Banff National Park of Canada

Appendices

Forum Evaluation

ROUND TABLE SECTOR REPRESENTATIVES

At the conclusion of the forum on Saturday afternoon roundtable participants and public observers were asked to complete an evaluation of the two-day forum. A summary of the participant's evaluations and their comments is provided below.

To help us prepare for next year's Forum, please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements, using a scale from 1 = Strongly Disagree to 5 = Strongly Agree

Next year, if I were organizing the Forum, I would:

• Poll sector representatives to determine key issues and set agenda accordingly
• Ensure background materials that will be discussed are pre-issued when you notify roundtable sectors (i.e. patterns of use)
• Key planning/policy reports should be given greater amount of time (i.e. LATB; TCH Lake Louise)
• Continue to engage public sector while round table workshops are being facilitated
• Provide facilitators for the breakout groups so they are more productive; perhaps make the sessions longer
• Would like a more accurate, meaningful response from Parks Canada about my/our concerns (a detailed written response would be nice)
• Frame response around how far we've come toward implementing the BNP management plan, measured against goals and objectives
• Be certain that there is a representative from CP Rail at the roundtable so that they can be openly involved in the dialogue going on; so much of what was presented involves them, or could potentially; they need to be fully aware of the issues
• Provide more pre-event information
• Better formalize the evening reception to encourage mixing of participants and staff/stakeholders
• Need to include overview of next years activities, planning and initiatives
• Broader range of topics
• More opportunities to discuss topics that may be on the agenda
• Excellent facilitator and facility
• Find another presenter for the Regional Transportation Study
• Breakouts could be more structured
• Facilitators could work with presenters and participants to stay on time
• More time for breakout sessions
• Follow the same process
• Increase public information before meeting (would be nice to get more public to attend)
• Send out agenda and background information further in advance of forum dates
• Consider shorter time period for forum (i.e. 1.5 days or less; perhaps a longer day on Friday if necessary)
• While the breakout sessions provide adequate opportunity for input I am not convinced they add anything substantial to the forum. Often the question/answer periods bring out just as good information

All presentations are available on request. Please E-mail banff.superintendent@pc.gc.ca, requesting a copy.

1. Survey of Visitor Use
2. Lake Louise Campground Electric Fence
3. Trans-Canada Twining Project
4. Regional Transportation Study
5. The Climate for Fire in Banff/Prescribed Burn
6. Land Adjacent to the Town of Banff (LATB)