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<p class=MsoNormal>I hope you can join us for a <b>New England Regional</b> <b>TACF
</b>meeting on <b>Saturday, March 20<sup>th</sup></b>. 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. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Please RSVP</b> to me (<a href="mailto:Kendra@acf.org">Kendra@acf.org</a>)
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!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>New England Regional Meeting<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Urban Forestry Center<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>45 Elwyn Road<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Portsmouth, NH 03801<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Saturday, March 20, 2010<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>9:30 – 4:00<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Please bring a <b>bag lunch</b>. Snacks to share are
always welcome!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Draft</b> Agenda Topics:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>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)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Restoration Branches – Bryan Burhans will be joining
us to describe these in more detail and answer your questions (1 hour)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Chapter Strategic Planning – strategies for guiding
your local chapter (30-45 mins)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Trees Database – update on the TACF on-line database
project and some issues for the chapters to start thinking about (30-45 mins)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Seed Orchards – a next step for breeding in New England
(30-45 mins)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Best –<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Kendra<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Kendra Gurney<br>
The American Chestnut Foundation</span><sup><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>®</span></sup><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>New England Regional Science
Coordinator<br>
USFS Northern Research Station<br>
705 Spear Street<br>
South Burlington, VT 05403<br>
Tel: 802.951.6771 x1350 Fax: 802.951.6368<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Cell: 802.999.8706<br>
<a href="mailto:Kendra@acf.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>Kendra@acf.org</span></a></span>
or <a href="kgurney@uvm.edu"><span style='color:blue'>kgurney@uvm.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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