Class2008Nov07

Class Assignments and Agenda for Week 11, 2008 Nov 7
Class meets from 9:10 - 11:55A in 3214 Jordan Hall on the NCSU Campus. You are free to bring food and drink to this classroom.

If anyone is interested, here is a scorecard developed by the federal government. It is basically a scorecard that assesses their programs. Here's a link to the agriculture rating: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2005/pma/agriculture.pdf


 * Objectives**


 * Evaluate each of three properties - will need info in advance (ie, by Wednesday) - each team to give **10min presentation** of key points, followed by discussion - total 30min/team
 * How do we integrate report card and indicators ideas?
 * Discuss what we've learned overall and how we will present that in final session


 * Things to do before our meeting - please read all items, regardless of team**


 * Item 1: Readings** Have read before class - sooner is better so that you start integrating these things into your thinking.
 * Center for Whole Communities. 2007. Whole Measures: Transforming our Vision of Success. Center for Whole Communities, Fayston, VT. ( Readings file CWC2007_WholeMeasures_6.pdf )
 * Read closely the introductory material and evaluate how it fits what we heard from our panelists.
 * At what scale does this apply to TLC?
 * How might it be implemented?
 * What kind of information is needed to give a grade for each of the practices?


 * Stem, C, R. Margoluis, N. Salafsky, & M. Brown. 2005. Monitoring and evaluation in conservation: A review of trends and approaches. Conservation Biology 19(2): 295-309. (Readings Stem-etal2005_MonitoringEvaluationReview.pdf )
 * Good review. Winds up at CMP approach.


 * TNC. 2003. Measuring Success: The Parks in Peril Consolidation Scorecard Manual. The Nature Conservancy, downloaded from http://www.parksinperil.org/files/site_cons_scorecard_old_eng.pdf on 2008 Oct 31 ( Readings TNC2003_SiteConsolidationScorecard.pdf )
 * This is an older version, but it's more succinct than the newer and gets the main idea across
 * Visit http://www.parksinperil.org/resources/art18403.html for the latest version and for case studies


 * Manomet Center for Conservation Success. Undated. Conservation Scorecard: A Tool for Prioritizing Land Conservation. The Manomet Center, Manomet, MA, downloaded from http://www.conservationmapper.org/scorecard_0706.pdf on 2008 Oct 31 ( Readings ManometCenterUndated_Scorecard.pdf )
 * Though the title indicators priority-setting, this can be adapted to reporting on status.
 * Also visit their web site at http://www.manomet.org/
 * And see http://www.conservationmapper.org/scorecard.htm


 * Heinz Center. 2008. The State of the Nation's Ecosystems 2008: Highlights, Heinz Center, downloaded from http://www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems/2008report/pdf_files/Highlights_Final_low_res.pdf on 2008 Nov 2 (Readings HeinzCenter2008_StateOfEcosystems.pdf )
 * Skim through this - the full report must be purchased. More information about the 2008 report is at http://www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems - there are also fact sheets at this location.
 * An example of national-level indicators of ecosystem health.
 * You can find the previous version on line at http://www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems/2002report/index.html If you examine this, you'll see you can drill down to find out what each indicator is, why it's important, and where the data come from.


 * Item 2: Property Briefs** Due noon Wed 5 Nov - all to review before class
 * Teams for Berryhill, Kuenzler, Little River to post diagrams and indicator summaries to the greatest extent possible by noon Wed 5 Nov. Please link documents to the top of your respective property wiki pages.
 * All to review these summaries before class so that we can evaluate.


 * Agenda for class session**

9.10 **Preliminaries** (Hess) - Note taker = Louise - Time keeper = George

9.15 Little River

9.45 Kuenzler

10.15 Berryhill

10.45 Break

10.55 Integration and planning for final seminar - How do all of these ideas fit together? - Where does the Whole Communities approach fit into our thinking? - How should our final seminar flow? What are the key objectives? What do we want in the way of audience participation? Who should be there?

11.30 Individual team planning and work

11.55 **Adjourn**