GLIN==> Great Lakes United annual meeting, June 6-8

[Reg Gilbert <reg@glu.org>]

Dear Great Lakes citizen,

We need you with us!

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 and the restoration process
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 us 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 inexpensively. Or call the Buffalo
office at 716-886-01452 to register and arrange room and board
verbally.


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, Elder, Batchewana First Nation
Ojibway

        

·       
John Roswell, Mayor, Sault Ste. Marie 

9:00    Plenary 1: Upper Lakes Issues

        

·       
Upper Lakes fishery issues -- Mike Ripley, Chippewa Ottawa Resource
Authority

        

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Land use issues -- Brennain Lloyd, Northwatch

        

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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

        

·       
Earl Commanda, Serpent River First Nation 

11:45  Concurrent sessions

        

·       
Restoring Greatness to Government: A Review of Great Lakes Institutions
-- Dave Dempsey,  Michigan Environmental Council

        

·       
Traditional Ecological Knowledge and opportunities for collaboration --
to be announced

        

·       
Growth Management - Keith Schneider, Michigan Land Use Institute; Debbe
Day Crandall, Save the Oak Ridges Moraine

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 D.C. 

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     English-language premier of 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

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Reg Gilbert

Senior Coordinator

Great Lakes United

Buffalo State College, Cassety Hall

1300 Elmwood Ave.

Buffalo, New York, 14222

716-886-0142

Fax: -0303

www.glu.org

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