Mission: the committee is responsible for defining a strategy for board development/expansion to drive potential projects that will support the organization's strategic goals. 

2012 Tasks:

• Scope potential projects for consideration and implementation
• Present project scope to board of directors, including financials

The Annual Conservation Summit Committee is responsible for organizing and executing Colorado WaterWise's annual event.

Colorado WaterWise hosts a 1-day event each year to engage and educate the community to help promote urban water conservation to professionals throughout Colorado.

The Annual Conservation Summit Committee will deliver a successful annual event each year through implementation of the events project plan.  The project plan includes task such as (including but not limited to):  identify a theme, select a venue, audio and visual equipment, identify topics and speakers, develop a pricing strategy, develop registration platform, identify sponsors and sponsor benefits, marketing materials, and public relations,  document financials, award program and door prizes, and other key event deliverables. 

The Annual Conservation Summit Committee will need to designate:

• Facility Coordinator: secure room-reservation, arrange for necessary amenities required for the meeting. Act as a liaison between the committee and the facility managers. Determine needs for additional duties such as room set-up, cleaning and membership sign-ins/seating assignments. Organize food/refreshments. Sub-tasker assistance required.
• Program Manager: Develop a list of discussion topics and provide a time frame/agenda. Assign "speakers search" responsibilities. Assign handouts and notebooks preparation responsibilities. Sub-tasker assistance required.
• Event Host: manage the progression of activities in a timely fashion. Provide opening comments and introductions.
• Publicist: Get the word out, prepare event's brochure, post information on the website, contact membership, solicit involvement, track and coordinate registrations, assist in agenda development and printed materials. Sub-tasker assistance required.
• Sponsor Agent: Contact and secure sponsors for the event. Will coordinate with the Publicist.
• Treasurer: Monitor expenses, collect receipts, expense approval/justification.
• Fundraiser: Develop fundraising program for the cocktail hour. Sub-tasker assistance required.
• Webmaster:  Develop registration platform, post all Annual Event materials.
• Surveys:  Develop a survey, coordinate completion, gather and communicate survey results.
• Admin tasks:  Print materials, host registration table, arrange signage, etc.
• Registration:  Monitor and reconcile registration with money collected and coordinate with treasurer.  Prepare name tags, registration list for the day of, staff and monitor registration table. 

The ICI Committee acts as a steering committee for ICI water conservation projects. The focus of the ICI (Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional) Committee is to promote water conservation within the business community. Recent projects include the development of an ICI self audit tool to identify conservation potential and tools for implementation. The first phase of a benchmarking project developed average water use for four sectors, using actual billing and building data from six Front Range cities. The sectors include:

• Restaurants
• Schools
• Hotel/motels
• Nursing home/assisted living facilities

The Colorado WaterWise website communicates the organizational goals and objectives to members and visitors. The website hosts information about the organization, the Board of Directors, projects, technical resources, newsletter, and events. It also provides a platform for essential organizational functions including member and contact database management, membership registration and renewal, e-mail marketing, document storage, event registration, and online credit card payments.

The Website committee’s role is to optimize the website for the display of timely information.  Website committee members learn through web-based tutorials how to manage website structure and functions and train Board members, committee members, and staff how to post information.

• Posting of Information: Because Colorado WaterWise does not contract with a website administrator, posting of website content is a responsibility shared by all committees and Board members. Each committee or workgroup should designate a member who is responsible for posting information about their projects. Management Team information should be posted by the Secretary or Project Manager in the Board Business Section. The website is equipped with a text editor that allows information to be easily copied from Microsoft Word documents to a web page.  The Website committee is responsible for adding pages and modifying formats as necessary to accommodate new information. If interested in posting information, any Board member may request administrative access to the website and training from the Website committee.
• E-mail Distribution: The Project Manager is responsible for e-mail distribution to mailing lists. If a committee needs to send out information to a mailing list, the information should be first approved by the Management Team and then sent to the Project Manager. Contacts can be sorted and grouped by category to create custom distribution lists.
• Member/Contact Database: The Membership committee is responsible for maintaining the member/contact database.
• Posting Events:  Events and meetings can be posted by the Project Manager or Board members with administrative access to the website. Any water conservation or water resources related event can be posted. Events and meetings can be set up so that attendees can register on the website. Attendees are automatically recorded in the contact database and the number of attendees registered for each event is tracked.
• Respond to Member Inquiries

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