Jeanie Hilten - 12 December, 2000
ATBI Conference Agenda
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 12:56:26 -0500
To: jeanie@discoverlife.org
From: John Pickering
Subject: For Web -- ATBI Conference Agenda
Cc: becky_nichols@nps.gov, dl@pick.uga.edu
Discover Life in America and Great Smoky Mountains National Park
ATBI Annual Conference
December 19-21, 2000
DLIA Board Meeting
December 21, 2000
Glenstone Lodge, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
(Agenda 12/11/00)
Tuesday, December 19
8:30-10:00am Check-In. Glenstone Lodge Lobby
10:00am: Convene Meeting The Dogwood Room
Welcome: Phil Francis, Assistant Superintendent and Mike Tollefson,
Superintendent, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
10:10-Opening Message from DLIA Chairman Frank Harris
Research Reports The Dogwood Room
10:20-John Morse, coordinator of the Mini-Grant program-
10:30-Sam James
10:40-Mark Wetzel
10:50-Steve Stephenson
11:00-Keith Langdon, the Vertebrate Study-
11:10-Don Linzey
11:20-Ed Pivorun
11:30-Michael Harvey
11:40-Ben Cash
11:50-Chuck Parker, USGS-BRD Study
12:00-1:30pm: Lunch (on your own) and view exhibits
Research Reports, continued The Dogwood Room
1:30-2:10pm: Taxanomic Working Groups (TWIGs) Research 2000 reports
(Mike Sharkey coordinator)
1:30-Mike Sharkey
1:40-Elizabeth Skillen
1:50-David Porter
2:00-(Open)
2:10-2:40-Status Reports: Vegetation, Mike Jenkins; Soils, Anthony Khiel
2:40-3:00-Cosby Sorting Center, Becky Nichols and Ian Stocks; Labels,
John Pickering
3:00-3:15pm: Break. Refreshments provided. Poolside
Projects
3:15-Lepidoptera Blitz, Dave Wagner
3:25-Web Pages, John Pickering
3:35-Photography, Kevin Fitzpatrick
3:45-Science Plan and Discussion, Peter White
4:00-5:00pm View Exhibits The Azalea Room
5:00-6:30pm: Visit the Collections of Great Smoky Mountains National
Park, Don Defoe
6:30pm: Reception: Heavy Hors D'Oeuvres and Cash Bar Indoor Pool and
The Azalea Room
7:00pm Musical entertainment: "The Woodpickers"-Celtic and Appalachian
music, and Social time The Azalea Room
Wednesday, December 20
7:30-8:30am: Continental Breakfast Poolside
8:30-9:00-Featured Guest Speaker: Wilma Dykeman The Dogwood Room
Projects, continued
9:00-9:15-ATBI Database, Norm Johnson
9:15-9:25-National Science Foundation, Mike Sharkey
9:25-Fundraising-Mary Williams and Frank Harris
9:25-10:15-Fund Raising, Frank Harris; Joint Fundraising with Friends,
Charles Maynard; Current Prospects,George Ivey; Opportunities through the
Government, Keith Langdon
10:15-10:30am: Break. Refreshments provided. Poolside
10:30-GRSM Science Center Plan, Keith Langdon
Resource Education and Volunteers The Dogwood Room
10:40-11:10-GSMNP Resource Education Programs and Opportunities: Purchase
Knob, Discovery Center and more, Karen Ballentine, Susan Sachs
11:15-11:30-NSF Program (Susan Reichert)
11:30-11:40-"Experience Your Smokies", Carey Jones and Jim Embry
11:40-1:00pm: View exhibits, especially Glen Este High School Project
The Azalea Room and Lunch. (On your own)
1:00-Tremont Student Involvement--new moth species, Paul Super
1:10-DLIA Volunteer Plan, Jeanie Hilten
Discussion and Work Sessions The Dogwood Room and elsewhere
1:20-3:00pm: Introduction to interest/work group sessions on specific
topics and areas of concern, Peter White, coordinator. Possible topice;
TWIGs, Volunteers, Education, Photography/Web, Fundraising, Databasing
3:00-3:15pm: Break. Refreshments provided. Poolside
3:15-4:00-Interest/work groups meet. (Various meeting places)
or:
3:30-4:00-ATBI Summary Presentation for Press and Public, Peter White,
Keith Langdon, Jeanie Hilten
4:00-5:00-Interest/work group reports, wrap-up discussion, Peter White
5:00-Concluding messages, Frank Harris, Keith Langdon; Adjourn
Thursday, December 21: Discover Life in America Board Meeting.
Highlander Room
7:30-8:30am: Continental Breakfast Poolside
8:30am-10:00am:
* Call to Order
* Determination of a Quorum
* Approval of Minutes
* Treasurer's Report
* Old Business:
--Fundraising Action Plan
--Finalize Strategic Plan (Business Plan)
--Budget for 2001 and projection for 2002
10:00-10:30am: Break. Refreshments provided. Highlander Lobby
10:30am:
* New Business
--Other committee reports and plans
--ATBI Housing needs
--Volunteer Coordination and Volunteer Training Day
--Board member composititon and term limits, activism, and Board meeting
dates
--Other
12:00pm: Adjourn Thank You
Exhibits and Displays for the Conference:
"Threats to the Park"-air quality, exotics, neighboring community issues, etc.
"Creatures"-terraria and aquaria, specimens (moths and butterflies,
beetles, others), maps, charts of field work, microscopes for viewing
"What's New"-vertebrate study, other funding, species discoveries
(photos, slides, posters of inventory charts), facilities, The Purchase
"The ATBI Plots"-model of how they are set up and the sampling methods
used in them
"The Cosby Sorting Center"-showing the work methods and equipment
"Soils and Geology"-displays and maps of recent field work and how
related to ATBI
"Education and the Scientific Method"-examples of programs to convey ATBI
process to teachers and students
www.discoverlife.org--The Web Pages with either a computer set up at the
conference or printouts of the species pages. List of URL's of other
pertinent web sites.
"Park Map"-showing ATBI related project locations: plots, Cosby sorting
center and house, Cades Cove house, Twin Creeks, the Purchase, etc.
TWIG and Mini-grant exhibits
DLIA table (T-shirts, volunteer sign up, educator involvement, 2001
housing calendar, brochures)
Friends of the Smokies
Great Smoky Mountains Natural History Association
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Jeanie Hilten
Discover Life in America
(865) 430-4752
1314 Cherokee Orchard Road
Gatlinburg, TN 37738