The question asked Tuesday at the NOF forecast meeting in Olympia was--- what is the latest word on observers being allowed in the Sacramento meeting.

The answer was that it would be up to the tribes regarding observers and having an open meeting. They stated that there will be an additional large room available for those that travel and that the staff would be giving periodical updates of ongoing negotiations to those in attendance where input could also be given to staff.

My take is if I went down to the Sacramento meeting, instead of sitting around twiddling my thumbs, I would be outside picketing the event while waiting for negotiation updates.

Or, if the event was being streamed to the additional room that would probably keep me preoccupied instead of an outside the building demonstration.