Coos Economic Action Plan
Wood Products Technical Review Committee Meeting
January 17, 2008, 10:00 – 3:00 UNH Cooperative Extension Office, Lancaster, NH
AGENDA
Introductions, Anti-Trust Admonition 10:00
Review of December 13 Meeting (Wyman) 10:05
Contributions to Blog (Stoddard) 10:10
Review of Work Done by Focus Groups 10:15
• Forest Products Development Center
• Fiber Sustainability
--Sponsorship of Conference for Forest & Lands Study (Bryce)
• Energy Efficiencies in Wood Products Production
• Market Diversity
• Existing Business & Labor
Breakout by Focus Group 10:35
• Appoint Leader/Spokesperson
• What do we need to know?
• Who can get the information?
• Where can it be found?
Lunch (will be provided) 12:30
Report Out & Discussion 1:00
Priority Exercise 2:00
Fit Priorities to Report Outline for January 30 Meeting (Appendix A) 2:30
Assignments, Next Meeting, Adjourn 3:00
Appendix A
DRAFT Example: Form of Recommendations
Action Step Recommendation Statement:
Justification of Recommendation:
Who: Organization(s) identified to play lead role:
Timeline for Implementation:
Major Measures of Success:
Resource: What are sources of funding, and other resources for implementation
Appendix B
Metrics that will be used to measure the strength of the Action Plan include:
- Level of economic impact (number of jobs that could be created)
- Measurable improvements to quality of life
- Sustainability of the action
- Feasibility/likelihood of success and/or funding
- Degree of innovation
- Base of support or acceptability