Meeting+2008+Sep+18

Thursday 2008 Sep 18 8:30-10 1214 Jordan Hall, NCSU Campus
 * Wake County Nature Preserves Meeting**


 * Attendance Notes**


 * Annotated Agenda Items**

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 * Introductions as needed** (5 minutes)

- This is our last meeting before the Directors meeting - we need to get it right - George will give update of presentation//. George and Toddi need to figure out what each will respectively cover in their sections. How much intro does Toddi need to give so as not to be redundant with George's intro// - Chris needs to be ready to present his section on Marks Creek -- Louise/Kaytee will give an update on refreshments//set up needs
 * Municipal Planning Directors Meeting**

- Presentation notes
 * New version, based on input from last meeting - [|MuniParksV3.ppt]
 * Notes about what I'm going to say are included.
 * I've incorporated the visual idea for the new way to start, though the maps are not there yet
 * After consultation with Toddi and Jamie, I've (george) changed the name of our group -- at least for this presentation -- to "WakeNature Partnership." We can discuss whether we want to adopt that change officially (I think we should) for everything. Based on discussion at our last meeting, and thinking about this presentation, we believe that using the term "preserves" will send up red flags that we don't need. The concern is that if we start saying things like "We're identifying potential nature preserves" the directors might jump to the conclusion that we're working to get them locked up and away from people, regardless of what else we say in the presentation. We also talked at the last meeting about moving away from the nature preserve criteria and not presenting that in that way. So I'm going to avoid the language of "preserves" all together, using instead "ecologically valuable areas" to reflect the terminology used in our Mission. It seems much less threatening to talk about identifying "ecologically valuable areas" than "potential nature preserves."
 * Kristen's presentation on Natural Heritage will follow - [[file:NCNHP.ppt]](Sept 22 revised)
 * Jacquelyn's presentation on Wildlife Action Plan -[[file:NCWAP_WNCP_Jacquelyn_DRAFT.ppt]] (rough draft for comment)


 * November Workday**

-- Tim will post to the website a prioritized list of what Wake County would like done. We need this so we can begin to coordinate the entire effort.