Urban Rural Unity Study

Commonwealth North is currently conducting an Urban Rural Unity Study. Links to rough drafts, meeting schedules and minutes, resource materials and more are being placed on this page as work on the project proceeds. The following information, minutes, schedules, etc. from the Urban Rural Unity Study are for administrative and working purposes only. Until the report is approved in whole or in part by the Commonwealth North Board of Directors, none of the material in these study group Web pages constitutes an official position of Commonwealth North. The Urban Rural Unity Study Draft Report The Draft Report is a 2.5 megabyte portable document format (PDF) file that can be read with Acrobat Reader, a free program that can be downloaded on the Web. This study is the result of seven months of effort by 55 volunteers who had about 100 meetings and interviewed 20 resource people. We are actively soliciting your comments and opinions about this report. We are especially interested in any major concepts or success stories we may have overlooked. Please respond by August 31. Commonwealth North will then consider all comments submitted and issue a final report. Please send us your comments on the reply form included in this section of our web site, or fax your comments to 276-6350. A Timeline of Alaska Federal Subsistence Management Map of Alaska (313k) Preamble Alaska History Committee Report Preamble Subgroup, Notes from March 8, 2000, meeting Various definitions of "Rural" Economic Issues Committee e-mails regarding the Preamble Preamble Subgroup, Notes from April 19, 2000, meeting Preamble, Outline With Content, Revised Draft, April 27, 2000 General Items Alaska Humanities Forum Visioning Statement Charge approved by Board, Jan. 11, 2000 Schedule Economic Survival and Development Minutes of March 8, 2000, meeting. Economic Survival and Development Subcommittee, Minutes, March 8, 2000, meeting Minutes of March 17, 2000, meeting Economic Survival and Development Subcommittee, Minutes, March 17, 2000, meeting Economic Survival and Development Subcommittee, Minutes, March 31, 2000, meeting Economic Development & Survival, Draft Discussion Points North Foreland Facility and the Trans-Alaska Gas Pipeline, Powerpoint presentation Economic Analysis of the opportunities, obstacles, and possible solutions impacting Alaskan Urban/Rural Unity, Powerpoint presentation Economic Survival and Development Subcommittee, Minutes, April 7, 2000, meeting Economic Survival and Development Subcommittee, Minutes, April 14, 2000, meeting Economic Survival and Development Subcommittee, Minutes, April 21, 2000, meeting Issue paper drafts: Sovereign Immunity for Native Entities in Bush Alaska as an Impediment to Investment in Bush Alaska. Lack of Capital Education and Leadership in Rural Alaska Scale; Education Report on Kotzebue Economic Summit Access to Fish and Game Access to Fish and Game Private Land Wildlife Management in Alaska, Powerpoint presentation Quality, Delivery and Control of Local Services Meeting With Mayors Outline, March 21, 2000 Meeting with Mayors Minutes, March 21, 2000