October 7 the UMRR Board will meet in Ames, Iowa. Details will be posted here - stay tuned!
Meeting materials from past Board meetings will be maintained here for a period of time.
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August 5 Board Meeting and speaker from Rivers Alliance of Wisconsin - Madison, Wisconsin The event will be at the Middleton Public Library 7425 Hubbard Ave, Middleton, WI 53562 (Middleton is the first Madison suburb to the Northwest) The Board meeting will be from 10:00 till 12:15; lunch will be from 12:15 to 12:45. From 1:00 PM til 3:00 pm, Raj Shukla, Executive Director of the River Alliance of Wisconsin will speak about how climate change effects our rivers. The draft agenda : 10:00 – Call to order; Operations
10:45 – Adding a carbon focus to our mission – carbon sequestration through soil health initiatives 11:00 – Update on partnerships 11:10 – Upper Mississippi River Basin Association Meeting in Winona 11:20 – Discussion on adding advisors to the UMRR organization 11:35 – Watershed Game Training update 11:45 – Openings on the Board and Updating Appointments of State Reps 11:50 – Membership update Noon – Other Business? 12:15 - Adjourn - Lunch will be on-site, provided by Steve Ploeser, donations accepted to cover costs. 12:45 – Break and reconfigure room, welcome folks to pm session 1:00 – Wisconsin (and other) Rivers and Climate Change – a talk by Raj Shukla Executive Director of the River Alliance of Wisconsin MEETING MATERIALS POSTED IMMEDIATELY BELOW: 
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League members and non league members alike are invited to a presentation on how global warming affects our rivers. The presentation will be given by Raj Shukla, Executive Director of the River Alliance of Wisconsin. The talk will be held at the Middleton public library on Monday August 5th at 1:00 pm. Join us for this talk; the partnership work that the Rivers Alliance of Wisconsin is doing is inspiring! Read more about the Rivers Alliance at this link. Our Board meeting is open to all LWV'ers as well and we'd love to meet folks from our local member Leagues! And bonus - the meeting will be done in time for you to stop over at the nearby National Mustard Museum for a visit! Click here for more information on this unique attraction in Middleton. | ||||||
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LWV UMRR ANNUAL MEETING - JUNE 1, 2019
Climate Change and the Upper Mississippi Our Annual Meeting will be held on June 1 at Schaar's Bluff Gathering Place just upriver of Hastings, Minnesota (about 20 miles downriver from St. Paul). Following are the meeting packet and one-page flyer for the event in the left column, on the right is a summary document showing agenda for morning and afternoon sessions. For more information on the meeting, click here. The meeting will begin at 10am with a business meeting for League delegates, and then at 11:15 we'll break for lunch. We will speak with Rep. Craig over lunch, then break again at noon to reformat the room for the afternoon Climate Change session. |
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We are honored to welcome Representative Angie Craig from Minnesota's Second Congressional District to discuss the Local Water Protection Act. Join us at 11:30 - details in document above.
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Afternoon speakers: John Linc Stine, Executive Director of the Freshwater Society, Matt Gladue, project manager for Our Mississippi Our Future with The Nature Conservancy, and Caryl Terrell, with League of Women Voters Dane County
LWV UMRR Board Meeting - April 1, 2019
Bi-monthly Board Meeting Notice
Date: April 1, 2019
Time: 10:00 am to noon, Central daylight time
Place: Conference call - connection information in the agenda
This is the final meeting before the LWV UMRR Annual Meeting. Annual Meeting materials will be final approved here and sent to member Leagues later on April 1.
Bi-monthly Board Meeting Notice
Date: April 1, 2019
Time: 10:00 am to noon, Central daylight time
Place: Conference call - connection information in the agenda
This is the final meeting before the LWV UMRR Annual Meeting. Annual Meeting materials will be final approved here and sent to member Leagues later on April 1.
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LWV UMRR Board Meeting - February 4, 2019
Bi-monthly Board Meeting Notice
Date: February 4, 2019
Time: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm Central time
Place: Racine Public Library, Emily Lee room,
75-7th Street, Racine WI 53403
The meeting will began at 10 am with a conversation with Louise Petering, LWV Wisconsin. Louise's presentation is included with the meeting materials below. Board members from LWV Lake Michigan Region were also aattending. The Official Board meeting will began at 11:30 after a short break, and concluded by 1 pm. Agenda and related materials posted immediately below.
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LWV UMRR Board Meeting - December 3, 2018. Coralville Public Library, Room A, Coralville Iowa. Board meeting from 10am to 12:15, educational session from 1 to 2:30. Agenda for Board meeting is posted below.
Blog post here has more information on the educational session - special invitations are being sent to all LWV Leagues in Iowa, as well as to all Izaak Walton League chapters. The following document is a printable flyer with event information. Link to Facebook event here.
Blog post here has more information on the educational session - special invitations are being sent to all LWV Leagues in Iowa, as well as to all Izaak Walton League chapters. The following document is a printable flyer with event information. Link to Facebook event here.
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LWV UMRR Board Meeting - October 1, 2018 - will be held in Onalaska, Wisconsin. This link goes to our blog post for more info - we have a few events tied in with the Board meeting and we'd love to have you join us, especially for our discussion on the work being done in the Galena River Watershed - read more about this at this link. Meeting materials for the Board meeting are posted below. Financial statements are in the archive folder below, and the update on the farm bill reauthorization is located here (hint... not good news).
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The LWV Upper Mississippi River Region Board meeting was held by phone on August 6 at 9am. Meeting materials are posted below. Meeting notes are included in the packet for the Oct 1 meeting.
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