Cos Economic Action Plan Wood Products Technical Review Committee Meeting

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Coös Economic Action PlanWood Products
Technical Review Committee Meeting

• December 13, 2007 - 1000
• County Extension Office, Lancaster, NH

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Agenda

• Introductions, Anti-Trust Admonition 1000
• Process Orientation (Stoddard) 1015
• Presentation of Charge (Wyman) 1030
• Wood Supply Overview ( Smith) 1045
• Discussion of Key Elements (Wyman) 1100
• Additional Key Elements (All) 1130
• Order of Priority Exercise 1145
• How Do We Approach Each Key Element 1200
• Assignments 145
• Next Meeting, Adjourn 200

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Charge!

• Coos County Economic Action Plan
• Timber
• Alternative Energy
• Tourism
• Creative Economy
• Broad-based, detailed, implement able set of
  economic action steps.

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Metrics

• Level of economic impact (jobs)
• Measurable improvements to quality of life
• Sustainability of the action
• Feasibility likelihood of success/funding
• Degree of innovation
• Base of support or acceptability

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Coös Process

• Initial Meeting (this one!)
• Homework
• Follow-Up Meetings to Draft Report
• February 6 Steering Committee Meeting
• Meeting (or two?) to Respond to Steering
  Committee, Complete Report
• Wrap Up by March 31?

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Key Elements

• Sustainable Levels of Wood Supply
• Steering Investments/Wood Resources to Higher
  Added-Value Use
• Determining Ingredients of Sustainable
  Wood-Fiber-Based Industry
• Alternative/Supplemental Resources to Low-Grade
  Wood
• Forest Products Development Center
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Brainstorm!
Additional Key Elements?
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Establish Priorities
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The WorkHow Do We Approach Each Key Element?

• What do we need to know?
• How do we get the information?
• Who can do it?

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Wrap Up

• Assignments
• Next Meeting
• Adjourn