This is for those that live along the coast of California that are interested in the Coastal Act and ensuring it is enforced.
ORCA is an organization created by Sara Wan, one of the public members of the California Coastal Commission. The goal of ORCA -- which stands for Organization of Regional Coastal Activists -- is to share resources to be more effective before the Coastal Commission. The idea is to help coastal activists overcome the vast financial resources of those that want to challenge the Coastal Act in their zeal to overdevelop the California coast. The only way to join is to first attend two seminars by Sara Wan. The purpose of the seminars is to learn about the Coastal Act, particularly Chapter 3, which is the heart of the act, so that you can become more effective when speaking to the Commissioners. Sara is an excellent lecturer and intersperses her seminar with real world examples. Her no nonsense style is both refreshing and effective. --- Hi, I have scheduled a training session for Nov. 8th in Santa Barbara at UCSB. This will be training session one and possibly two as well. How many people come will determine if I feel I am able to handle both sessions on the same day. Session one will start at 9am and end at 3 pm. If we do a second session it will start at 2pm and go until 5. Please let you members know that this is available to them if they have not completed both sessions. Also, if you know of people who have wanted to join ORCA but have not been able to attend the training, let them know about this and ask your members to let you know if they are aware of others who might be interested. I realize that this is way too far for many of your members. If you are not in S. California I suggest you send this on anyway but include a comment that you know this is too far for people to travel to but if they are interested in attending or know of someone who is they should let you know. If I have a sufficient number of people in a given area then I will schedule another one in a different location. Please send your responses and tell people who are interested to send their responses to myself and Virginia Gardner, Santa Barbara coordinator. I will be out of the country from Sept. 13- Oct 6 so it may be difficult for me to respond during that time. Sara --- If anyone from this list is interested, please contact me offline and I will provide you with the necessary contact info. If you want to know more about ORCA, visit: <http://www.calorca.org/>. Note that things are still kind of new. If you want to know more about Sara Wan, visit: <http://www.greenfoothills.org/news/2005/06-2005_CoastalAct.html> and <http://www.coastal.ca.gov/roster.html> Enjoy. Francis Drouillard, PE Novato, CA 94945 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to StrataList-OT@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/StrataList-OT?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
