1) Single item agenda for Special Town of Taos Council Meeting, 9 a.m., Friday May 30, Town Hall Conference Room, 400 Camino de la Placita.
AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER BY THE HONORABLE MAYOR BOBBY F. DURAN
2. ROLL CALL
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
5. MATTERS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL
Briefing and update to Mayor and Council regarding the Town of Taos Pay and Classification Plan by Mike Swallow, Personnel Systems.
6. ADJOURNMENT
2) REMINDER: Are you connected with an organization that needs the Town of Taos to act as its fiscal agent during the coming year? Fiscal agency is where the Town manages funds for nonprofits and others that cannot directly receive funding from the New Mexico State Legislature, but need a municipality to go through. If you think the answer is yes, apply with the Town before the end of June. Contact Francella Garcia, Grants Administrator, 751-2029, fgarcia@taosgov.com, or for a copy of the application clickhere.
Nonprofit support directly from the Town of Taos: Watch http://www.taosgov.com/finance/solicitation.php this summer for Request for Proposals (RFPs) for Town of Taos sponsored nonprofit funding through the Finance Dept. If you wish funding for the coming year, the Town asks you to please go through this new RFP process, instituted last year and awarding $120,000 in three focus areas -- community development, economic development, and youth non-violence.
3) Fair Trade Steering Co., Town of Taos
Next meeting: This Thursday, May 29, 2008, 8-10 a.m., Town of Taos Convention Center, Civic Plaza Dr. Chris Pieper, Mudd & Flood, Chair of Committee - chris@yaxche.org. Agenda will include discussion of community education/endorsements, school curriculum, Taos Fair Trade merchant/product directory, update on Town Fair trade procurement, and other issues.
3) Eclectic internet news clips that include Taos –
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Northern New Mexico Pueblos Travel Information on http://www.USATravelPal.com
Santa Fe, NM 5/25/2008 09:01 PM GMT (FINDITT)
USATravelPal.com, a comprehensive travel website in progress, provides comprehensive travel information on over 1500 exciting destinations throughout the United States, including eight in the Northern Pueblos of New Mexico, namely Picuris, Taos, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambe, Pojoaque, and San Juan. At these pueblos, visitors will get a chance to experience first-hand this Native American way of life, including their unique brands of pottery, tapestry, and other handicrafts as well as their superb Mexican cuisine. When visiting the pueblos, however, one needs to be respectful of their customs and traditions. Photography is prohibited in the pueblos.
The San Ildefonso Pueblo, the most visited of the eight northern pueblos, is located just 23 miles from Santa Fe. This pueblo is known for its beautiful natural surroundings, including the spectacular Rio Grande, which runs through it, as well as the magnificent nearby Pajarito Plateau and the Black Mesa, which has come to symbolize this people's strength. The pueblo boasts a fishing lake, open to the public from April to October, as well as the nearby San Ildefonso Pueblo and Maria Poveka Martinez museums. In addition, the pueblo holds a tribal Animal Dance every January 23 at dawn.
The San Juan Pueblo is the the largest of the eight northern pueblos and the headquarters of the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council. Here, tourists can visit the Oke-Oweenge Crafts Cooperative, which displays artwork from all eight of the northern pueblos. This area is also home to the OhKay Casino, where tourists can enjoy playing Roulette and dining at their superb buffet. Although the San Juan Pueblo was the first to be colonized by the Spanish, today, the natives mainly practice their traditional religious rituals. The San Juan Pueblo hosts several exciting annual cultural events.
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Electoral College map could be redrawn in 2008
San Francisco Chronicle and 1 other source – 05/26/2008, 21:18 pm
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As Sen. Barack Obama moves toward the Democratic nomination, analysts think he could be riding a wave, where a fresh face coupled with a deep desire among voters for change overwhelms traditional partisan geography, topples GOP strongholds and delivers a powerful new majority for Democrats.
...Davis called the 'granola belt' of college towns and arts and recreation centers like Taos, N.M., and the 'Menlo Park/Central Park' crowd of... |
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Ski Resorts - Top 5 Ski Resorts for Couples in the USA and Canada
Business Review News – 05/26/2008, 18:34 pm
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Resort, Lake Tahoe, Nevada Picnic at 9,000 feet, soak in natural hot springs, go snowmobiling, hot-air ballooning, kayaking, take a romantic sleigh ride, and so much more Mont Tremblant Ski Resort, Quebec, Canada Voted a “Best Ski Bargain” and the no.
...Tahoe, NV Part 3: Mont Tremblant Ski Resort, Quebec, Canada Part 4: Taos Ski Resort, Taos, New Mexico Part 5: Sundance Ski Resort, Sundance, Utah... |
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Political map could be redrawn on election day
SF Gate – 05/26/2008, 00:44 am
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(05-26) 04:00 PDT Washington -- This year's unusual presidential election may toss out one more assumption: the old red-blue map that shows Democrats owning the two coasts, Republicans dominating the South and interior West, and a few battleground states picking the winner.
...Davis called the "granola belt" of college towns and arts and recreation centers like Taos, N.M., and the "Menlo Park/Central Park" crowd of... |
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PS: Gallery celebrates the work of Keith Crown
Columbia Daily Tribune – 05/26/2008, 01:37 am
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By SARA AGNEW of the Tribune's staff Published Courtesy of Keith Crown Bright colors and organic intensity infuse Keith Crown's works titled "The Vicinity of Taos, NM from the inner road.
...realism.' Although he retired to Columbia, Crown has spent most of his summers in Talpa, N.M., near Taos, where he built a home and studio. Among his... |
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Earth boring with laser energy
Industrial Laser Solutions – 05/25/2008, 17:47 pm
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Richard Parker The time is right to make the change and train new crews in laser technology For the past six years, a team of scientists has been assessing the feasibility of using high-power lasers to create boreholes into the earth for oil and gas extraction.
Invited paper, SPIE International Symposium, High-Power Laser Ablation , 21-26 April 2002, Taos, New Mexico. O Brien, D., R. Graves and E. O Brien , |
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Free Northern New Mexico Pueblos Travel Information on USATravelPal.com
TransWorldNews – 05/25/2008, 17:00 pm
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USATravelPal.com, a comprehensive travel website in progress, provides comprehensive travel information on over 1500 exciting destinations throughout the United States, including eight in the Northern Pueblos of New Mexico, namely Picuris, Taos, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Nambe, Pojoaque, and San Juan.
...destinations throughout the United States, including eight in the Northern Pueblos of New Mexico, namely Picuris, Taos, Santa Clara, San Ildefonso , |
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Free Greater New Mexico Travel Information on USATravelPal.com
TransWorldNews – 05/25/2008, 16:59 pm
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USATravelPal.com, a comprehensive travel website in progress, provides comprehensive travel information on over 1500 exciting destinations throughout the United States, including 24 in Greater New Mexico.
...White Sands National Monument, as well as the towns of Roswell and Taos. While touring New Mexico, one should not pass up the fascinating Carlsbad... |
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Johnson begins program
Amarillo Globe News – 05/25/2008, 11:44 am
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Post a comment here Mary Jane Johnson ARTICLE TOOLS: | Print-Friendly Format Mary Jane Johnson, an internationally known soprano opera singer from Amarillo, will lead a monthlong opera program this summer in Taos Ski Valley, N.
...opera singer from Amarillo, will lead a monthlong opera program this summer in Taos Ski Valley, N.M. The Taos Operatic Institute , founded this... |
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Tricks of nature? Otherwordly oddities make trips unforgettable
The Miami Herald and 1 other source – 05/25/2008, 07:36 am
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A blue moon, a green flash, rogue waves and ball lightning. You might never encounter these rare natural phenomena during a trip, but then again, you never know.
...not detectable by microphones. The name comes from a well-known case in Taos, N.M., which led to Congress ordering a 1997 investigation of the... |
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Tricks of Nature? Otherwordly Oddities Make Trips Unforgettable
Red Orbit – 05/25/2008, 07:14 am
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May 25--A blue moon, a green flash, rogue waves and ball lightning. You might never encounter these rare natural phenomena during a trip, but then again, you never know.
...not detectable by microphones. The name comes from a well-known case in Taos, N.M., which led to Congress ordering a 1997 investigation of the... |
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