Our Rural Forum meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.  Please consult your program to confirm the Committee room location. Should you have any questions prior to the meeting, please feel free to call the committee staff coordinator Elizabeth Gavric at (916) 492-5200, or e-mail her at elizabethg@car.org

In June 2008, C.A.R. launched it's new and improved website at www.car.org. With the recent website changes, it is necessary to offer some instruction on our new Quick Print function.

The procedure for "Quick Print" has changed:

For members seeking to print their entire meeting packet, please begin by going back to the main "C.A.R. Business Meeting Materials" web page and click on the "Quick Print" link. On this web page you will be able to print all of the committee materials for any committee in one step. When selecting the committee materials to be printed, please select the committee cover memo box, and then select the boxes below in order to get all the committee materials. When finished selecting committee materials, please scroll to the bottom of this page and click "Continue" in order to compile the requested documents. Once compiled, the document may be printed.

C.A.R. Business Meeting Materials page:  http://www.car.org/meetings/carmeetings/currentmeetingmaterials/

The C.A.R. State Legislative Issues Report (SLIR) is also available on the web. The Report is prepared by the Association’s Governmental Affairs staff for use by C.A.R. policy committees as a foundation for policy development.  All policy committee members are encouraged to use this document as a resource throughout the year.  The 2009 Report can be found by clicking here:

http://www.car.org/governmentalaffairs/statelegislation/slir/

PLEASE NOTE: The SLIR is in excess of 80 pages. It may be beneficial to only select portions of this document that pertain to the issue area your committee is addressing. Please review these materials before the January 2009 Board of Directors Meetings.

Please print and review these materials before our meeting on January 21, 2009. I look forward to seeing you.

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