OACD State Meeting 2013

Tentative Agenda 

(Jan. 8, 2013)

Date:    February 24, 25, and 26-- 2013

Place:   Reed Conference Center

Meeting Theme: Conservation: Don’t Let it Be Gone with the Wind!

Sunday, February 24

1:00-5:00   Registration

1:00-5:00   Trade Show

1:00-4:00   OACD Auxiliary Greeting Room

1:00-8:00   Silent Auction

1:30            Speech Contest

1:00            OACDE Executive Board Meeting

2:00            OACD Resolutions Committee Meeting

3:00            OACD Nominations Committee Meeting

4:00            Youth Awards Program

5:00             Inspiration Time

7:30            Conservation Game night

Monday, February 25

7:00           OACDE Breakfast & Program
7:30            Registration
8:00-4:00    Silent Auction and trade show

9:00          1st General Session

Posting of the Colors

Speaker: TBA- Theme: Tending The Garden: Finding inspiration in what we’re called to do

10:00          Break

10:30         Breakout Sessions

Planning for the future

• Engaging the next generation: How one organization has successfully reached out to young farmers
• Dynamic boards & Funding: The importance of change and how it effects funding
• Good help is hard to find: Keeping districts staffed

11:45       Luncheon
Speaker: Tom Buchanan- Working with others and water issues in Oklahoma

1:15          Breakout Sessions
Partnerships: How working with OACD and Districts has worked for others
Tentative sessions:

•  Farm Bureau partnerships with districts
•  OETA & the Dust Bowl- keeping the momentum going
•  TNC: Conservation easements 101
                     

(1:30-4:00    Auxiliary Tour—Oklahoma State Capitol or Governor’s Mansion Tour)
    
2:15         Break

2:30        Organizational Meetings

• OACD Business Meeting and Leadership development program
• OACDE Business Meeting and Leadership development program
• NRCS Employees Meeting
  

6:00            Legislative Reception

7:00            Legislative Banquet, Awards, Live Auction

Tuesday, February 28

7:30            OACD Past President’s Breakfast

9:00            Breakout sessions: Proof that it works: Conservation practices in every day life

• No-till: Practical information for districts and no-tillers alike
• Pollinators session
• Non-traditional conservation and how to engage urban and suburban            

10:00          Break

10:15         Breakout sessions: Surviving the Drought

• - Managing water levels in flood control structures during the drought
• - How we communicate the impact of the drought

11:15         Closing Session

11:45      Meeting concludes

Noon         OACD Executive Board Meeting