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    Local Watershed Steering Committee Plan Of Work (Example)      
    TASK Measurement Who Does It By When
    Groundwork: (October of year prior)      
    Identifying funding sources      
    Developing grant requests      
           
    Early January:      
    Identify and recruit members for steering committee      
    Provide orientation materials for new members      
    convene organizational meeting      
    publish and distribute results from organizational meetings.      
           
    Late January      
    Join Interbasin Steering Committee      
    Identify and recruit Delegates      
    Assist delegate with basin report      
    Review and distribute results of meeting to WSC      
         
    February:      
    Convene SCIAD (Scientific Advisory Panel)      
    Identify and recruit members      
    Issue First Draft of Scientific Study Plan      
    Coordinate meeting of SCIAD members (Conference Calls)      
    Coordinate Study Plan Review Process      
    Publish and distribute final draft      
         
    March      
    Training Program Development      
    Identify existing training materials      
    Modify, edit update training materials      
    Workbooks      
    Slide sets      
    videos      
    reporting forms      
    Produce copies of training materials as needed      
           
    Monitoring Equipment Management      
    Order new testing equipment      
    Order Replacement Chemicals      
    Retreive Old Kits      
    Refurbish Old Kits      
    Distribute Chemicals and Kits to Volunteers      
           
    April 1      
    Public Recruitment      
    Prepare registration materials (recruitment flyer)      
    Set up registration system      
    distribute registration materials      
    Issue press release      
    Conduct Direct Mail Campaign      
    Coordinate phone trees for re-enlistment      
    Receive registrations      
    Update and add new information to data base      
           
    April 15-May 15      
    Training Workshops      
    Identify and recruit instructors      
    Schedule dates for workshops      
    Book sites for workshops      
    Conduct Instructor Training Meetings      
    Distribute training materials to workshop coordinators      
    Conduct workshops      
    update volunteer information after workshops      
           
    May 16 1999, Sunday,      
    Reclaim the River Day!      
    Identify events      
    organize program and activities      
    Issue press release      
    mail invitations      
    Clean up afterward      
           
    Summer/fall,      
    Coordinate Field Monitoring Activities      
    Habitat Assessments      
    Herbicide Pesticide Monitoring      
    Fecal Coliform Monitoring Event      
    Fall Low Flow Monitoring Event      
           
    Tasks for each event:      
    Execute lab contract      
    Identify Supervising Samplers      
    Develop authorized sample list      
    Recruit runners for sample collection      
    Distribute sample materials to volunteers      
    Supervise runners and deliver samples to the lab      
    Issue sample collection report to volunteers      
    Issue press release on activity      
           
    Data Management      
    Develop data management protocols and conventions      
    Receive data from lab      
    Develop data reports      
    Distribute reports to participants      
           
    Late Fall      
    Watershed Protection Conferences.      
    Form Conference Planning Committee      
    Develop Program      
    Recruit speakers      
    Select and reserve site      
    Develop flyer and registration form      
    Mail out announcements      
    Coordinate registration      
    Recruit facilitators and area coordinators      
    Develop audio/visuals      
    Print handouts and assemble participant packets      
    Coordinate event      
    Send out thank you letters to speakers      
           
    December:      
    -Draft final report      
    -Circulate final report for comments      
    -Publish final report and distribute      
           
    ONGOING ADMINISTRATIVE:      
    1. Receive bills from vendors      
    2. Process Payment for bills      
    3. Develop quarterly income statements      
    4. Draft and file reports to granting institutions      
    5. Draft and file final report to granting institutions      

    Last Updated on 7/31/99
    By Ken Cooke: Water Watch
    Email: kywwp@Igc.org