June 7 - LWV UMRR Board Visioning Session
This meeting will take place by Zoom at 10am. We will open the Zoom room at 9:30 am CDT; bring your coffee and granola and chat a bit before we start.
Click the green button below to join the meeting. Meeting documents are posted below the green button. See you on the Zoom!
This meeting will take place by Zoom at 10am. We will open the Zoom room at 9:30 am CDT; bring your coffee and granola and chat a bit before we start.
Click the green button below to join the meeting. Meeting documents are posted below the green button. See you on the Zoom!
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Meeting materials from past Board meetings will be maintained here for a period of time.
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April 5 - LWV UMRR Board Meeting - Virtual via Zoom
LWV UMRR's Board meeting will be held Monday, April 5.
MEETING AGENDA
10:00 am Call to Order & Board Updates 10:20 am Minutes from February 1, 2021 10:25 am Finance report: Balance Sheet Budget vs Actuals Revenues/Expenses Membership renewals Approval for Communications Director to hold an organization debit card Discussion about Madison PO box rental 2021-22 Budget Committee Report Budget Committee recommendation to amend bylaws to delete requirement that a non-board member serve on the committee 2021-22 proposed budget 10:45 am Action Committee Report Network initiatives State initiatives Partner Organization Updates 10:50 am Program Planning Schedule April: Illinois – Sustainable Highways May 22: Annual meeting program Speaker (s?) Business Meeting Development of program materials August: Iowa – Dubuque Water Quality Efforts October: Wisconsin – Panel on PFAs (evening) December: open 11: 40 am Development of programs on the Great Lakes 11:50 am Website Updates Up to date Board Roster/add Board bios & contact info? 11:50 am Nominating Committee Review of By-Laws re terms of positions Offices to be filled: Chair Board to be filled: Noon Adjourn |
April 5, 1pm - Educational Session and Discussion - Tollway Sustainability - also Virtual via Zoom
 Congrats to Environmental Policy and Program Manager Bryan Wagner and our environmental team for receiving the 2019 Biosolids User Award from Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago at its Sustainability Summit. The Tollway is studying the effectiveness of biosolids as a soil enhancement in landscape projects. (photo from IDOT Facebook Page).
The Illinois Tollway stretches 294 miles (473 km) of tollways in 12 counties in Northern Illinois. These highways are VERY busy, carrying freight, travelers, commuters, deliveries, everything. The roads are built for safety, speed and yes, sound environmental performance. Did you know that many additional measures have been taken to make these highways more sustainable, environmentally? From storm water management to pollinator habitat to tree planting to restoration of natural hydrology, the Illinois Tollway has been working to make the highways we all count on be better for the environment.
LWV UMRR's bi-monthly educational meeting in April will focus on these sustainability measures in the Illinois Tollway system. Our speaker will be Bryan Wagner, Environmental Policy Program Manager. In this post on the LWV UMRR blog, you can see him receiving an award on behalf of the Illinois Tollway from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago at its Sustainability Summit. Bryan is the manager in charge of this program and is an interesting and engaging speaker. The work being done in Illinois has application in highway construction and maintenance across the Upper Mississippi basin. Join us at 1pm on April 5 to hear Bryan's talk. Come a little early and socialize with LWV'ers from around our area and their friends - we'll open the Zoom room at 12:30. Click here to join the Zoom. Future Meeting Schedule 22 May Annual UMRR Meeting – date TBD 2 August UMRR Board Meeting 4 October UMRR Board Meeting 6 December UMRR Board Meeting | ||||||||||||||
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February 1 (February Fools' Day!) - LWV UMRR Board Meeting - Virtual via Zoom
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February 1 PM Educational Session/ Discussion - also Virtual via Zoom
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February 1, 2021, LWV UMRR will host talks on how local actions can improve soil and water quality in a watershed. This Zoom meeting will take place at 1pm CST. We hope that you can join us for this meeting, either by participating in the Zoom or watching it on Facebook Live.
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December 7 LWV UMRR Board Meeting - Virtual via Zoom
10:00 Call to order – Mary Ploeser
10:02 Approve October minutes – Tam Prenosil
10:05 Treasurer’s Report – Jeri McGinley
10:10 Action Committee Report – Lonni McCauley
10:20 Reports from the Upper Mississippi River Webinar series (9)
11:05 Other business
11:30 Adjourn
Zoom link will be sent to Board members, others can email lwvumrr@lwvmn.org and request a link. We welcome LWV'ers from our member Leagues to sit in on our Board meetings.
No educational program this month, but watch this space for something big in February!
10:00 Call to order – Mary Ploeser
10:02 Approve October minutes – Tam Prenosil
10:05 Treasurer’s Report – Jeri McGinley
10:10 Action Committee Report – Lonni McCauley
10:20 Reports from the Upper Mississippi River Webinar series (9)
11:05 Other business
11:30 Adjourn
Zoom link will be sent to Board members, others can email lwvumrr@lwvmn.org and request a link. We welcome LWV'ers from our member Leagues to sit in on our Board meetings.
No educational program this month, but watch this space for something big in February!
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October 5 LWV UMRR Board Meeting - Virtual via Zoom
Email lwvumrr@lwvmn.org for connection information! We will have separate zoom links for the Board meeting and David's talk, so please be sure to let us know which event you are interested in. 10:00 Call meeting to order - Mary Ploeser 10:02 Approve August minutes – Tam Prenosil 10:05 Treasurer’s report – Jeri McGinley 10:10 Action Committee Report -Lonni McCauley 10:20 Website donation button on website -Steve Ploeser 10:25 Official word on UMRR ILO signing on/ writing letters in support of other organization -Mary Ploeser 10:35 2020 Upper Mississippi River Webinar Series - see http://www.riveraction.org/umrc/schedule 10:35 Other business Meeting materials follow:
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1:00 Iowa's Water Issues - David Osterberg
Speaker: David Osterberg on Iowa Water Issues
Dr. David Osterberg is a power-house speaker who will provide us a good overview of the problems and solutions facing Iowa's waters. This session will be recorded on Facebook Live. Consider holding a watch party with your League and follow it up with a vibrant discussion through Zoom! David Osterberg, Founder, Researcher and Former Director Energy & Environment, Economic Opportunity David is a former Iowa state representative who was chairman of the House Energy and Environmental Protection Committee as well as the Agriculture Committee. David was the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in 1998 and worked for one year as a consultant to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. David holds an M.S. in water resources management and another in agricultural economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is professor emeritus in the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health at the University of Iowa. David co-founded the organization with Mark Smith, former president of the Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, and served as executive director from IPP’s inception through June 2013. He is co-author of several IPP energy and environment reports. David speaks widely to explain the findings of IPP reports. | ||||||||||||
August 3 LWV UMRR Board Meeting - Virtual via Zoom
Email lwvumrr@lwvmn.org for connection information!
Here's the agenda:
10:00 Call meeting to order -Mary
10:02 Approve April minutes -Tam
10:05 Treasurer's Report - Jeri
10:10 Action Committee Report - Lonni
Partnerships
10:20 Fundraising committee report
Discussion and Action
10:30 Continuation of virtual meetings through the end of the year?
10:35 Other business
Break
Two part forum from LWV Dane County (WI) - The Revenge of the Marshes (previously recorded - watch on your own)
https://www.lwvdanecounty.org/forums/2020/5/23/revenge-of-the-marshes-preserving-the-wetlands-that-protect-us
https://www.lwvdanecounty.org/forums/2020/7/1/revenge-of-the-marshes-preserving-the-wetlands-that-protect-us-part-ii
Email lwvumrr@lwvmn.org for connection information!
Here's the agenda:
10:00 Call meeting to order -Mary
10:02 Approve April minutes -Tam
10:05 Treasurer's Report - Jeri
10:10 Action Committee Report - Lonni
Partnerships
10:20 Fundraising committee report
Discussion and Action
10:30 Continuation of virtual meetings through the end of the year?
10:35 Other business
Break
Two part forum from LWV Dane County (WI) - The Revenge of the Marshes (previously recorded - watch on your own)
https://www.lwvdanecounty.org/forums/2020/5/23/revenge-of-the-marshes-preserving-the-wetlands-that-protect-us
https://www.lwvdanecounty.org/forums/2020/7/1/revenge-of-the-marshes-preserving-the-wetlands-that-protect-us-part-ii
| 8-3-2020_treasurers_report.pdf |
| fy_2019-20_final_income_statement_budget_vs._actuals.pdf |
| fy_2020-21_income_statement_budget_vs._actuals_thru_7-31-2020.pdf |
| ilo_annual_meeting_5-30-2020.docx |
April 6, 2020 - LWV UMRR Board met virtually via Zoom
Meeting agenda outline below - details (including connection information) in documents following.
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The planned April educational program has been postponed until later in the summer
Watch this space for details once planning is feasible again.... Here's what we are hoping to do for our August or October meetings: The LWV UMRR Board travels to different parts of our region to meet our member Leagues and learn about local issues. Soldiers Grove had LOTS of water issues in 1978 and came up with effective solutions. The educational portion of this meeting will focus on those issues. The public is invited to the educational program, starting at 12:30 pm.
We will be meeting at: Soldiers Grove Community Center 102 Passive Sun Drive Soldiers Grove, WI 54655 Soldiers Grove nestles around the Kickapoo River, which has been both a blessing and a curse for the city. Come and visit the area to learn more about the Driftless Area and its unique issues and concerns. For information on the city of Soldiers Grove, click here. For information on the Driftless Area, click here or here. |
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LWV UMRR's 2020 Annual Meeting will be held in Glenview, Illinois on May 30.
Information on this event will be posted here after the April 6 Board meeting.
Information on this event will be posted here after the April 6 Board meeting.
LWV UMRR Bi-monthly Board meeting for February will be a virtual meeting, held via phone connection.
| umrr_agenda_feb_2020.pdf |
| fy_2019-20_income_statement_budget_vs._actuals_thru_1-31-2020.pdf |
| 2-3-2020_treasurers_report.pdf |
LWV UMRR Bi-Monthly Board Meeting and Educational Program - December 2
North Suburban Library District Public Library,
6340 N 2nd St, Loves Park, IL 61111
North Suburban Library District Public Library,
6340 N 2nd St, Loves Park, IL 61111
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On Monday, December 2, the LWV UMRR Board will meet at the North Suburban Library District Public Library in Loves Park, just outside Rockford, Illinois. The Board's business meeting will run from 10am to noon.
The public is invited to join us at the library for an educational program that begins at 1pm, featuring Nadine Miller and Jamie Rott from the Rockford Water Department talking about water and climate change in Rockford. Beth Baransky and Bonnie Cox from LWV Jo Daviess (Galena, IL) will be on hand to talk about their local water project in Galena, which is sure to be an exciting and engaging talk! |
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LWV UMRR Bi-Monthly Board Meeting
and Educational Program
October 7 - Ames Public Library
On Monday, October 7, LWV UMRR's Board will meet at the Ames Public Library, 515 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA 50010. The meeting will start at 10 - the agenda follows. When the meeting ends at noon, Board members will have a short lunch break and then reassemble for the afternoon educational program, featuring two speakers on soil health and climate health - Jean Eells and Erv Klaas at 1 and 2 pm respectively. The program is free and guests are most welcome. Check this blog post for more information on the afternoon educational session.
and Educational Program
October 7 - Ames Public Library
On Monday, October 7, LWV UMRR's Board will meet at the Ames Public Library, 515 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA 50010. The meeting will start at 10 - the agenda follows. When the meeting ends at noon, Board members will have a short lunch break and then reassemble for the afternoon educational program, featuring two speakers on soil health and climate health - Jean Eells and Erv Klaas at 1 and 2 pm respectively. The program is free and guests are most welcome. Check this blog post for more information on the afternoon educational session.
| lwv_umrr_board_meeting_agenda_october_7_2019.pdf |
| 10-7-2019_treasurers_report.pdf |
| fy_2019-20_income_statement_budget_vs._actuals_thru_9-30-19.pdf |
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.
MEETING MATERIALS POSTED IMMEDIATELY BELOW:
| lwv_umrr_agenda_august_5_2019.pdf |
| 8-5-2019_treasurers_report.pdf |
| last_years_budget_v._actual_rev___exp.pdf |
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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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