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Mike Sansone has compiled a list of Iowa bloggers that Drew McLellan has coined the "I List".  (Let's hope we don't see a trademark lawsuit by Apple).   And while this pair of prolific bloggers managed to overlook our relatively new Iowa law blog we hold no grudges.  We have added a few Iowa law blogs to the list originally posted by Mike.

Kudos to this partial list of the hardest working bloggers in Iowa:

Adam Carroll
Andy Drish
Art Dinkin, CFP, CLU, ChFC
Association of Business & Industry
Babich, Goldman, Cashatt & Renzo
Barry Pace
BeatCanvas

Bill Grell
Blue Frog Arts
Brett Trout
Bridges Financial
Broom Wizards
C Wenger Group
Carpe Factum
Claire Celsi
Cloud Nine Diamonds
Compass Financial Services
Conference Calls Unlimited
ConverStations
Dave Dreeszen
Des Moines Families
Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen
DMWebLife
Do You Q?
Dr U Fantasy Football
DSM Buzz
Dwebware
Employer Ease
Eric Peterson
Focal Point Multimedia

 George Davison
Gift Idea Help
Home Know-it-All
Insight Advertising & Marketing
Iowa Bed & Breakfast Association
Iowa Biz
J. Erik Potter
Jann Freed

Jennifer Jaskolka-Brown
Josh More
Kyle's Cove
Maiers Educational Services
McKee, Vorhees & Sease
McLellan Marketing Group
NCMIC Insurance
Purple Wren
Radio Iowa
REL Productions
Rental Metrics
Rita Perea Consulting
Roth & Company
RSM McGladrey
Ruby's Pub
Runners' Lounge
Rush Nigut
Ryan Rossinick
Simplifive
Snap! Creative Works
Studio 24 Design

Sullivan & Ward's Iowa Law Blog
Swing Station
The Members Group
The Mitchell Group
The Simple Dollar

 The Yin Blog
Transition Capital Management
US Rodeo Supply
Victoria Herring
Wade Den Hartog
Wealth With Mortgage
When Words Matter
White Rabbit Group

Happy New Year everyone!  If you know of an Iowa blog that should be added to this list please let us know.

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The U.S. Department of Transportation created the Common Ground Task Force in 1998 which undertook the Common Ground Study of the nations' One Call Systems.  Many recommendations came out of the Study and the Common Ground Alliance was formed to further the work of the Task Force.  Their work resulted in the Best Practices Guidance (most recently amended in March 2007) which describes the actions to be taken to reduce the damage to underground facilities and a nationwide call-in system which uses the number 811.  When you call 811 anywhere in the country it routes you to the state's One Call center.  (Iowa One Call will keep its number and will field the 811 calls.)  

Common Ground Iowa (CGI) is a regional partner with the Common Ground Alliance.  The CGI's stated purpose is to promote public safety through damage prevention and shared responsibility, while utilizing the Common Ground Alliance's Best Practices for advancing underground utility safety in Iowa.

They have created a Common Ground Iowa Steering Committee made up of Alliant Energy, U.S. DOT, Synder & Associates, Qwest, Iowa One Call, Aquila, Consolidated Utility Services, IUB, Northern Natural Gas, ELM Locating, Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities to name most that have attended their three meetings.   CGI has adopted a constitution and by-laws and is currently conducting a membership drive. They hope to elect officers at their next meeting (December) and to disband the Committee.

CGI's website address is http://www.commongroundiowa.com.  CGI welcomes and is actively seeking new members. 

Next CGI meeting: is Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at West Des Moines Learning Center, 3550 Mills Civic Parkway, West Des Moines, Iowa.  The meeting starts at 10:00 a.m. and will last approximately 4 hours.

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