An open letter to John Kingsbury (Executive Director of) and the Mountain Counties Water Resources Association Board of Directors:
By: Ron W. Ringen, Director, Tuolumne Utilities District Board Director
209-5325536 – rringen@tudwater.com
A HUGE thanks for your tremendous foresight to envision, and then the perseverance to plan and actually put on the March 23, 2018 “INNOVATIVE WATER TECHNOLOGIES FOR CALIFORNIA WORKSHOP” held at the Ridge Golf Course & Events Center in Auburn. What a GREAT learning and information gathering event it was!
The presenters were well informed and well prepared with great power point presentations, as well as being more than equipped and able to answer in detail tough, pointed questions after their presentations. I was very impressed, and I personally learned a lot even though I’m a (one of five) water/sewer District (Tuolumne Utilities District) Board Director. The information I gained will help me understand and put in perspective some of the District issues we are faced with and allow me to, hopefully, make better and more informed decisions as I attempt to fulfill my duties as a Board Director. Anyone that ‘side stepped’ this event ‘shot themselves in the foot’ as far as I’m concerned!
I was accompanied by one of our best and brightest Engineers working at TUD. He and I sat at a table together with a GM, but also an engineer, of a very progressive water and Special District in Tuolumne County. Both individuals took notes through out the various presentations to take back with them for use at our individual agencies. How powerful is that?!
Last, but certainly not least, my sincere thanks to the business’s and agencies that not only took their valuable time to put together and make the incredible informative presentations, but then to dig deep into their tight budgets and provide this great learning event all at NO COST to those that attended. A huge THANK YOU from this TUD Board member! I brought back a bunch of information/handouts to share with our GM and Staff.
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