The next meeting of the Tongass Futures Roundtable meeting will take place at the Westmark Hotel on December 3-4, 2009. A revised draft agenda for the meeting can be accessed by clicking on the link below. In addition, the Administrative Committee will be recommending new work groups at the meeting. Draft charters for two of these work groups are linked below.

Sitka Draft Agenda Revised

Draft Charter Alternative Energy Cluster

Draft Charter Mariculture

The Administrative Committee also has drafted a document regarding Roundtable Rejuvenation that is linked here for your review prior to the Sitka meeting.

TFR Rejuvenation Recommendations

The Administrative Committee is pleased to post the results of the Roundtable Feedback Survey. The survey was conducted to help the Committee in its planning for the December Roundtable meeting scheduled for December 3-4 in Sitka. Seventy individuals responded to the survey. The results come in two files. One file contains the results of the multiple choice questions and is reported by category of respondents (e.g., members, alternates, interested parties). The second file contains the narrative replies, also reported by category of respondents. If you would like to leave a comment about the survey results, please use the space below.

Roundtable Feedback Survey Narrative Replies

Roundtable Feedback Survey Results Narrative

The Tongass Futures Roundtable will be meeting at the Anchorage Hilton (500 West 3rd Avenue) on October 1-2. This will be the first time that the Roundtable has met in Anchorage. A reception will be hosted by the Roundtable on the evening of September 30th, also at the Hilton. A draft agenda for the meeting can be found by going to the Meetings tab.

The Tongass Futures Roundtable met in Coffman Cove on May 20-22, 2009. Several actions were taken at the meeting including an update of the Roundtable Charter and actions on four items: 1) A motion concerning moving forward with a Young Growth Inventory for the Tongass National Forest; 2) Support for Stimulus Funding; 3) Support for Stewardship Contract Funding; and 4) Support for Retooling Legislation. Each of these actions can be reviewed by going to the Meeting tab or clicking here.