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Great Lakes Day 2007 Agenda
New information added 2/27/07



Tuesday, March 6th
Location: Jurys Washington Hotel*
10:00 am – Noon Check-in for Great Lakes Commission (GLC) Registrants
10:00 am – Noon Healing Our Waters (HOW) Coalition Lobby Training / Issue Updates
View agenda for HOW Lobby Training

Noon – 1:00 pm Lunch - Doyle Ballroom
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm Great Lakes Legislative Briefing
(Joint session with HOW Coalition)
  • Welcome – Charge for Great Lakes Day
    • Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn
  • Introduction
    • Update on GL Day Breakfast and House Hearing - Tim Eder, GLC
    • Update on Canadian Embassy Reception and Media Event - Jeff Skelding, HOW
  • Great Lakes Task Force Priorities and Congressional Calendar Overview
    • Joy Mulinex, Great Lakes Task Force
    • Matt Reiffer, Office of Congressman Vernon Ehlers (R-MI, 13th)
  • Great Lakes Region’s Legislative Priorities
    • Tim Eder, GLC - Invasive Species
    • Dave Naftzger, Council of Great Lakes Governors - Wetlands and Great Lakes Legacy Act
    • Dave Ullrich, Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative - Water Infrastructure
    • HOW - Restoration Act


    		Break

    3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Coordination and Planning for Great Lakes Day Hill Visits
    (separate GLC and HOW sessions)

    GLC Session Agenda
  • Great Lakes Day Theme and Message
    • Introduction – Tim Eder, GLC
    • Tips for Planning Effective Hill Visits – Dan Beattie, D.C. Office of Gov. Jennifer Granholm (MI)
    • Q & A
  • Review Hill Office Visit Materials
  • State-by-State Schedule for Office Visits
  • Briefing and Communications Strategies
  • Logistics: Team leaders, team members, office schedules


    • 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Reception at Canadian Embassy – Co-hosted by Government of Canada and HOW. RSVP REQUIRED. For information see www.glc.org/greatlakesday/howreception.html

    Dinner on your own

    Wednesday, March 7th
    8:00 am – 9:30 am Congressional Breakfast: “Five Lakes – One Voice”
    339-340B (Basement level) Rayburn House Office Building
    • Welcome – Great Lakes Commission
    • Remarks by Members of Congress, governors and mayors
      Moderator: Dick Munson, Northeast Midwest Institute
    9:30 am – 6:00 pm Hill Office Visits by Great Lakes Teams
    Noon – 1:00 pm Lunch in Capitol Hill Cafeterias
    (Rayburn, Longworth or Dirksen buildings)

    1:00 pm Healing Our Waters Media Event
    2:00 pm - 3:00 pm House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
    Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment
    Hearing on "The Impact of Aquatic Invasive Species on the Great Lakes"
    2167 Rayburn House Office Building

    Information will be posted at http://transportation.house.gov/hearings/hearingdetail.aspx?NewsID=75 as it becomes available.


    * Jurys Washington Hotel
    1500 New Hampshire Ave., NW
    Washington, D.C. 20036
    Phone: 202-797-0158
    www.jurys-washingtondc-hotels.com

    		  



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