From Yvonne_Federowicz at brown.edu Wed Nov 12 21:53:58 2008 From: Yvonne_Federowicz at brown.edu (Federowicz, Yvonne Marie) Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:53:58 -0500 Subject: [MassChestnutNews] MA-TACF 9th Annual Meeting November 22, 2008 References: Message-ID: You are cordially invited to the 9th Annual Meeting of the MASS CHAPTER of The American Chestnut Foundation. All MA-TACF members and interested people are welcome! There will be chestnut news, chapter updates and chestnut treats for all. November 22, 2008 11:00 am to 4 pm (Elections & Board Business at 10am) Room A Tower Hill Botanic Garden Boylston, MA Directions: http://www.towerhillbg.org/thwebdir.html Contact: Kathy Desjardin (508) 278-3565 Updates: http://masschestnut.org 9th Annual Meeting Agenda 10:00-11:00 Annual Board Meeting and Elections 11:00 -11:30 Chattanooga Annual Meeting Update 11:30 - 12:00 MASS ORCHARD/BREEDING UPDATE & MASS CHAPTER ACTIVITIES UPDATE 12:00 - 1:00 Lunch (Bring you own lunch, drinks and desserts will be provided) 1:00 - 1:30 The Tower Hill BC3 Orchard, A History 1:30 - 2:00 Kendra Gurney on Seed Orchards and the Role of a Regional Coordinator. 2:00 -3:00 Paul Sisco on Chestnut Genetics and the Effect of the Fagaceae Genome Project on the TACF Program with discussion. 3:00 - 4:00 Tower Hill Guided Orchard Tour and Chestnut Hike (weather permitting) _______________________________________________ MassChestnutOrchards mailing list MassChestnutOrchards at masschestnut.org http://mrsgale.fates.org/mailman/listinfo/masschestnutorchards