TENTATIVE AGENDA

for the

ECONOMIC AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE

May 29, 2001

Room 307, State Capitol

Tuesday, May 29

10:00 a.m. CALL TO ORDER

—Senator Roman M. Maes, III

INTRODUCTION

—Bill Garcia, Government Affairs Director, Intel

10:15 a.m. ECONOMIC ISSUES, OPPORTUNITIES AND NEEDS

—Michael E. Skaggs, Next Generation Economy

—Lillian Montoya-Rael, Regional Development Corporation

10:45 a.m. THE IMPORTANCE OF ECONOMIC BASE JOBS

—Robert Coppage, Agricultural Economics Department, New Mexico

State University

11:30 a.m. STATEWIDE PERSPECTIVE—STRATEGICALLY ATTRACTING BUSINESS

—Noreen Scott, President, New Mexico Industrial Development

Executives Association

—Vanessa Gray, Grants

—Janet Seagrave, Hobbs

12:00 noon LUNCH

1:30 p.m. STATEWIDE PERSPECTIVE, CONTINUED

—Jim Covell, Valencia County Economic Development

2:00 p.m. WORK PLAN, SCHEDULE AND ITINERARY

3:30 p.m. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT—CLUSTERS AS A POTENTIAL MODEL

—Michael E. Skaggs, Next Generation Economy

—Lillian Montoya-Rael, Regional Development Corporation

4:30 p.m. ADJOURN