[MassChestnutOrchards] Mark Your Calendar! New England Regional TACF Meeting - March 20

[Mike or Penny Novack]

I will try to attend. This time of year make no definite plans, weather 
always being a factor.

Michael


Kendra Gurney wrote:

> I hope you can join us for a *New England Regional* *TACF *meeting on 
> *Saturday, March 20^th *. I heard from many of you that you would 
> welcome improved communication between your neighboring chapters and 
> this meeting should be a great opportunity to share ideas and 
> experiences. I’ve put together a draft agenda (below) based on input 
> from some of you, but welcome any comments or requests for additional 
> topics.
>
> *Please RSVP* to me (Kendra at acf.org <mailto:Kendra at acf.org>) if you 
> plan to attend, as I will be putting some materials together for 
> attendees to look over before the meeting. And please pass this invite 
> along to others I may have missed. This meeting is open to all, 
> however I don’t anticipate spending too much time on introductory 
> material. It would be great to have a few board members and orchard 
> managers from each chapter in attendance. I do hope the meeting will 
> be a forum for sharing experience, which could be very useful to 
> newcomers, and I encourage anyone interested to join us. I hope to see 
> you there!
>
> * *
>
> *New England Regional Meeting *
>
> Urban Forestry Center
>
> 45 Elwyn Road
>
> Portsmouth, NH 03801
>
> *Saturday, March 20, 2010 *
>
> *9:30 – 4:00 *
>
> Please bring a *bag lunch*. Snacks to share are always welcome!
>
> *Draft* Agenda Topics:
>
> New England Chestnut Grower’s Guide – Use existing resources to pull 
> together a grower’s guide that covers the types of plantings and 
> management applicable to the NE chapters (2 hours, maybe more)
>
> Restoration Branches – Bryan Burhans will be joining us to describe 
> these in more detail and answer your questions (1 hour)
>
> Chapter Strategic Planning – strategies for guiding your local chapter 
> (30-45 mins)
>
> Trees Database – update on the TACF on-line database project and some 
> issues for the chapters to start thinking about (30-45 mins)
>
> Seed Orchards – a next step for breeding in New England (30-45 mins)
>
> This is only a draft agenda. Please send me any additional items you’d 
> like to discuss. This meeting is a chance to learn how others have 
> approached many of the same issues facing your chapter so if you’d 
> like to hear from the other chapters on a particular issue, this is 
> your chance. I’ll do my best to incorporate any suggestions into a 
> final agenda.
>
> Best –
>
> Kendra
>
> Kendra Gurney
> The American Chestnut Foundation^®
>
> New England Regional Science Coordinator
> USFS Northern Research Station
> 705 Spear Street
> South Burlington, VT 05403
> Tel: 802.951.6771 x1350 Fax: 802.951.6368
>
> Cell: 802.999.8706
> Kendra at acf.org <mailto:Kendra at acf.org> or kgurney at uvm.edu
>
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