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-d: <br />id <br />an71 ”"*” r ir rrr r <br />“ke VihVn? <br />r;.:iorrr-n~w:rr r r;j - -- <br />a fuiid'^rivedow."“”" "“' *’"’ <br />The year brought to fruition several <br />projects planned for years. For instance, the <br />Foundation sponsored the first Malcolm <br />Moos Visiting Professorship at the Grav <br />Freshwater Biological Institute and bough! <br />new nuclear magnetic resonance <br />spMUometer for research there <br />The Foundation’s membership arm the <br />Founi»"h“ij f«‘^«ivcd a <br />hrw2r ,nf“"“''‘'aier Information Network and <br />yery major force is at work <br />• • . . That major force is the <br />Freshwater Fou ndation. ” <br />Environmental Health Network. The <br />Society also distributed its first three water <br />information brochures. It hosted a <br />successful public open house at the Institute <br />to celebrate the Foundation's 15th <br />anniversary. <br />The Foundation initiated new efforts this <br />year, according to Gray, which may not find <br />their true value until a few years down the <br />road. For example, after attending a major <br />conference on the Great Lakes in the spring <br />oi 1982. the Foundation became the driving <br />lorce in organising the concept of a Center <br />lor the Great Lakes and in seeing that it got <br />going. ^ <br />“We also joined other foundations in a <br />study ol water policy process in the Red <br />Another major development was the start <br />f h/o *1^ management plan to a.ssure <br />Foundation’s work. <br />comZ.?”*""" planningmmittee making specific recommendations <br />new long term research and <br />costs ° '■aising funds and covering <br />Directors IS a strong and committed one. To <br />take definitive action takes a lot of <br />understanding. And you don’t get that <br />understanding in just a year. We are after <br />people who want to work hard and <br />consLstently for freshwater.” <br />The testing of the waters for major <br />donors pretty well consumed the first year of <br />Fountainhead.” said Gray. “So this Lll we <br />dono«!*”" ® prospective <br />Finish the <br />Fwo years of lead <br />IS needed for construction <br />project'*'"® research, and education <br />During the past year, several questions <br />were raised by prospective donors regarding <br />Grav .j? question was raised.” <br />baTi! WeV individualbasis. We ve now compiled those questions <br />and answers into a four-page companion <br />with the original Fountainhead <br />brochure in fund raising.” <br />“One thing is becomingclearerand clearer <br />a each year goes by: The issues of freshwater <br />are becoming more complex. And as they <br />. ur interpt and concern grows too. The <br />Foundation is needed as a center, a cataivst! <br />issues mformation on thc.se <br />“A very major force is at work in regards <br />to worki^n^g with our most precious rc.sourcc. <br />water. That major force is the Freshwater <br />Foundation.” <br />wm