the entire environmental practicum class was able to attend the steering committee on Friday march 16, and I feel it was pretty productive. We were only there from 2:00 till around three. I think attending was helpful because we were able to listen to different opinions, such as developers and city officials. These opinions will be helpful in better preparing ourselves for our final presentations and addressing all opposing sentiments. We were also given homework in which we are supposed to rate the social factors surrounding a bayou in order to determine its importance.