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Overview of February Conference Call

  1. Review of 2016 Summit Attendee Evaluations
  2. Future dates – Calgary had overwhelming votes, but several other locations suggested (NC, TX, Montreal, San Francisco, Bannff, Toronto)  Carolyn is working on a summer visit to Calgary to see if the cost is viable for us to hold Summit there,
  3. get information from breakout sessions; for 2017 will ask each speaker to provide no more than 1 page summary of their topic.  May need to provide a financial incentive for on-time completion.
  4. Speakers from as many geographic locations as possible; we will need everyone’s assistance to suggest speakers.
  5. More interaction, less lectures; will continue to stress this to speakers, need moderatos to enforce.
  6. Better ground transportation from airport; will encourage attendees to arrange own transportation (shuttle, taxi, uber) and reimburse a set amount at registration. Shuttle to hotel appears to be about $40, but will confirm and pay that value at check.
  7. Another Consumer Panel; Do another consumer panel, focus on millennials, where they got their news from for election, how they feel about agriculture.  Will need help from participants on questions to include.
  8. Want opportunities where legislators talk about the important issues; will do, but we need moderators to volunteer and topics to entitle them.