Among the committee members were the Mayor of Eilat Eli Lankri, representatives of the city's different communities, senior staff members from KKL-JNF's southern region led by the region's manager Yaniv Maimon, KKL-JNF community coordinator for the Negev and Arava regions Oranit Ginat, and many others. It appears that the forest, which already proves itself as a municipal success, will become a regional success as well.