(agenda pdf version)

Tuesday Nov. 13th                                                                                                 

Detailed Agenda

Tuesday, November 13

12:30 PM Registration begins

1:30 – 5:30 Hood River Watershed Project Tour (space limited, please register in advance)

Wednesday, November 14

7:30 am – Registration and Breakfast

8:30am – Welcome  

9:30am – Council Workshops

Track 1: Project Design

Track 2: The Ongoing Search for Opportunity

Track 3: Making the most of it: Watershed Councils as Nonprofits

10:45am – Break

11:15am – Council Workshops

Track 1: Permitting

Track 2: Friend Raising and Other Fun-raising Strategies

Track 3: Improving Board Leadership

12:30 Lunch

2:00pm – Council Workshops

Track 1: Contractor Management

Track 2: Talking with Foundations

Track 3: Use your Budget to Plan for the Future

3:15pm – Break

3:45pm – Council Workshops

Track 1: Clinic for Technical Questions

Track 2: Casting a Larger Net - Sustaining Watershed Council Programs

Track 3: Turning the Tide on Turnover

5:00pm – Adjourn

7:30pm –Music and Dancing at the River City Saloon, Downtown Hood River http://www.rivercitysaloon.com/

Thursday, November 15

8:00am – Registration and breakfast

8:30am – Network Annual Meeting

12:00pm – Lunch

1:30pm –  Keynote Address (Former Governor John Kitzhaber)

2:10pm – Plenary Panel—An Unprecedented Effort: The Oregon Plan for Salmon & Watersheds, 1997 – 2007

3:30pm - Break

3:45pm - 4:45pm - Plenary Panel audience Q & A

5:00pm – Reception

6:30pm – Banquet

7:30 pm – Evening Keynote; Charles Hudson; Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission

Friday, November 16

7:30am – Registration and Breakfast

8:30am – Keynote Address - Angus Duncan, CEO Bonneville Enviornmental Foundation

8:50 am – Plenary Panel—“The Oregon Plan and Beyond: Renewing the vision for collaborative watershed management, 2007 – 2020.”

10:30am - Break

10:45am - 11:45am - Plenary Panel audience Q & A

12:00pm – Awards Luncheon

1:30pm – Adjourn/Travel