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CGCI Fall Board Meeting, Grass Valley
September 8-11, 2008

Monday, September 8, 2008
6:30 am - 9:30 am      Complimentary breakfast for hotel guests - Lobby
8:00 am - 2:00 pm      Parliamentary Workshop & Membership Test – Ball Room
9:00 am –11:00 am     Strategic Planning Committee Meeting –  Room 1
11:00 am - 1:00 pm    Awards Committee Meeting –  Room 2
Noon                            Registration – Ballroom Foyer
1:00 pm –3:00 pm       Nominating Committee Meeting – Room 1
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm      Executive Committee Meeting –  Room 2
4:00 pm -                     Board of Trustees Meeting – Room 1
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm      Complimentary social for hotel guests – Lobby
                                    Dinner on your own
7:00 pm                                   Speaker – Michael Glassman
                                                “New Innovations of Landscaping” – Ball Room
8:00 pm                       Speaker – Joanne Drummond - “The Wild Land Urban Interface, Fire and You”
9:00 pm                       Environmental /Gardening/Landscape Design Consultants Councils’ Meeting – Ball                                      Room                        

Tuesday, September 9, 2008
6:30 am - 9:30 am      Complimentary breakfast for hotel guests
7:00 am                                   Registration – Ball Room Foyer
7:30 am                                   Bus Loads for Tour and lunch
7:45 am                                   Bus leaves PROMPTLY
2:15 pm                                   Bus returns

2:30 pm - 4:30 pm      Chairmen’s Meeting – Ball Room
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm      District Directors’ Meeting Session #1 – Room 2
4:30 pm                        Advisory Council Meeting – Room 1
4:30 pm                        Bylaws Committee Meeting – TBA
4:30 pm                        Golden Gardens Meeting –  Room 2
4:30 pm                        Team Meetings:  - All at separate tables in the Foyer -  Flower Show Schools,
                                       Schools/Councils (other than FSS), Horticulture, Conservation, Youth
5:00 pm                         Budget & Finance Meeting –  Room 1
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm      Complimentary social for hotel guests - Lobby
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm.     Dinner - Ball Room
                                      Dinner Speaker:          Al kali, aka Rick Toles

Wednesday, September 10, 2008
6:30 am - 9:30 am      Complimentary breakfast for hotel guests
8:00 am                        Blue Star Memorial Dedication
8:00 am                        Registration – Ball Room Foyer
8:30 am - 11:30 am    Business meeting Ball Room
12:00 NOON               Lunch and Floral Design Workshop - Ball Room
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm      Business meeting resumes – Ball Room
4:45 pm - 5:45 pm      Policy Committee Meeting – Room 1
4:45 pm - 5:45 pm      District Directors’ Meeting Session #2 - Room 2
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm      Complimentary social for hotel guests - Lobby
7:00 pm -                     Dinner -           Ball Room
                                     Dinner Program:  Cornish Choir
                                     Special event:  President’s Project Auction

Thursday, September 11, 2008
8:30 am – 1:00 pm      Business meeting resumes - Ball Room
1:00 pm -                     Optional mine tour/Luncheon
7:00 pm -                     Extra Special Off Broadway Theater