KY-TACF Annual Meeting, 2015

The Kentucky State Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation will be holding their annual meeting on August 15, 2015, at the Pine Mountain State Resort Park.  Make your plans to attend, as this is open to both members and non-members!

There will be a silent auction taking place as a fundraiser for the chapter, as well as an array of presentations concerning what is going on with the American chestnut in Kentucky at this time!

As additional information becomes available, I will update this posting to include it.

UPDATE:  The meeting will be taking place in the Ray Harm Room, beginning at 9:30 AM (Eastern Time) and should finish up around 3:30 PM.  Agenda can be found below.

Hope to see you there!

 

Annual Meeting

KENTUCKY CHAPTER

 

 Pine Mountain State Resort Park

Ray Harm Room

Saturday, August 15, 2015

9:30 AM to 3:30 PM

 

 

9:30 – 10:00			Snacks and Getting to Know Each Other	Ray Harm Room
10:00 - 10:15 AM			Introduction   Lynn Garrison, President of Kentucky Chapter	Ray Harm Room
10:15 - 10:30 AM			Election Officers and Board   Rex Mann	Ray Harm Room
10:30 - 11:00 AM			A National TACF Overview Thomas Saielli	Ray Harm Room
11:00 – 11:15 AM			Financial Report	Ray Harm Room
11:15 – 11:45			American Chestnut Breeding Program   Scott Friedhoff	Ray Harm Room
11:45 – 12:45 PM			Lunch
12:45– 1:00 PM			American Chestnut Programs in the Louisville Area Keith Chasteen	Ray Harm Room
1:00 – 1:15 PM                      Outreach                                                                                 Ray Harm Room
1:15 - 1:30 PM			Restoration plan for the American Chestnut   Rex Mann	Ray Harm Room
Collaborative Programs
1:30 – 1:45 PM			U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Keith Chasteen	Ray Harm Room
1:45 – 2:45 PM			Kentucky Army National Guard Orchard Kentucky Division of Forestry Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources The Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative Green Forest Work The Parklands of Floyd’s Fork Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest Eastern Kentucky University Ceremonial Planting Owsley County Schools Planting Pike County Schools Planting Home Place Planting Meades Landing Lisa Davis	Ray Harm Room
2:45			Silent Auction Ends	Ray Harm Room
3:00 PM			Adjourn
3:00 – 3:30 PM			Board Meeting	Ray Harm Room

We will have a silent auction which will include various items with many relating to the American chestnut. Included in the auction are two Restoration Chestnut Trees.

 

Note: We planned to have a field trip to Hensley Settlement in cooperation with the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park but unfortunately the road washed out during the heavy July rains and is closed for the rest of the year. We are looking for other field trip possibilities and if we successful we will tighten up the schedule to allow for the field trip.