[Press Release] : Sponsors Council selects 15 to serve as co-facilitators of Citizen Topic Groups and to serve on Vision Committee

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Contact: Robert Ross - (573) 874-7220 

Sponsors Council selects 15 to serve as co-facilitators of Citizen Topic Groups and to serve on Vision Committee

COLUMBIA, MO (October 31, 2006) -- The Vision Sponsors Council on Monday, Oct. 30, selected 15 volunteer citizens to serve on the Vision Committee and as co-facilitators of Citizen Topic Groups. They were among 34 applicants that were reviewed by Vision Committee co-chairs M. Dianne Drainer and Jeffrey Williams who made recommendations to the Vision Sponsors Council. 

Those selected are:
* Robert Bailey, director/dean, Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution
* Lynda Baumgartner, owner of Image Technology
* Kevin Brown, author/athlete
* Bill Costello, Woodruff Sweitzer
* Tina Ehrhardt, ABC Labs
* Louesa Runge Fine, State Farm Insurance
* Kim Stonecipher-Fisher, New York Life
* Tim Klocko, Stephens College
* Sally Beth Lyon, Columbia Public Schools
* Al Price, retired, Boone County National Bank
* Sarah Read, The Communications Center, Inc.
* B. Daniel Simon, attorney
* Pieter Van Waarde, Woodcrest
* Mary “Becky” Wagner, broker-owner, RealtyNET
* Susan Williams, dental hygienist 

The co-facilitators will join the Vision Committee that will be responsible for guiding the community-wide visioning process, “Imagine Columbia’s Future.” Fifteen more co-facilitators will be self-selected once Citizen Topic Groups are identified later this year. Meetings will begin in January 2007.

The Vision Committee will manage the vision process and write the vision plan on behalf of the community. Another critical task is encouraging citizens to attend the two BIG (Big Idea-Gathering) Meetings set for Nov. 28 and Nov. 30. Citizen ideas generated at the BIG Meetings will lay the foundation for Columbia’s vision plan.

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

For more information about community-wide visioning, visit the city of Columbia’s Web site at www.GoColumbiaMo.com and click on “Imagine Columbia’s Future.”

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