GLIN==> last water agreement update call today

[Reg Gilbert <reg@glu.org>]

Dear Great Lakes citizen,

Taking place today is the last of this week's three repeating calls to
update people on the Canada-U.S. review of the Great Lakes Water Quality
Agreement.

The call is being held:

Today, Thursday, February 8, 2:00 p.m. EST (1:00 p.m. CST)

To get on the call, dial:

866-374-3942, code 7909472

The call is intended to last an hour and fifteen minutes, but
could go up to an hour and a half if people have a lot to say about their
plans for next steps in the review.

The call agenda is:

--Summary of the official Canada-U.S. review process (10
minutes)

--Very brief summaries of the draft reports finalized in December by the
nine official "Review Working Groups" (25 minutes)

--Brief summary of the draft report of the "Governance and
Institutions" Review Working Group, finalized last month (5
minutes)

--Summary of "Promises to Keep," a recent report on changes
needed to the agreement by four basin environmental groups (5
minutes)

--Summary of last year's recommendations by the U.S.-Canada International
Joint Commission, the official agreement watchdog ( 5 minutes)

--What Great Lakes United is planning to do related to the agreement (5
minutes)

--What call participants are planning to do related to the agreement (15
minutes)


Please forward this message to anyone you think would be
interested.

See you on the call.

Reg



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Reg Gilbert
Senior Coordinator
Great Lakes United

(716) 362-3152

Home office address:
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Buffalo, New York, 14222

Headquarters office address:
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