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2007 IFWOA Annual Meeting
November 2-3, Columbus
Holiday Inn, Columbus, IN
This year's annual meeting will be the best ever! Join us as we
expand on last year's meeting, offering a full day of field tour
options on Friday and the popular evening exhibitor's reception. On
Saturday National Woodland Owners Association President Keith Argow
will be the keynote speaker. We've continued Woodland Owner
University concurrent sessions and added a children's program to
occupy the kids. 2007 is our 30th anniversary! Please join us as we
meet and celebrate our history.
Brochure
Meeting Agenda
Registration form- Note the early bird deadline is September 29
PDF - Print off form and mail in
Word document - Fill out form and
email in
Hotel information
The Columbus Holiday Inn Conference Center is providing a
special room group rate of $89 guaranteed until October 11th,
so get your reservations in now! To reserve your room call
1-888-465-4329 and give them booking code IF1. The local
hotel number is 812-372-1541. For more hotel information, go to
www.holiday-inn.com/columbusin.
Directions
Take Interstate 65 to Exit 68 (state Road 46, Columbus/Nashville
exit). The hotel is just east and north of the interstate at 2480
Jonathan Moore Pike (SR 46), just 50 miles from Indianapolis and 68
miles from Louisville.
Our meeting is sponsored by the following generous supporters:
Indiana Forestry Educational Foundation
Indiana Division of Forestry
Pence Select Seedlings, Hugh & Judy Pence
White River RC&D (Stump to Product Tour)
IFWOA Annual Meeting Agenda
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Friday November 2nd |
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9:00 AM to Noon |
IFWOA Board of Directors Meeting (open to
public) |
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9:00 AM to Noon |
Field Day/ Stump to Product Tour (part 1) – Sponsored by IFWOA and White River RC&D |
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Tour of maple syrup woodland/production near Medora and L&L
Lumber near Brownstown |
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11:00 AM |
Registration Desk opens |
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1:00 to 4:30 PM |
Field Day/ Stump to Product Tour (part 2) |
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Option 1: Private Woodland Tour with Forestry
Professionals – Wilma Binford property – Topics to include:
Tree felling demo, light equipment skidding, portable mill
demo |
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Option 2: Handle Factory Tour – Seymour Manufacturing |
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Option 3: Optional family activities in Columbus area |
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2:00 to 5:00 |
Exhibitor Set-up time in the Crystal Ballroom |
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5:30 to 7:30 |
Exhibitors’ Reception – in Crystal Ballroom with hors
d’oeuvres, door prizes, cash bar and opportunities to meet
exhibitors and fellow woodland owners |
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7:00 to 9:00 |
IFEF Board Meeting |
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7:30 |
Dinner on your own |
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Saturday
November 3rd |
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7:30AM |
Registration Desk opens, Silent Auction opens |
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7:30 to 9:00 |
Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors (included) |
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9:00 to 9:30 |
Kick-off Session: IN Division of Forestry’s Strategic Plan –
2008 - 2012 – Jack Seifert, State Forester |
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9:30 to 10:15 |
Keynote Address: A National Perspective on Wood
Products and Woodland Owner Issues – Dr. Keith Argow,
President, National Woodland Owners Association |
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9:00 to 12:00 |
Children’s Program (ages 4 and up) or Optional Family
Activities |
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10:30 to 12:00 |
Woodland Owner University |
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10:30 to 11:15 |
Concurrent Session A (see topics below) |
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11:15 to 12:00 |
Concurrent Session B (see topics below) |
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12:00 to 1:15 PM |
Deli Buffet Lunch – Silent auction and Exhibitor Hall Open |
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1:15 |
Exhibitor Hall closes |
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1:30 to 2:15 |
Woodland Owner U. – Concurrent Session C (see topics below) |
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1:30 to 4:00 |
Children’s Program or Optional Family Activities |
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2:30 |
Silent auction closes |
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2:30 to 3:30 |
IFWOA (and IFEF) Business Meeting, 30th
Anniversary, IFWOA’s Challenging Future and the Indiana
Woodland Growth Fund’s
role – Phil Gramelspacher, Tom
Tremain,
Liz Jackson |
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3:30 to 4:15 |
Closing Address: Looking Back, Looking Forward –Changes in Indiana Forestry over the last 30 years and key
issues for the next 30 –
Dr.
Burney Fischer, School of
Public and
Environmental Affairs, Indiana University |
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4:15 to 5:30 |
Silent auction winners announced, Free time |
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5:30 to 6:30 |
Cocktail Hour (cash bar), Live auction items displayed |
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6:30 to 9:00 |
IFWOA Awards Banquet, 30th
Anniversary Celebration,
and IFEF Live
Auction |
Woodland Owner
University Topics
These topics will be
offered in one of 3 sessions throughout the day. Feel free to mix
and match the topics you want to hear.
Current Events Topics
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Alien Invasive Species: Organizing a Cooperative Weed Management
Area for Southern Indiana - Janet Eger, IN District Forester
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The Return
of the American Chestnut – Sally Weeks, Dendrologist, Purdue
University Department of Forestry & Natural Resources
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Green
Construction and Forest Certification: What does it
all mean for woodland owners? – Michael Greven and TBA
History Topics
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From Deam
to Seifert : This history of the Division of Forestry- Sam Carman,
Education Director, IN Division of Forestry
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How
to record the history of your land: Recordkeeping for the woodland
owner - Woody Barton, landowner and IFWOA member and his
consulting forester
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IFWOA and
the First 30 Years – Informal roundtable discussion with
recollections from the past – led by longtime members
Landowner
Show and Tell Topics
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Challenges
of inheriting forestland: a woman’s perspective,
Ruth Ann Ingraham, Brown County author and landowner
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Learnings
of a new woodland owner, Erv Kattleman and Barb Seal, fresh from the
big city
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Pruning
principles for producing veneer quality timber, Hugh Pence, farm
manager and walnut plantation owner
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