Action items in red.

Issues/Discussions/Actions:

July Bin Items

• Approve July notes
  • Accepted distributed procedures regarding “official” meeting minutes (attached)
  • July notes accepted
• WFDSS webinar
  • Marlena will present next meeting (Sept 23)
• Montrose trip
  • Jeff, Leslie, Tate need to work on objectives & agenda
  • Travel limitations will be a factor for all
  • NWCG supports committee travel (but not with funding)

July Agenda Items

Redbook Planning Chapter

• General Discussion
• Becky will take first shot at suggesting updates/changes and circulate
• Due date late September (exact date TBD)

Fire Planner Training Curriculum

• Second Round of Interviews Questions – finalize, due date
  • Mary recommending focus groups
    • Will also do some follow-up individual interviews
  • Mary will resend final list of questions
• Interviewee List(s) – due date to Mary – Sept 3
  • Each agency will provide direct to Mary
  • Note any folks that might be better to interview individually
  • Individual agencies will want to send out advance notice to participants with info on intent and process
    • Jeff will draft up and circulate first cut for agency language
• Ted’s remarks re: objective of training curriculum
  • Will revisit after next go-round and further refine ‘purpose’ of training initiative
• “Follow-up support” – work groups, task teams, etc.
  • Geoff Babb BLM fire ecologist comments
    • How to transfer training for individuals to others back at unit
  • Think of follow-up support to trainees
    • Info, additional training, working groups, mentoring, etc.
    • Keep in mind for future – not high priority right now

FPA Direction Forward Last Minute Follow-up (if needed)

• Today’s 1400 Presentation
• Assignments, taskings, etc.

NWCG committee membership

• NWCG board wants to manage membership on NWCG committees
• Need to submit formal request to board
• Will need to define TNC membership in IFPC – value, purpose, tenure
  • Define Mary’s role as liason to FLAP agreement
  • Ted also defined as advisor
• Need to add Scott Bradshaw as primary member In addition to Reeve for BIA
• Need to add Sue Weber as primary member in addition to Leslie
  • Elaine will send Becky language for intent describing multiple members but one vote (Becky)
  • Still only one ‘vote’ per agency
  • Then get intent statement changes revised and to NWCG for (Tate/Becky)

Result of STARFire submission to Evaluation Board (EB)

• Jeff will work with other committees to determine value and redundancy

Bin Items

• Follow-up to FPA OG meeting
• IFEC decision support vs. DOI tasking
• Retardant Use EIS
  • Agency specific or interagency
  • Nationwide?
  • How are different agencies dealing with the issue?
  • Unit level or national level?
  • BLM call w/FS compliance folks (Joe Carboni) for discussion – offer to other agencies to listen in
    • Find out what FS is doing and how approaching
    • Ted will set up call and let folks know

Upcoming Meetings/Dates

• FMAPS webinar presentation August 27 – 1300-1400
• September 23 - Monthly IFPC Meeting – 1000-1200 – BLM conf room

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