César Chávez Presente!

Monday, March 31, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Student Union Building, Ballroom A

Join the UNM Raza Graduate Student Association (RGSA) to remember the birthday and legacy of Cesar Chavez. In addition to a short video, "Presente: Recuerdos de Cesar Chavez," the event will include other speakers and performers to remember his message and contributions. Cake and other refreshments will also be served!

Co-Sponsored by the Graduate & Professional Student Association (GPSA), Mexican Student Association (MexSA), Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana/o de Aztlan (MEChA), Project for New Mexico Graduates of Color (PNMGC) and Raza Graduate Student Association (RGSA)
Raza Graduate Student Association (RGSA)

NMAA & NMLA Acequia Water Banking Workshop

NMAA & NMLA Acequia Water Banking Workshop
Thursday, March 27, 1:00-4:00 p.m.
State Archives & Records Center, 1205 Camino Carlos Rey
www.lasacequias.org

Estimados Parciantes:

I am writing now to invite you to a workshop on Acequia Water Banking on Thursday, March 27 at the State Archives and Records Center at 1205 Camino Carlos Rey (just off Cerrillos near Pep Boys). The workshop will take place from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. The New Mexico Acequia Association will present the workshop along with New Mexico Legal Aid.

The purpose of the workshop is to encourage acequias to take steps to protect water rights from loss for non-use. As you may know, New
Mexico state law provides that water rights that are not put to beneficial use may be lost through forfeiture or abandonment. This is
often referred to as the "use it or lose it" doctrine. Fortunately, loss of water rights for non-use can be prevented. This workshop will
inform you of the legal tools that are available to acequias particularly the use of "water banks" to shield water rights from loss
for non-use. The best strategy to avoid non-use is to ensure that water is used for irrigation of historic agricultural lands. If water
rights are not in use for some period of time, they can be protected for future use through "water banking." The law authorizing acequias
to "bank" water rights simply reflects an ancient practice of reallocating derechos not in use by a particular parciante to the
remaining parciantes on the acequia to augment their supply of water. The acequia water banking law allows this practice by providing for a
"paper trail" demonstrating that an acequia is making the internal reallocation of water rights for a certain period of time.

Water is a precious blessing and, as acequia officials, you have been entrusted with its care. This workshop will be very valuable to you
as you seek to sustain our acequias, our cultural traditions, and the water rights that are connected to them. The New Mexico Acequia
Association invites you in hopes that we can all work together to defend and protect our water. If you would like more information
about the workshop, please call our office at 505-995-9644 or go to our website at www.lasacequias.org.

Sincerely,

Paula Garcia, Executive Director
New Mexico Acequia Association

Graduate Research Symposium Deadline Extended!!

The deadline for the CRP GSA Graduate Research Symposium has been extended to March 24th. The coversheet for proposals can be downloaded here.

Day Tripping for Spring Break

QUARI. Tigua Indian, kwa-ri. Quari is a site of a 300+ years old spanish mission 10 mi NW of Mountainair, and about a 45 minutes drive from Albuquerque. The stone walls were over 60 ft high and 5 or 6 ft thick, but have crumbled to 20 ft in height. This was a Tiwa pueblo which was abandoned between 1671 and 1680 when the road to Salina was blocked by Apache Indians. Designated as a state monument in 1935, this site is one of three in the Mountainair area. The other two are Abo and Gran Quivira, both of which are about a 30 minute drive further south and west from Quari.

SOLAS Presents Evelyn Flores

Brown Bag Lunch with MRCOG

Please see announcement below from Mid-Regional Council of Governments in Albuquerque. If you want to attend, RSVP by email to bthomas@mrcog-nm.gov.

Please bring your lunch and join the MPO staff for another “Brown Bag Lunch” presentation on Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at 11:30am in the MRCOG Board Room, 809 Copper Avenue NW, here in Albuquerque. The presentation is “Smart Growth Street Design” and will once again consist of a Powerpoint slideshow with voice recordings of the presenters from the 2005 National APA Conference, followed by a group discussion. For those participants who are AICP, this session is valid for 1.5 CM credits and can be logged online through the APA website.

Information on the training content is available on the APA website-- http://www.planning.org/APAStore/Search/Default.aspx?p=3472.

TRANSNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM 2008, PLANNING IN MEXICO: TRADITIONS AND PEDAGOGY

PLANNING IN MEXICO: TRADITIONS AND PEDAGOGY

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING
COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING

Monday March 31
10:00 - 10:30 OPENING. Dean Roger Schluntz/ Eliseo Torres
Pearl Hall, Garcia Auditorium

1. PLANNING IN METROPOLITAN AREAS IN MEXICO CITY
10:30 – 11:30
a. The Planning Paradigm in Mexico: Fifty years of Planning Processes and Future Prospective for the XXI Century
Guest Speaker: Dr. Juan Jose Chaparro
College of Urban Regional Planning
Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, UAEM


1:00 – 2:00 Pearl Hall Garcia Auditorium
b. Inner City Planning: The Plan for Alvaro Obregon County in Northern Mexico City Metropolitan Area
Guest Speaker: Professor Sergio Flores
College of Architecture, UNAM, Mexico
President: Assoc. Latinomericana de Ensenanza en Urbanismo y Planeacion, ALEUP

2:30-4:30 Visit Design Classes

5:00 PM Pearl Hall Speakers Series
The City of Morelia in Mexico and the transformations in the XIX Century that led to a World Heritage City by UNESCO.
Guest Speaker: Professor Jaime Vargas
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Mexico

7:00 PM Reception: George Pearl Hall

Tuesday April 1st

AM Visit Design Classes

12:00 Lunch: Plaza Level, Pearl Hall

2:30 – 4:00 Pearl Hall Auditorium

2. METROPOLITAN PLANNING IN THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO
a. Planning in Secondary Cities: The Plan for Metropolitan Guadalajara, Jalisco. From State to Local Planning
Guest Speaker: Dr. Juan Angel Demerutis
Centro Universitario de Arte, Arquitectura y Diseño
Universidad de Guadalajara

b. Planning in Metropolitan Mexico City Satellite Towns: The Plan for Ixmiquilpan in the State of Hidalgo.
Guest Speaker: Maestro Enrique Soto
Urban Planning Program Coordinator
UNAM, Mexico City

Reception – Hispano Chamber of Commerce

Wednesday April 2nd
10:00 – 11:00 Pearl Hall Auditorium
3. PLANNING AND LAND REGULARIZATION IN MEXICO
a. Housing Policies and Land Use
Guest Speaker: Professor Edith Jiménez
Instituto de Estudios Económicos y Regionales, CUCEA
Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico

4. PLANNING IN THE U.S.-MEXICAN BORDER
11:00 – 12:00
a. Planning for a Conurbation across Borders: El Paso TX and Ciudad Juarez
Guest Speaker: Dr. Sergio Pena
Associate Professor
University of Texas at El Paso

12:00 Plenary Session