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From: Amy Krause & Leslie Taylor
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 12:19 PM
To: Mountain Forum - E-conference
Subject: [mf-ec] Thank you: Rosenberg Water Policy E-Discussion

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               CLOSING ANNOUNCEMENT
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        Rosenberg Water Policy E-Discussion
         -- Managing Upland Watersheds --
     
        Sponsored by the Max Bell Foundation
     Hosted by the North American Mountain Forum
            July 31 – August 28, 2006
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THANK YOU!

Thank you to everyone for making the past four weeks
of discussion thoughtful and engaging! We were
impressed with the quality of the messages and with
the number of people who showed an interest in this
topic. We look forward to sharing your suggestions
with the participants of the face-to-face Rosenberg
International Forum on Water Policy.

Very special thanks to our guest moderators – Robert
Halliday and Lorne Taylor - who shared a wealth of
knowledge, experience and ideas with us in spite of
their busy schedules. Please take a moment to thank
them for their work!

We would also like to thank the Max Bell Foundation
for their generous support of this endeavour and for
embracing an online format that enabled anyone with
an internet connection and email account to
participate.

WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED?

Web Archive –--
The entire e-discussion, including all postings and
thematic discussion summaries, will remain online for
you and others to reference in the future.
http://www.banffcentre.ca/mountainculture/mtnforum/econferences/rosenberg/

Discussion Summaries –--
Discussion summaries for each theme will be prepared
over the next week and will be available for download
from the discussion website within the next two weeks.

Information-Sharing –--
Discussion summaries and the web archive URL will be
distributed on the appropriate Mountain Forum
discussion lists, posted in the Mountain Forum Online
Library, and shared with the international Mountain
Partnership network. Your thoughts and ideas will be
delivered to the inboxes of more than 2000 mountain
supporters worldwide, and remain online for many
others to reference.

Feedback for the Rosenberg International Forum for
Water Policy –--
Discussion summaries and the web archive URL will be
distributed to participants at the face-to-face
Rosenberg International Forum for Water Policy which
runs in Banff, Alberta, Canada on September 6-11.

Thank you for taking the time to influence this process!

WHAT IS NEXT?

You will receive a brief message within the next two
weeks to let you know where you can read and download
the summaries of this e-discussion. The list will
remain open until the close of the face-to-face
Rosenberg Forum on September 11, after which we will
remove your email addresses from the database and
formally close this discussion list.

ROSENBERG INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR WATER POLICY

The face-to-face Rosenberg International Forum for
Water Policy will take place in Banff, Alberta,
Canada from September 6-11, 2006. Our discussion will
inform a this face-to-face event.

Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy:
Managing Upland Watersheds
September 6-11, 2006
Banff, Alberta, Canada

Forum information is posted at:
http://rosenberg.ucanr.org/

KEEP IN TOUCH

Although this online guided discussion is now over,
your ideas and comments are welcome on Mountain Forum
discussion lists or on the Mountain Partnership’s
“Water in Mountains” discussion board. Let the exchange
of ideas continue!

Mountain Forum –
http://www.mtnforum.org

As many of you know, Mountain Forum is a global
community of individuals and organisations promoting
regional and global action towards equitable and
ecologically sustainable mountain development. It
offers several thematic and geographically focussed
email discussion lists, an online mountain library,
mountain calendar, searchable member database, and
contacts. Membership in Mountain Forum is free.

Mountain Partnership –
http://www.mountainpartnership.org/

You can also keep in touch by joining the Mountain
Partnership – a higher level, voluntary alliance of
partners dedicated to improving the lives of mountain
people and protecting mountain environments around
the world. The Mountain Partnership also hosts an
online discussion forum dedicated specifically to
Mountains and Water. http://www.mp-discussion.org/water/

Thank you again to all of our contributors and
participants! We hope to keep in touch with you and
look forward to meeting you in person sometime in the
near future.

Sincerely,

Leslie Taylor, Associate Director, Mountain Environment
Tel: (403) 762-6675 Email: leslie_taylor@banffcentre.ca

Amy Krause, Program Officer, Mountain Forum
Tel: (403) 762-6477 Email: amy_krause@banffcentre.ca

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