Tuesday, March 6th
Location: Jurys Washington Hotel*
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| 10:00 am Noon
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Check-in for Great Lakes Commission (GLC) Registrants
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| 10:00 am Noon
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Healing Our Waters (HOW) Coalition Lobby Training / Issue Updates
View agenda for HOW Lobby Training
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| Noon 1:00 pm
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Lunch - Doyle Ballroom
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12:30 pm 2:30 pm
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Great Lakes Legislative Briefing
(Joint session with HOW Coalition)
Welcome Charge for Great Lakes Day
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 Regions 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
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Break
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3:00 pm 5:00 pm
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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
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6:00 pm 8:00 pm
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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
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Wednesday, March 7th
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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
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9:30 am 6:00 pm
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Hill Office Visits by Great Lakes Teams
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Noon 1:00 pm
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Lunch in Capitol Hill Cafeterias
(Rayburn, Longworth or Dirksen buildings)
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| 1:00 pm | Healing Our Waters Media Event
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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.
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* 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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