecilia Fernandez writes: "Please pass this notice on to anyone you know would be interested!"
Dear Great Lakes citizen,
Please join us the weekend of June 6 through 8 for our 21st annual meeting in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. See the meeting agenda below for more details.
Join us in discussing crucial plans and opportunities for a comprehensive basin restoration campaign and the release of the "Great Lakes Green Book: - A Citizens Action Agenda for Restoring the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Ecosystem." The Action Agenda is the culmination of a year's collaboration by over thirty organizations throughout the basin. Together we have developed a grassroots set of goals, targets, and strategies that will help anchor and strengthen all Great Lakes restoration work. A panel of political experts will discuss opportunities and strategies for moving the Action Agenda forward.
Location
Our site for this year's annual meeting is the beautiful Native Education Centre at Sault College, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Just minutes away is a city that offers an outstanding natural environment and rests on the shores of the St. Marys River.
Transportation
Carpooling from distant points may be available. Call GLU with your needs and we will try to match you with others who can provide a solution for you.
Registration / rooms / food
Connect to our registration brochure (in Acrobat PDF format) to register, reserve a room, and obtain meals during your stay, all extremely inexpensively. Or call the Buffalo office at 716-886-01452 to register and arrange room and board.
Great Lakes United
21st Annual General Meeting
Voices from the Upper Lakes:
Restoring the Great Lakes -- St. Lawrence River Ecosystem
June 6th to 8th, Sault College, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
FRIDAY, JUNE 6
Pre-meeting events
8:00-5:00 Field trips: Lock tours, North Shore hikes, etc.
Special sessions
1:00-3:00 Great Lakes waterkeepers programs
3:00-5:00 Great Lakes navigation
7:00 Opening reception
SATURDAY, JUNE 7
7:30 Breakfast
8:30 Welcome:
· Lynda Lukasik, President Great Lakes United
· Hilda Syrette, Batchawana First Nation Ojibway
· John Roswell, Mayor, Sault Ste. Marie
9:00 Plenary 1: Upper Lakes Issues
· Upper Lakes fishery issues -- Mike Ripley, Chippewa
· Toxic issues -- Jane Reyer, National Wildlife Federation
· Water levels and flows -- Great Lakes United
10:30 Break
10:45 Plenary 2: Basics of Tribal/First Nations Treaty Rights and Sovereignty
Kathryn Tierney, Bay Mills Indian Community
Chief Earl Commanda, Serpent River First Nation
11:45 Concurrent breakouts:
Restoring Greatness to Government: A Review of Great Lakes Institutions -- Dave Dempsey, Michigan Environmental Council
Traditional Ecological Knowledge and opportunities for collaboration -- TBA
Growth Management - Keith Schneider, Michigan Land Use
Debbe Day Crandall, Save the Oak Ridges Moraine (STORM)
12:30 Lunch. Indigenous Peoples Caucus and Labor Caucus meetings
1:45 Call for board nominations from the floor
2:00 Plenary 3: Strategies for Great Lakes Restoration
Presentation: Citizens Action Agenda release and overview -- Great Lakes United
Respondents: Strategies for implementation
· Charles Caccia, Member of Parliament, Canada
· Tony Martin, Member Provincial Parliament, Sault Ste. Marie
· Dana Debel, Environmental Advisor to the Governor, Michigan
· Allegra Cangelosi, Northeast Midwest Institute, Washington DC
4:00 Concurrent Task Force sessions
· Habitat and Biodiversity
· Sustainable Waters
· Clean Production
· Nuclear-Free Green Energy
· Healthy Communities
5:30 Adjourn
6:30 Dinner
Keynote - Charles Caccia, MP, Chair, Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development
"What Ever Happened to Ground Water?"
Presentation of John Manty Award, Silent auction
8:00 Evening events: English Premier: Great Lakes United video: River to River Project in Niger Africa
SUNDAY, JUNE 8
7:30 Breakfast
8:45 GLU business meeting: president's, executive director's, and treasurers' reports; board elections
9:30 Voting on policy resolutions
10:30 Action Agenda "Let's Do It!" -- campaign planning
11:30 Closing
Registration Form Link
Because the registration form wasn't linked in the previous message, here is the registration form address:by Cecilia Fernandez on 2003-05-20 08:12:25
http://www.glu.org/organizational/agm2003/agm2003registration.pdf