Annual Meetings

2012 Winter Meeting Information and Registration

Date:  March 1-3, 2012

Location:  Sheraton St. Paul Woodbury Hotel

                676 Bielenberg Drive

                Woodbury, MN 55125

                (651) 209-3280

                Website               

Agenda:  THURSDAY
                    1:00 - Summit Brewery Tour OR Minneapolis Gift Mart Tour 
                       - arrange your own transportation/carpool
                       - call to sign up 952-435-5275
                    3:00 - 6:00 Registration, Exhibitors Set-up, Swap Meet, Silent Auction, Networking
                    6:00 - 9:00 Hospitality Night - cash bar and pizza  (sponsored by Paul Samson
                       and Holiday Sales)
               FRIDAY

                    7:30 - 8:00 Registration, Exhibitors Set-up, Swap Meet, Silent Auction, Networking
                    8:00 - 8:45 Breakfast Buffet
                    8:45 - 9:00 Convention Welcome (Pat Olive, President) and Highlights and Updates
                                      (Donna Revaak, Committee Chair)
                    9:00 - 10:00 Session 1:  The Journey From Seed To Market:  A Cost Analysis Of
                                      Fraser Fir Production:  Paul Schroeder
                  10:00 - 10:15 Break, Exhibitors, Swap, Meet, Silent Auction, Networking
                  10:15 - 11:15 Session 2: Pricing - You Have The Power (But Will You Use It?):  Brad
                                      Wedge
                  11:15 - Noon Exhibitors, Swap, Meet, Silent Auction, Mini-Commercials
                  Noon - 1:00 Buffet Lunch

                  1:00 - 1:30 Session 3A:  Sharpen Your E-Mail Skills Workshop:  Greg Ustruck
                  1:00 - 1:30 Session 3B:  Go Green — Get Real, Elementary School Workshop: 
                                      Donna Revak
                  1:35 - 2:00 Session 4A:  MNCTA.com—Realize Its Full Potential:  Esultants Web
                                      Services and Greg Ustruck
                  1:35 - 2:00 Session 4B:  A to Z:  How Was Your 2011 Season?  Members
                  2:35 - 3:30 Annual  Membership Meeting - What Can MNCTA Do For You?  Committee
                                      Updates
                  3:30 - 3:45 Break, Exhibitors, Swap, Meet, Silent Auction, Networking
                  3:45 - 4:30 MN Grown Update:  Paul Hugunin
                  4:35 - 4:50 USDA Update:  John Haanstad
                  4:50 - 5:00 Driftwatch:  Sensitive Crop Registry:  Kevin Cavanaugh
                  5:00 - 7:00 Cash Bar, Appetizers, Silent Auction, Swap Meet
                  7:00 - 8:30 Dinner On Your Own
                  8:30 - ?      Congregate in 5^th Floor Lounge For “Titilating Tales”

               
              SATURDAY
                    Pascal Nzokou—Irrigation and Fraser Fir Production
                    Pascal Nzokou—Fertilization and Fraser Firs
                    Panel discussion with the experts
                       Pascal Nzokou, Bert Swanson, Paul Schroeder, Jerry Langmade
                    Design Workshop
                       Push the Limits of Your Decorated Product
                       Minneapolis School of Flower Design Instructor
                       Sign up 

 Speaker:  Dr. Pascal Nzokou, Dept. of Forestry, Michigan State University

Registration:  Members (click here)

                       Exhibitors (click here)

2011 Summer Meeting

Date: July 8 & 9, 2011

Location: Wolcyn Tree Farms
                Cambridge, MN

Photo Gallery:  Click here.