April 11, 2007

WESTAR Council Meeting

Conference Call Summary

The meeting began at 1:00 Pacific time. Council members and delegates present included:

Brian Gustafson, SD
Don Vidrine, MT
Doug Schneider, WA
Paul Tourangeau, CO
Willy Nagamine, HI
Ira Domsky, AZ / Tom Chapple, AK
Terry O’Clair, ND
Mary Uhl, NM
Alice Edwards, AK
Martin Bauer, ID
Rick Sprott, UT

WESTAR staff present: Dan Johnson, Bob Lebens,Jeff Gabler,Don Arkell

Agenda topic:

The primary purpose of this call was to initiate discussion on the development of a work plan that identifies the future roles and responsibilities of WRAP and WESTAR. This is a follow on to the discussion during the Executive Session in San Francisco during the business meeting.

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Brian Gustafson began the meeting by summarizing the discussion that occurred during the WESTAR Council Executive Session in San Francisco April 2, 2007. At their recent meeting in Tempe, Arizona, the WRAP Board directed staff to draft a work plan that includes recommendations regarding the strategic direction WRAP should take after 2007. In particular, the Board asked for recommendations on air quality management programs besides regional haze that could be taken up by the organization. The Air Managers Committee and the Initiative Oversight Committee were selected to take the lead. WESTAR, as the State Caucus of the Air Managers Committee, will draft recommendations for consideration by the Tribal Caucus and the IOC.

The goal of our discussion on this topic was to determine the process WESTAR should use to formulate recommendations.After some discussion, there was general agreement that a small workgroup should be assigned to do the “heavy lifting”, drafting work products for review by the full Council. There was also agreement that an outside facilitator would not be needed. The following representatives agreed to serve on the workgroup – Paul Tourangeau, Ira Domsky, Mary Uhl, Terry O’Clair, Tom Chapple, and David Collier (via email prior to the call).

The overall objective of the effort will be to develop recommendations, to be presented to the WRAP Board at their fall 2007 meeting, on the future roles and responsibilities for the WRAP and WESTAR, and to recommend how and where the WRAP Technical Support System should be maintained in future years.

The meeting adjourned at 1:45 Pacific time.