Game Management Advisory Council opportunity

[loper]

FYI: 

WDFW seeks applicants for positions on game management advisory council

OLYMPIA – The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is seeking nominations for its Game Management Advisory Council, which advises the department on issues including hunter-access opportunities, resource allocation, funding options and research projects.

WDFW Director Phil Anderson will appoint eight new members to the 26-member council that also makes recommendations regarding implementation of the department’s Game Management Plan (http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/game/).

Nominees do not have to be affiliated with an organized group. Nominations must be submitted in writing with the following information:

    Nominee’s name, address, telephone number and email address.
    Relevant experience and reasons for wanting to serve as a member of the advisory group.
    Nominee’s effectiveness in communication.
    Name and contact information for any individual or organization submitting a nomination.

Nominations must be received by 5 p.m., Aug. 31. Nominations must be submitted to Dave Ware, Game Division Manager by mail: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, 600 Capitol Way N, Olympia, WA 98501-1091; or email at David.Ware@dfw.wa.gov. For more information, contact Dave Ware at (360) 902-2509.

New advisory council members will serve through June 2013. The council holds at least three one-day meetings each year. Special meetings may be called when special issues/topics arise. Council members are eligible to be reimbursed by WDFW for travel expenses to attend meetings.

[fair-chase]

Just how much influence does this advisory council have? If it's worth the effort, it would be nice to pool some volunteers from this site and then flood them with the nominations for our candidates.

[sebek556]

dave workman 

[Special T]

This is very important! I have talked to someone on the waterfowl advisory council and had an interesting conversation... I think this person will be shedding some light on these issues on this forum.  Many of these meetings are closed to the public, and i KNOW it is going to be important to bring some of the BS that has been going on into Plain View... If nothing else Someone who can share what the WDFW is thinking and doing would be important. I Do not think that it is very hard to get appointed BUT it is very important to start seizing the opportunities to take our sport back!

[bearpaw]

important, yes, from what I understand the the WDFW uses this group to advise on issues

[bearpaw]

Just how much influence does this advisory council have? If it's worth the effort, it would be nice to pool some volunteers from this site and then flood them with the nominations for our candidates.

good thought

[Special T]

I am told that they do not listen very well, but i think that is because the topics discussed at the meetings are not spread in public circles. IF we had someone that would ask the right questions and report back to the public what the answers were i think we would get some place. The Min are available to the public BUT they are very sparse and do not say what actually goes on. 

[Special T]

Sprig 58 will be posting up the WAG min here soon. Had another short chat with him about the WAG. In short he said that it is hard to hold people in the WDFW Even if called out. I think airing out some of the deficiencies is the only way we are going make headway so a GMAC member that reports to the public would be VERY valuable. 

[winshooter88]

Becoming a member of the GMAC is not that hard, trying to make any difference through the GMAC is very, very hard. Most of the time the department brings in their ideas and GMAC suggests changes, then the department does what it wanted to do in the first place. It can be very frustrating at times. It is kind of like the biologists sending in seasonal recommendations on harvest quotas, by the time their suggestions get acted upon they have been commented on by several levels of managers in the regions and in Olympia and rarely look any thing like what the biologists send in.



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[Special T]

I think the insight by a GMAC member can be VERY insightful. They get a peek at how the WDFW thinks. Win88 I think your right that it is VERY hard for them(GMAC members) to make change. HOWEVER when the WDFW claims that hunters have had "Input" and there were no issues, if we had some forewarning we could provide more document-able suggestions/Input Via Letters WFW and otherwise. 

[Wacenturion]

Becoming a member of the GMAC is not that hard, trying to make any difference through the GMAC is very, very hard. Most of the time the department brings in their ideas and GMAC suggests changes, then the department does what it wanted to do in the first place. It can be very frustrating at times. It is kind of like the biologists sending in seasonal recommendations on harvest quotas, by the time their suggestions get acted upon they have been commented on by several levels of managers in the regions and in Olympia and rarely look any thing like what the biologists send in.



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Pretty much right on.  Benefit to WDFW is they can show sportsman involvement in the process to the rest of the world and Commission, even though they do what they want anyway.  It's simply for show, nothing more.

[Special T]

If its just for show then we need to air the laundry so that all of the hook and bullet crowd know what they are up to.  Its the only way we will start to hold them accountable.

[THINK_N_ELK]

My understanding is, that DFW staff was having a hard time pulling the wool over the GMAC eyes. So the head guy (DFW staff) went to the DFW director and to get a fresh group of members. That way he cam manipulate the group before they get wise to his tricks.

[Wacenturion]

My understanding is, that DFW staff was having a hard time pulling the wool over the GMAC eyes. So the head guy (DFW staff) went to the DFW director and to get a fresh group of members. That way he cam manipulate the group before they get wise to his tricks.

Ware did you hear that.

[Curly]