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Attachment 1. Timeline and Workplan for Buy Recycled - Closing the Loop Conference Planning <br />Date Accomplishment <br />October 16 Establish potential conference dates at Friday Center on 4 possible dates for conference in <br />late Feb. 2001. late February and March. <br />October 24 Contact Richard Keller as to his availability. Available at end of Feb <br />and until 12th of March basically. <br />October Start inquiry into other potential speakers, sessions, reservation <br />costs, participants, invitations/publicity, vendor fair, meal, budget, <br />and registration. <br />November Recruit potential vendors to display at the Fair/ <br />December Distribute survey to individual departments of Orange County Government and other local <br />governments that purchase supplies to deternune what percentage of material purchased <br />has recycled content, collect "buy recycled" purchasing policies from various local <br />agencies that have them, finalize speakers. <br />December 2 Order Environmental Purchasing Starter Kits. <br />December 4 Board of Orange County Commissioners endorses plan <br />December 5 Start advertising; send out invitations with an RSVP return to us by <br />Jan 19, 2001. <br />Dec 20 Collect surveys from Orange County and any other local <br />governments that have completed them. <br />Jan 2001 Determine menu, vendor numbers, vendor placement in hall, <br />participant numbers. Finalize agenda. Final confirmation from <br />speakers. Followup unanswered invitations. <br />Feb 2001 Process Orange County Departments' survey results for participants, copy surveys and <br />"buy recycled" policies for distribution at conference, design room and session layouts, and <br />finalize logistics such as parking, transportation for out-of town attendees/speakers, vendor <br />fair participants. <br />Late Feb 2001/Early March Conduct "Buy Recycled" conference. <br />Late March 20.01 Survey all conference attendees on recycled purchases for <br />FY 1999-2000. <br />Sept. 2001 Send last survey and publish and distribute results of surveys to conference participants to <br />serve as benchmazk for 2001-2002 and remainder of 2000-2001. <br />