On July 21st at Ponca State Park, Nebraska, (near Sioux City) the Sierra Club's Missouri River Working Group will be meeting. Debbie, Jane, and Jim have participated in the past, but Jane and Jim have prior commitments. Other ex-com members and interested activists are invited to the meeting. Highlights include a presentation by Tim Cowman, director of the Missouri River Institute, and a hike along the Missouri National REcreational River. Contact me via email or 712-258-8303or Jim Heisinger(see number below) Jim REdmond Jim--could other excom members go if they wanted to? I can't go, but maybe someone else besides you and Debbie might be interested. ----- Original Message ----- Jane From: Jonathan Bry To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 12:28 PM Subject: Agenda - Ponca Missouri River Working Group Agenda July 20th, 21st and 22nd 2007 Friday Night Arrive at Econo Lodge Hotel 2829 Dakota Ave South Sioux City, NE 68776 Tel 402-494-8874 Maps Attached Rooms reserved under the Name of Jonathan Bry, Sierra Club. The rooms are single occupancy, nonsmoking. Some are king size bed, some are double size bed: first come , first served for king size . 7:00 am - 8:00 am: Breakfast Meeting held at the Ponca City Library which is about 23 miles from the hotel. 8:45 am -9:00 am: Introductions Go over agenda and revise is necessary ( 5 min ) 9:00 am -10:45 am: Tim Cowman presentation - Future plans and activities of Missouri River Institute, Emergent Sandbar Habitat, Backwater restoration on MNRR for 2007, Dynamic Missouri River. Questions “ What can we do? “ 10:45 am -11:00 am: break/travel to Ponca State Park 11:00 am: Visit Ponca State Park starting with the Missouri River displays, hour long hike with Missouri River vista. 12:30 pm: Lunch 1:30 pm -2:00 pm: George Cunningham , MRRIC report. 2:15 pm - 5:00 pm ? : Missouri River Working Group planning and discussion. State Reports: Proposals. Please have proposals ready for funding requests. We will make decisions on our 2007 budget as a group. Saturday Evening: Dinner - open to suggestions. Sunday Outing: Hike along National Recreational stretch of the Missouri River If you have any questions please call: Jonathan Bry: 701-221-9845 Day 701-223-6179 Res. I will be out of town next week ( Monday - Friday ) an I will not be checking email but I will be checking voice mail so please leave a message at 701-223-6179. Jim Heisinger: 605-624-3170 PS I will be sending our RSCT grant proposal later today. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp