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Regional Collaboration: Conveners Meeting
What is the Conveners Meeting and who attended?The "Great Lakes Regional Collaboration" (GLRC) convened on Friday, December 3, 2004 in Chicago, IL. Agenda for the Conveners Meeting, Friday December 3. Photos from the meeting. Principal Conveners attending the GLRC Conveners Meeting included Governors, Mayors, Tribal leaders, members of the Congressional delegation, and members of the President's cabinet. The GLRC Conveners Meeting provided a forum for the region's leaders, in the presence of interested stakeholders, to declare publicly and formally their support for the development of a widely understood and broadly supported strategy with actions to further protect and restore the Great Lakes through the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration process. What was the purpose of the Conveners Meeting?The ceremonial Conveners Meeting had two purposes: First, the convening body acknowledged the reasons behind launching the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration (GLRC). By signing the Great Lakes Declaration, Conveners pledged to support the GLRC process and devise an integrated, collaborative restoration/protection strategy for the Great Lakes basin. Second, there was a ceremonial signing of the GLRC Framework document by spokespeople or representatives of each of the convening groups. Immediately following the ceremony and for some period of time thereafter, this document may be signed by additional Conveners (mayors, governors, federal government representatives, Congressional delegates, Tribes). The GLRC Framework defines the commitment of the signatory bodies to meaningful participation in the GLRC and the development of the Great Lakes Restoration and Protection Strategy. Documents for the December 3rd Conveners Meeting of the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration include:
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