The November High Tech Consortium (HTC) of Southern New Mexico membership meeting will be on Friday, November 21, 2014 at the Hotel Encanto, 705 S. Telshor, from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM. The meeting feature will Dr. Sam Fernald, Director of the New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute (NM WRRI).

The NM WRRI, one of 54 water institutes in the nation, encourages university faculty statewide to pursue critical areas of water resources research while providing training opportunities for students, and transfers research findings to the academic community, water managers and the general public. Professor Fernald also is a faculty member in the Department of Animal and Range Sciences at New Mexico State University.

Dr. Fernald currently is leading a multi-institutional, five year, $1.4 million water research project funded by the National Science Foundation. In addition to NMSU, partners in the study include the University of New Mexico, New Mexico Tech, Sandia National Laboratories, the New Mexico Acequia Association, and the Maxwell Museum.

HTC membership meetings are open to the public and free. Anyone interested in growing technology in southern New Mexico is encouraged to attend. The price for lunch (lunch is optional) is $20.00 – check or cash preferred. For more information please call Terry Jack at 575-522-3868.