[Rangelands] Preliminary agenda for 2011 Rangelands West Meeting in Bozeman, May 22-24

[Pfander, Jeanne]

Greetings!

Yesterday Rachel Frost sent out the registration information for the upcoming Rangelands West / Western Rangelands Partnership meeting in Bozeman. The Executive Committee (Amy, Mark and I) along with Rachel, Barb and Sheila have been working to draft the agenda for this meeting. See below and attached.

Let us know if you plan to attend virtually instead of in person and we can put you down for a state update report in that section of the program.

We will be finalizing the agenda after the early-bird deadline (May 4).

Feel free to contact any of us if you have any comments or questions about the WRP Annual Meeting.

-Jeanne

Jeanne Pfander
University of Arizona Libraries
WRP Secretary
pfanderj at u.library.arizona.edu<mailto:pfanderj at u.library.arizona.edu>
(520) 621-6375

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Western Rangelands Partnership
Montana State University - Bozeman, MT, May 22-24, 2011


SUNDAY,   May 22:  Best Western Gran Tree Inn (Room TBD)



6:00-8:00 pm      Opening Reception:  Mix, mingle and enjoy food.

MONDAY, May 23:  Montana State University , Animal BioSciences Building ( ABB), Room TBD



8:30 am                WRP Welcome and Overview of Rangelands West 2011 Meeting:

Amy Shannon, WRP Chair - University of Nevada - Reno


8:40 am                Montana Welcome & Introductions

·         Dean/Department Head welcome

·         Meeting Logistics:  Rachel Frost, Montana State University

·         Attendee Quick Self -Introductions (~< 1 minutes each)


9:30 am                SRM Conference report

·         Special seminar session

·         Discussions with Allen Press, Jornada LTER, and others


10:00 am              Morning Break (ABB Atrium)
10:30 am              Year in Review

·         Project Reports:

o   eXtension Rangelands update and overview

o   RSIS

o   HEC teaching tools project

§  Learning objects (also for Global Rangelands)

o   ISE Global Rangelands

§  Overview: "new" Rangelands West/Global Rangelands sites

§  Video projects

§  Australia Rangelands video

§  Outreach for Development

§  Allen Press Journals

12:00 pm              LUNCH:  Montana State University (ABB Atrium)
Presentation on Gus Hormay Collection (Renne Library, Montana State University)

1:30 pm                New Member Presentation(s)
Australia; Other - to be confirmed
2:00 pm                State updates (changes to RW sites, user feedback, new content, tech support, etc.) [~10 minutes each? ~ 6/hr] - Amy Shannon, Facilitator (virtual presentations will be held during first session 2-3 pm)

3:00 pm                Afternoon Break (ABB Atrium)
3:30 pm                State Updates (continued)

o   Include discussion of state site maintenance and support from AZ (template, database, etc.)

5:00 pm                Adjourn for the day
6:30 pm                MONDAY EVENING SUPPER:  The Woodlands

Leave hotel by 6:00.  The Woodlands is 10 miles south of Bozeman on Cottonwood Canyon Road.



TUESDAY, May 23 Montana State University (Meeting Room ##)

8:30 am                Welcome back, and logistics for the day:  Rachel Frost, Montana State University
8:45 am                WRP Business Meeting / Organizational Issues

o   Chair and Vice Chair report

o   Treasurer / SRM liaison report

o   Secretary report

o   Election of new secretary (rotates into Vice Chair/Chair positions, a 3 year commitment)

o   Update on WERA:  Colin Kaltenbach, University of Arizona

o   Orientation for afternoon brainstorming session

9:45 am                Morning Break

10:00 am              Hands-on Workshop (& Webinar): Entering original content into the new Rangelands West database (ABB 234)

12:00 pm              TUESDAY LUNCH (ABB Atrium)
                                Speaker: TBD


1:00/1:30 pm      Brainstorming Session

Possible topics include: communications; marketing; sponsorships; member participation; new members; funding opportunities, assessment; website enhancements, etc.

o   Brainstorming

o   Groups form around topics and discuss brainstorm ideas

o   Review, add, summarize ideas for reporting

o   Group reports


2:30 pm                New proposal/project opportunities
3:00 pm                Afternoon Break
3:30 pm                Action Planning (turning ideas into next steps)

4:30 pm                Closing Session / Wrap-up


5:00 pm                Adjourn

6:00 pm                TUESDAY EVENING SUPPER

Dinner on your own or as group, to be determined at meeting.





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