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Community Conversations

On Monday, March 2, Council staff completed the 14^th and final Community Conversation to review the Council’s draft Report, commonly being referred to as The Our Waters, Our Communities Report by many event participants. Productive and lively conversations were held in Fredonia, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Oswego, Geneva, Watertown, Albany, Hempstead, Montauk, Greenport, Stony Brook, Millbrook, and New York City.

In spite of the recognized short lead time for coordination and promotion, the Community Conversations drew over 500 individuals and organizational representatives. The format of the events was uniformly acknowledged as a productive opportunity for participants to discuss their perspectives and issues about the draft.

The events’ success was due in large part to the generosity and hospitality of over 25 co-sponsoring organizations. These co-sponsors supported the events by securing free space, promoting the events, and providing refreshments. This effective and efficient co-sponsorship approach provid es a template for future collaborations.

Council staff is currently in the process of coding and analyzing the participant response sheets, notes from the Community Conversation breakouts, and mailed and electronically submitted comments. In general, responses to the draft Report were positive and supportive, with concerns focusing on action and funding for implementation. The events opened the door to future place-based conversations with stakeholders across New York.

List of Co-sponsors

Meeting Materials:

Meeting Agenda
Draft Ocean and Great Lakes Report
Draft Report Overview

One-pagers:

Response Sheet for Session A
Session B Information Sheet
Response Sheet for Session B
Session C Information Sheet
Response Sheet for Session C

Planned Events

Date	Time	City/Town	Location	Address
2/9	Thank You!	Fredonia	SUNY-Fredonia	http://www.fredonia.edu/maps/shuttle.asp
2/9	Thank You!	Buffalo	Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve	http://www.dec.ny.gov/education/1837.html
2/10	Thank You!	Rochester	SUNY Brockport Metro Center	www.brockport.edu/metrocenter
2/11	Thank You!	Syracuse	Martha Eddy Room	www.nysfair.org
2/12	Thank You!	Oswego	Patz Restaurant	www.patzontheriver.com
2/12	Thank You!	Geneva	The Finger Lakes Institute	http://fli.hws.edu/
2/17	Thank You!	Watertown	Watertown State Office Building
2/23	Thank You!	Albany	Old Federal Court House SUNY System
2/24	Thank You!	Hempstead	Hofstra University	www.hofstra.edu
2/24	Thank You!	Montauk	Montauk Public Library	www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/libraries/mntk
2/25	Thank You!	Greenport	Floyd Memorial Library	http//floydmemorial library.northfork.net
2/26	Thank You!	Stony Brook	School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS)	www.sunysb.edu
2/28	Thank You!	Millbrook	Auditorium Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies	www.ecostudies.org
3/2	Thank You!	New York City	The Urban Center	www.mwa.org

NYS defines Ecosystem-based management (EBM) as an integrated approach to management that considers the entire ecosystem, including humans. An ecosystem is a dynamic complex of plants, animals (including humans), microbes and physical environmental features that interact with one another.

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