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i ~~8 ° °' by Susan Scribner In early January the MAWD Board of Directors held a planning session to lay the groundwork for the upcoming year. While we were very satisfied with the outcome of the meeting, it brought home to us the large task facing us if we are to accomplish the goals on our agenda. The Board has decided to move forward in the development of several standing committees to better facilitate MAWD's work and activities. The Board voted to establish aPolicy/ Resolutions Committee to help bring more clarity to our policies and develop a stronger resolutions process. This issues based committee will help the membership and board in the development of watershed district policy not only at the Annual Meeting but throughout the year as well. We'll need your help in making this commit- tee anintegral part of MAWD. In addition to the Policy/Resolutions Committee, an Education Committee will help develop MAWD's education and training programs. MAWD is committed to strengthening the educa- tional programming at the Annual Meeting, offer on-going drainage Published by inn~sota Association of atershe ist~-icts Editorial Office: 3848 Westbury Drive St. Paul, MN 55123-2080 Phone: 651-452-8506 Fax: 651-686-8679 Email: raybohnmga~aol.com www. mnwatershed.org Ray Bohn: Administrator & Editor seminars, and develop orientation workshops for new and experienced managers. To insure the best quality education, we will need volunteers to serve on this important committee. Another important MAWD gold is to establish a Watershed District Assis- tance Team to work with new water- shed districts as they are formed and offer help to established watershed districts when management or technical assistance is requested. Many of our members have years of watershed district experience. We hope to be able to share that experience with those districts who may need help in their watershed district activities. Volunteers are needed to serve on these new MAWD committees and assis- tance team. Three volunteers from each Region are needed to serve on the Policy/Resolution Committee, five members for the Education Committee, three additional members for the existing Annual Meeting Committee, and volunteers willing to assist other watershed districts by becoming members of the Watershed District Assistance Team. Managers and watershed district staff are encouraged to apply for these positions. If you are interested in volunteering for any of these activities please contact the MAWD office at 651-452-8506 or e- mail the office at raybohnmga@aol.com. The MAWD Board also reviewed the policy resolutions from the 1999 Annual Meeting and prioriiized them for action in the coming year. The legislative items dealing with state bonding funds were given the highest priority for MAWD's focus this legislative session. Senate File 83, which was introduced last year *o consolidate wetlands laws, has been modified by a work group over the past six months and will be back before the legislature for action. The MAWD 2000 Legislative Break- fast & Day at the Capitol will be held on Friday, February 25th at 7:00 a.m. at the Kelly Inn in St. Paul. We'll have a legislative briefing on Thursday evening to get prepared for the next day. The Legislative Breakfast will give us a wonderful opportunity to further discuss with legislators MAWD's proposed legislation. If you haven't sent in your reservation please do so as soon as possible. And don't forget to invite your representatives and senators! It is with great sadness that I note the death of Cynthia Krieg. Cynthia operated Krieg Communications and was a tremendous resource for many metro watershed districts and for MAWD. She was instrumental in organizing the 1999 MAWD Summer Tour and her photos from the 1999 Annual Meeting appear in this newslet- ter. Cynthia's warm personality and wealth of talent will be greatly missed.