[env-trinity] Dec 8 TAMWG meeting cancelled

[Tom Stokely]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arnold Whitridge" <awhitridge at snowcrest.net>
To: TAMWG
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 10:51 AM
Subject: Dec 8 TAMWG meeting cancelled


> TAMWG,
>
>> I've just been informed by FWS Arcata personnel that the December 8 TAMWG
> meeting can't take place because the FACA-required notice was not
published
> in the federal register. Apparently, the proposed notice never left
> Sacramento, and nobody in Washington knew the meeting was scheduled. I
> don't fully understand FACA's provisions, but it might be illegal for
> federal employees to attend even a non-noticed, informal (and
unreimbursed)
> gathering of TAMWG members. In any case, the Dec 8 meeting is cancelled.
> FWS has promised to call each member to explain this directly. I believe
> the TMC meeting scheduled for Dec 9 and 10 will proceed as scheduled,
> unaffected by our misadventure except of course that they'll have to make
> do without any new TAMWG advice.
>
> Arnold
>