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2009 GFA Annual Meeting
"Connect with
Georgia Forestry"
July
18-20
Savannah, Georgia
Westin Savannah
&
Savannah
International Trade
and
Convention Center
CFE and CLE Credits
CFE and CLE credits will be available to Foresters and Loggers.
Full attendance at all sessions will offer and average of
10 CFEs and 10 CLEs.
The
Westin Savannah
Hotel Reservations
To make hotel reservations and view GFA's personalized web
page at the Westin Savannah's website, please
follow this link.
Room rate
for single and double occupancy is $167 per night plus taxes.
The deadline to make reservations is June 17, 2009.
The phone number for the Westin is 1-800-228-3000. Be sure to
mention that you are with the Georgia Forestry Association group
to get the group rate.
Click here for a floor plan of the Westin Savannah (PDF)
Event Registration
Online
registration is now offline. We will only be offering on-site
registration from now on. Dates and times that the registration
desk will be open can be found in the Schedule of Events below.
Grand
Prize Drawing
Two AirTran Airways Tickets
Schedule of
Events
(**indicates optional activity that
is not included in the registration package cost and requires
pre-registration)
Friday
7/17
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4:00 p.m. |
6:00 p.m. |
Information
Desk Open (Westin) |
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7:30 p.m. |
until |
Dinner
on your own |
Saturday 7/18
- Annual Meeting Fun Day
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7:30 a.m. |
9:30 a.m. |
Information desk open
(Westin) |
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8:00 a.m. |
4:00 p.m. |
Exhibitor Move In -
SITCC -
Chatham A & Gallery |
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8:00
a.m. |
11:00 a.m. |
**Sporting Clays - Forest
City Gun Club (Lunch not included) |
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11:30 a.m. |
5:00 p.m. |
**Tree
Farm and Landowner Tour -
Too Hollie
Farm -
Limited to
50, $50.00, Transportation and Lunch Included |
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1:00 p.m. |
5:30 p.m. |
**Golf
Scramble - Westin (Lunch not included) |
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6:00 p.m. |
7:30 p.m. |
Registration Desk
Open - SITCC - Upper Level |
|
6:00 p.m. |
7:30 p.m. |
Hosted
Reception and Premiere of the Exhibitors and Silent Auction
- SITCC - Chatham A & Gallery |
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7:30 p.m. |
until |
Dinner on your own |
Sunday
7/19
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8:00 a.m. |
9:15 a.m. |
**Prayer Breakfast -
Dr. Rick Lanford, President, The Foundation
of The Methodist Home for Children and Youth - Westin - Harbor B Ballroom |
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8:30 a.m. |
6:00 p.m. |
Registration Desk Open (SITCC) |
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9:30 a.m. |
10:30 a.m. |
Ethics -
Bob Izlar, Director, Center for Forest Business, UGA
- SITCC - Meeting Room 203
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9:30 a.m. |
10:30 a.m. |
Session: "Building Your Family's Ties to
the Land - Practical Ideas to Help You Pass the Baton to the
Next Generation" - Clint Bentz - Past Chair National
Tree Farm Operating Committee and member of Boldt, Carlisle
& Smith, LLC - SITCC - Meeting Rooms 204/205 |
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9:30 a.m. |
11:00 a.m. |
Refreshment Break and Exhibitor and Silent Auction Visits -
SITCC - Chatham A & Gallery |
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11:00 a.m. |
12:00 a.m. |
"Developments
in Pulp and Paper Technology"
- Dr. Ronald Rousseau, Institute of Paper Science and
Technology, Georgia Tech - SITCC - Meeting Rooms 204/205 |
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12:15 p.m. |
1:30 p.m. |
Luncheon - Guest Speaker: "Why Would
Anyone Want to be a Tree Farmer?" - Clint Bentz,
Past Chair National Tree Farm Operating Committee and member
of Boldt, Carlisle & Smith, LLC - SITCC- Chatham BC |
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1:45 p.m. |
2:45 p.m. |
Concurrent Sessions:
1. "Conservation
Easements & Stewardship" - Buford Sanders,
Georgia Forestry Commission & Curt Soper, Georgia
Environmental Facilities, Authority - SITCC - Room 203
2. "Federal
and State Regulatory Issues" - Randy
Quintrell,
Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan - SITCC - Room 204
3.
"Current
and Future Challenges of Professional Timber Harvesting
Companies"
- Tommy Carroll, Southeast Wood Producers Assoc. -
SITCC - Room 205 |
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2:45 p.m. |
3:00 p.m. |
Refreshment Break and Exhibitor and Silent Auction Visits -
SITCC - Chatham A & Gallery |
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3:00 p.m.
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4:30 p.m. |
Concurrent Sessions:
1. "Global
and Domestic Market Forecasts"
- Dr. Brooks Mendell, Forisk Consulting, LLC - SITCC
- Room 204
2. "Hunting Leases and Landowner Liability Issues" -
Michael Mengak, Warnell School of
Forestry and Natural Resources and Clint Williams, Georgia's
Pine Straw Industry - SITCC - Room 205 |
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4:30 p.m. |
5:00 p.m. |
Annual Business Session (SITCC
- Room 203) |
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6:00
p.m. |
10:00 p.m. |
Bus
Transportation from Bryan Square, located between the Westin
and SITCC, to the Low Country Boil |
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6:30 p.m.
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9:30 p.m. |
Low
Country Boil - Sponsored by The Davis-Garvin Agency,
Inc.
-
Savannah Station |
Monday
7/20
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7:00 a.m. |
1:30 p.m. |
Registration Desk Open -
SITCC - Upper Level |
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8:00 a.m. |
9:30 a.m. |
Breakfast and Awards Program - Westin-Grand Ballroom A/B |
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9:45 a.m. |
10:45 a.m. |
General Session - "Alliances, We Can't
Survive Without Them" - Zippy Duvall,
President, Georgia Farm Bureau - Oglethorpe Auditorium |
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10:45 a.m. |
11:00 a.m. |
Refreshment Break and Exhibitor and Silent Auction Visits -
SITCC - Chatham A & Gallery |
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11:00 a.m. |
12:00 p.m. |
"Georgia's Economy - Is the Glass Half Full
or Half Empty?" - Kenneth Heaghney,
State Fiscal Economist, Georgia State University and
Senator Ross Tolleson -
Oglethorpe Auditorium |
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12:15 p.m. |
1:30 p.m. |
Luncheon - Guest Speaker: Dick Carmical,
President and CEO, The Price Companies, Inc. - Chatham BC |
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1:45 p.m. |
3:15 p.m. |
Panel
Discussion - "The State of Woody Biomass in Georgia"
Dr. Dale Greene,
WSFNR as Moderator
Ronnie Walston,
Georgia Power
Ron Barmore,
Range Fuels
Steven Meyers,
FRAM Renewable Fuels
Mike Macedo, International paper
Tom King, SUPERTRAK, Inc.
SITCC - Oglethorpe Auditorium |
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3:15 p.m. |
4:30 p.m. |
Exhibitor Showcase and Finale of Silent Auction,
AirTran
Airways Grand Prize Drawing and drawings for Exhibitor door
prizes -
SITCC - Chatham A & Gallery |
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4:30
p.m. |
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Exhibits and Silent
Auction Closed |
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4:30 p.m. |
5:00 p.m. |
Exhibitor Teardown |
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6:00 p.m. |
6:30 p.m. |
**Children's Program Registration
- Westin-Riverscape (meet at top of escalators in Westin |
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6:15 p.m. |
6:45 p.m. |
Cocktail Reception - Westin-Grand Ballroom
Pre-function |
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6:30 p.m. |
9:30 p.m. |
**Children's Program -
Westin - Riverscape |
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6:45 p.m. |
7:30 p.m. |
Half & Half Raffle Drawing, and Live Auction
-
Westin-Grand Ballroom Pre-function |
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7:30 p.m. |
9:30 p.m. |
Dinner & Awards Banquet concluding with
entertainment featuring
humorist Bruce
Goddard (Cocktail or Coat & Tie Business
Attire) -
Westin-Grand Ballroom |
Tuesday
7/21
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8:00 a.m. |
9:30 a.m. |
Board of Directors Meeting - Westin - Grand
Ballroom A |
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8:00 a.m. |
10:00 a.m. |
Exhibitor and Decorator teardown/ Final pickup of Auction
Items - SITCC - Chatham A & Gallery |
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8:30 a.m. |
10:30 a.m. |
**Herty
Advanced Materials Development Center Tour (limited to 30 -
no cost - closed toe shoes and no heels are required) -
Click here for directions to the Herty
Foundation (PDF) |
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10:30 a.m. |
until |
Young Professionals Meeting
(Invitation only) - Herty Advanced Materials Development
Center |
Schedule is
tentative and subject
to change
CFE and CLE
Credits
CFE and CLE credits will be available to Foresters and Loggers.
Full attendance at all sessions will offer and average of
10 CFEs and 10 CLEs.
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