Meeting dates will be coordinated with stages of completion of the technical analysis. Meetings in Year Three, assuming TMDL studies and models are completed, will focus on negotiating load allocation and the development of TMDL implementation plans. Meeting Facilitation Meeting facilitation will be conduced by Pris Weeks, Environmental Institute of Houston. The primary function of the facilitator is to enable the stakeholders to work together in an effective, egalitarian and efficient manner. The facilitator accomplishes this by being content neutral - i.e. not advocating any particular solution.
Stakeholders conceptualize environmental issues differently.
One stakeholder may see an issue as important while others see it as insignificant. These differences of perception are based in deeply held assumptions about the environment and society. The facilitator's task is to help stakeholders examine their assumptions and guide the group past their differences and towards their commonalities. The give and take of deliberation leads the group towards a common framework for understanding the issues. Although specific meeting dates were anticipated in the Task description, it is the prerogative of Stakeholder Groups to set the dates for their own meetings.