Save the date!!! November 19th, 2009 partner-wide meeting

Join us at Kings Gap State Park for the Fall meeting of the partnership. Our last meeting was in June at Penn State-Mont Alto, and a lot has happened since then!

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AGENDA:
PLEASE RSVP (before November 12th, 2009) FOR THIS EVENT

8:30 am - Doors Open, please sign in and get your name badges. Coffee provided.

9:00 am - Introductions & Local Updates

9:20 am – Presentation of the Mini-Grant Awards

10:00 am – Dennis Risser: Funding a Groundwater Study (15 minute presentation, 5 minute for questions)

Dennis Risser of the U.S. Geological Survey will help lead a discussion and present possibilities for how to phase a project to understand water budgets, groundwater availability, and some possible ideas for funding, and ways the partnership can work towards understanding the water related ecological services the mountain provides us.

10:20 am - Break

10:30 am – Communicating the South Mountain Message

10 min. What is the elevator speech for the South Mountain Partnership?
10 min. Strategic Plan/ Communication Plan of the South Mountain Partnership?
10 min. Final Logo options: Cumberland Valley presents the logos we will vote for

11:00 am – Fermata Results (see www.southmountainclipartners.blogspot.com ) for the reports:
15 min. Presentation of results.
10 min. Pair and share (break into groups of 3-4) What do you find the most compelling and priority for 2010?

11:00 am – Nexus Project Updates
15 min. Asset Inventory: Update by Kim Williams
15 min. The South Mountain Summit: Update by Paul Zeph, Summit Committee Chair
15 min. The Michaux Lectures: Update by Allen Dietrich-Ward
15 min. Balancing Nature in the South Mountain Region: Update by Mike Eschenmann

12:10 pm – 1:00 – Lunch COST IS $10: Sandwich, soup, and salad buffet.

1:00-3:00 pm – Breakout Work Session: Involving local municipal officials and business owners
Groups will break out by county and then by workgroup to discuss who should be targeted for the upcoming events of the Partnership. If you are not in a specific county, go to a group who have assets/ resources that you want to represent. The major goals are to come up with a specific list of attendees and have partners personally contact and invite them to the Summit or the Balancing Nature and Commerce Workshop.

1:00-2:00 County Groups: (Facilitated by a leader appointed before hand)
Cumberland County
Adams County
Franklin County
York County
2:00-3:00 Work Groups (group chooses a scribe and facilitator):
Agriculture
Recreation
Ecology/ Natural resources
Heritage
Tourism/ Business/ Economic Development
Land Planning