Hi, Lucie....would like to invite NATRC to send representatives to a get
acquainted meeting in Fayetteville, Arkansas on Friday, January 26th from
1200 Noon to 3:00 P.M. or later. A draft agenda is as follows:
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I. Purpose of Meeting............................L. Gail Gartside, Missouri
Equine
Council
To establish a communications network between the Oklahoma, Arkansas and
Missouri equestrian trailriding organizations that will facilitate and
enhance equestrian participation in the U.S. Forest Service planning
sessions scheduled for 2002.
2. Introductions.......................................Individual
Representatives
Would ask that individual representatives identify themselves and present
a brief overview of their respective organizations.
3. Overview on Past Participation, Changes in U.S. Forest Service Policy
...........................................................Amy Malloy,
ATRA
............................................................Marsha
Copeland, MEC
.............................................................Ken Coleman,
OETRA
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Ask if additional representatives wish to speak here!
4. Group Discussion on Multi Use Trails:
5. Identify Information Needs.....Divide Tasks........................Group
6. Name or Title for Group, Purpose and Future Meetings .......Group
Personally, would like some name as a sort of verbal shorthand. Doubt
if we want to create a formal organization with ByLaws, incorporation,
minutes and that type of stuff. Believe network could be the operative word
here.
7. Other Common
Concerns....................................................Group
Please comment on agenda....suggest additions/deletions or modifications.
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For now, we are calling this group the Ozark Plateau Trailriders. According
to U.S. Forest Service Supervisors in Missouri and Arkansas, forest planning
will start in 2002 and the forests in Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma will be
treated as one entity due to common topography. Randy Moore, Mark Twain
Forest Supervisor, has been most cordial and very clear that equestrians need
to be present at these planning sessions.
Representatives from trailriding organizations in Missouri, Oklahoma and
Arkansas have been contacted and invited. Are you interested? If so, would
add you to the email lists of contacts, etc. Need home address and phone
number. Gail Gartside