In a meeting with Director Unsworth, Ron Warren and others on 26 Oct, we were told several things;

They agreed they would provide us a draft of the letter to Chairwomen Lorraine Loomis before it was sent.
THEY DIDN'T!

We requested and they agreed to publish ALL the meeting schedules, to include the Tribal/WDFW North of Falcon ones. Ron Warren sent us an email stating they intend to publish only the public meetings!

They professed how vital and important open meetings are and said they are doing everything they can to work for transparency.
At the very same time, they were in secret meetings crafting the TEN YEAR PLAN!

Just examples of dishonest behavior from the senior leadership of WDFW. I know you guys can give many, many more.

In our recent poll Do you trust DFW a full 94% said they do not trust WDFW.

And NOW with the Ten Year Plan, we have undeniable proof that the Senior leadership engages in dishonest practices, especially in negotiations with the tribal co-managers to the detriment of the non-tribal public.

SO HOW CAN WE POSSIBLY TRUST WDFW TO REPRESENT US BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS OF THE NORTH OF FALCON?

GD...These meetings are right around the corner and we are supposed to trust that the same people who just negotiated in secret and created the tremendously damaging Ten Year Plan will represent us any better than they just did! How can we possibly let that happen!

We need to tell the Commission LOUD AND CLEAR! WE DO NOT TRUST WDFW AND WANT THEM TO MANDATE PUBLIC OVERSIGHT IN THE NORTH OF FALCON POLICY! THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY AND CAN DO IT, THEY JUST NEED TO KNOW WE SUPPORT THEM AND THEY NEED TO FIND THE COURAGE!

Can't "force" the tribes to open the meetings? Arn't they "forcing" us to keep them closed? Let the court decide if secrets are the appropriate way to manage our fish. Just look at the Ten Year Plan to see how well secret meetings work!