[Press Release] : Vision Sponsors Council Meeting

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Contact: Paula Hertwig Hopkins, Assistant City Manager - (573) 874-7218


Vision Sponsors Council Meeting

WHAT: The Vision Sponsors Council will hold a public meeting to: 

(1) Act on recommendations made by Vision Committee Co-Chairs to
appoint 15 Co-Facilitators for Citizen Topic Groups;
(2) Review minutes of past Vision Sponsors Council meetings;
(3) Determine future meeting dates.

WHEN: Monday, October 30, 2006 from 8:15 - 8:45 a.m.

WHERE: City Council Chamber, 4th floor, Daniel Boone Building, 701 E.
Broadway

CONTACT: Paula Hertwig Hopkins, Assistant City Manager
(573) 874-7218

The 15 Co-Facilitators will join Co-Chairs M. Dianne Drainer and
Jeffrey Williams, Ph.D. as members of the Vision Committee. The Vision
Committee will grow when a second wave of Co-Facilitators is chosen by
members of Citizen Topic Groups. Facilitators will manage discussion
within Citizen Topic Groups, expected to convene in January 2007. 

Drainer and Williams nominated the 15 Co-Facilitators from among a pool
of 35 applicants. These appointed Co-Facilitators must be skilled at
facilitating discussions among individuals with diverse backgrounds and
interests and must maintain neutrality.

Vision Committee Co-Chair Drainer is Executive Director of the Mizzou
Flagship Council. Co-Chair Williams is Director of Access and Urban
Outreach, University of Missouri.

Vision Sponsors Council members are: Columbia Mayor Darwin Hindman,
chair; Dr, Gerald Brouder, President, Columbia College; Dr. Phyllis
Chase, Superintendent, Columbia Public Schools; Dr. Brady Deaton,
Chancellor, University of Missouri - Columbia; Dr. Wendy Libby,
President, Stephens College; Boone County Presiding Commissioner Keith
Schnarre; and Columbia City Manager Bill Watkins.

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