Fall Forum

Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas

November 21-23, 2002

 

AGENDA
Thursday, November 21
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.  Arrival and registration
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.      Welcome Reception at Hilton Garden Inn Lobby
7:00 – 7:15 p.m.     Welcome Remarks

Charlene Gonzales Zettel
California Assemblywoman
Chair, Border Legislative Initiative
San Diego, California

Jeff Wentworth, Texas State Senator
Vice Chair, Border Legislative Initiative
San Antonio, Texas

Special Guest:
Jose Manuel Suarez Lopez
Mayor of the City of Nuevo Laredo
Friday, November 22, 2002

8:00 a.m.                                

Mexican Breakfast 
8:30 a.m.  Introductions, opening remarks and expectations

Enrique Cardenas Del Avellano
President of the Legislature
State of Tamaulipas

Charlene Gonzales Zettel, Chair
Border Legislative Initiative
Assemblymenber of the State of California

Jeff Wentworth, Vice Chair
Border Legislative Initiative
Senator of the State of Texas

Honorable Tomas Yarrington
Governor of State of Tamaulipas
8:45 a.m.        Open discussion water issues along the U.S.-Mexico border
Staff Report: Cloud Seeding Facilitator:

Rick Van Schoik
Managing Director
Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy
10:30 a.m.   Consent Calendar:
  • Approval of BLI July forum minutes
  • Program Manager's Report
10:40 a.m.    Coffee Break
10:50 a.m.   Environmental issues along the U.S.-Mexico border
  • Staff Report: Border 2012 Program
  •  Speaker:
    • Oscar Hinojosa
      General Director of Sustainable Development
      State of Tamaulipas

  • Open Discussion
12:40 p.m.    

Overview of migration flows and impacts along the U.S.-Mexico border

Dr. Nestor Rodriguez
Co-Director, Center for Immigration Research University of Houston
1:30 p.m.  Lunch (Hilton Garden Inn hotel)
2:50 p.m.    Open discussion on migration issues
4:40 p.m. BLI Organizational Issues
  • Adoption of Organizational Framework
  • Selection of BLI Vice Chair  (Caucus among Mexican state legislators)  
5:30 p.m.      Other items
  • Substance Abuse Report
  • Identify topics and venue for next forum
5:45 p.m.               Final Agreements and Wrap Up
  • Closing Remarks (Chair and Vice Chair)
6:00 p.m.  Adjourn
7:00 p.m.           Dinner (Location TBA)
Saturday, November 23  
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Members depart