New Mexico Water Dialogue

Welcome to the Dialogue's Website. Here you will be able to learn about the Dialogue's history and current activities, find out about upcoming events (ours and others'), view back issues of our newsletter, Dialogue, and other publications, respond with your comments, become a member, make additional contributions, volunteer, and more....

Please explore this site by clicking on the categories to the left. The site is maintained by volunteers, so please be patient. We welcome your input and suggestions for ways we can improve our online presence and service to the water planning community. Thanks for visiting and for your feedback.

NEWS AND NOTES:

New! (June 16, 2010) We have now activated our new online membership and contribution system. To get to the online form, please click here or on the "Join/Contribute" navigation button to the left. Later, you will also be able to use this system to register online and pay in advance for the Annual Statewide Meeting and other Dialogue-sponsored events. Please tell us what you think!

Board News (updated June 6, 2010). Conci Bokum has retired as president of the Dialogue and the Board of Directors has selected Mary Murnane to replace her. Mary assumed the position as of the end of the January 14, 2010, Annual Statewide Meeting. Two new members were named to the Board at its March 11, 2010 meeting. Aron Balok comes to the Dialogue from the Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy District, filling the vacancy left by the untimely passing of Brent Bullock. Aaron Chavez works for the San Juan Water Commission. He was nominated by Randy Kirkpatrick, who has resigned from the Board. In addition, as of June 1, Tracy Seidman Hephner accepted reappointment to the Board after an absence of several years. We welcome her return.

The Dialogue's 16th Annual Statewide Meeting, "State Water Planning: A Path Forward?" held January 14, 2010 at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, was a huge success. Attendance was better than ever, and Helen Ingram's keynote speech, "No Universal Solutions: Place and Politics Matter in Water Governance," was warmly received. To view the agenda and download slides, transcripts, and presentation summaries from the meeting (all posted as of June 1), go to the Recent Events page.

Also available: Transcripts from the Dialogue's 15th Annual Statewide Meeting,
"Bringing Accountability to Water Planning: Do We Need a Crisis?"

Transcripts for most presentations have been posted. Check them out here.

The Fall 2009 issue of Dialogue has been published. Read it here. The Spring 2010 issue will be available shortly.