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964 965 Member Von De Linde noted that it could be publicized at the Public Hearing, anticipating that it would 966 be a well - attended opportunity; or flyers or handouts made available. 967 968 Discussion ensued regarding current meeting schedules for the GLWMO Board, personal vacation time of 969 Board members; and scheduling issues related to other meetings related to adoption of the Third 970 Generation Plan. 971 972 Mr. Petersen volunteered to contact a State of Wisconsin DNR staffer referenced by Member Miller who 973 had done post - graduate work on this subject matter in MN; and a link provided to Members Westerberg 974 and Von De Linde by Mr. Jim Stark; Chair Eckman volunteered to work with Mr. Petersen on the 975 possibility of putting together an educational forum and with a Q & A opportunity for audience 976 questions;. 977 978 Further discussion ensued regarding potential dates; with the earliest possible time for consideration given 979 to scheduling such an educational forum in November of 2011. 980 981 Chair Eckman asked Mr. Roberts if the Lake Owasso Association would be interested in sponsoring a 982 forum on motorized boats and impacts to water quality. 983 984 Mr. Roberts responded that the Association usually used their annual meeting in April to announce this 985 type of opportunity or to provide educational information. However, Mr. Roberts advised that the 986 Association did not have funds available to assist with mailing costs or other associated costs; and 987 advised that he was unable to commit the Association; however, he offered to bring it up for discussion at 988 the next regular meeting of the Lake Owasso Association Board. 989 990 Chair Eckman opined that, with the social media options available today, and with enough advance notice 991 and with the apparent interest in the issue, she didn't think there would be significant costs for publicity. 992 993 Mr. Roberts questioned the objective of the GLWMO Board for this educational forum. 994 995 Chair Eckman responded that the purpose would be primarily to educate the public on existing science 996 related to motorized boats on lakes and impacts to water quality of those lakes; what, if any, enforcement 997 was needed; and to hear about the issue from the context of lake residents and citizens. 998 999 Member Von De Linde questioned if there was a need to look at the size of motors used on lakes by non - 1000 residents of those lakes. 1001 1002 Mr. Roberts opined that it was not the size of the motor, but how it was driven and for what purpose it 1003 was used and the type of wake created by that thrust on the lake bottom. Mr. Roberts used fishing boats 1004 used for trolling at a slow speed as an example, noting that the motor may not be adjusted for boar flow, 1005 and would actually stir -up more sediment to the lake bottom than someone wakeboarding in a deeper 1006 portion of the lake. Mr. Roberts opined that it wasn't necessarily horsepower as much as how it was 1007 driven. Mr. Robert questioned whether the meeting would address homeowners on Lake Owasso, or 1008 those with an interest on Lake Owasso. 1009 1010 Chair Eckman suggested that it should involve the entire GLWMO. 1011 1012 While not wanting to discourage the value of an educational forum on this issue, Mr. Roberts opined that 1013 this would create the need to reach out to people that wouldn't be part of the Lake Owasso Association; 1014 and that the GLWMO Board would in effect be "preaching to the choir" for residents on Lake Owasso. 20