NAUFRP GENERAL ASSEMBLY Marriott Downtown at City Creek Room: Salon B-C Salt Lake City, Utah Wednesday, October 8, 2014 8:00-8:30 Continental Breakfast 8:30-10:00 Welcome and Introductions SAF Welcome Steve Bullard, Moderator Matt Menashes, CEO NAUFRP Business Approval 2013 General Assembly Minutes Treasurer’s Report NAUFRP Overview & Recent Accomplishments NAUFRP New Efforts Washington Report 10:00-10:15 Break 10:15-12:00 NAUFRP Program Steve Bullard David Newman Jim Allen Steve Bullard Randy Nuckolls - Luis Tupas, Deputy Director for Bioenergy, Climate and Environment USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture: Update on NIFA Priorities, specific updates on AFRI, RREA and McStennis (20 minutes) - Matt Menashes, CEO, SAF: Update on forest technician member certification and membership categories (20 minutes) - Tom Martin, President and CEO American Forest Foundation: ‘How can NAUFRP work with and interact with AFF most effectively? MOA status? (20 minutes) - Summary of National Alliance of Forest Owners (NAFO) Research Survey, Jim Johnson (15 minutes) - Report on APLU Natural Resources Road Map Tim White (15 minutes) 12:00 – 1:30 Lunch (on your own) 1:30-3:15 (NAUFRP Program Continues) - Berkeley Education Summit (Summary), Keith Gilles, Rick Standiford (25-30 minutes) - Best Practices For Enhancing Communications in Natural Resource Curricula (summary of last year’s breakout sessions), Terry Sharik (25-30 minutes) - Forest History Society, Steve Anderson (10 minutes) - Best Practices for Getting Engaged on Campus with Government Affairs Offices. Why and How to Become involved with NAUFRP (Randy Nuckolls) (20-25 minutes) NAUFRP Officer Elections 2014 Family Forest Education Award 2014 Resolutions Bob Wagner, Keith Argow Steve Bullard, Jim Allen 3:15 – Adjourn 3:30-5:00 -NAUFRP Regional Meetings: Room: Salon G - Southern NAUFRP Room: Salon H -Western NAUFRP Room: Salon I – Northeast and North Central NAUFRP Note: Tuesday, October 7th: 6:00-7:30 NAUFRP President’s Reception Room: Deer Valley Salon (NAUFRP Members, Spouses, Friends invited) Please bring items from member institutions (mugs, t-shirts, pens,…) for raffle! Note: 2015 SAF Convention, Baton Rouge, LA first week in November
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