{"id":582,"date":"2016-06-18T09:07:34","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T12:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myavma.ca\/blog\/?p=582"},"modified":"2016-10-07T15:39:29","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T18:39:29","slug":"agm-2016-newfoundland-dealing-with-vegetation-programs-in-tough-social-and-economic-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myavma.ca\/blog\/2016\/06\/18\/agm-2016-newfoundland-dealing-with-vegetation-programs-in-tough-social-and-economic-times\/","title":{"rendered":"AGM 2016 Newfoundland – Dealing with Vegetation Programs in Tough Social and Economic Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATED: AGENDA OCT 7
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The Organizing Committee of the 2016 AVMA AGM is pleased to announce that this year’s meeting will take place at the JAG Boutique Hotel and Johnson Geo Centre in St. John’s Newfoundland from October 12 – 14, 2016. To book your room please call (709) 738-1524. or visit http:\/\/www.steelehotels.com\/our-hotels\/jag\/#sect-overview<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The AVMA AGM will be taking place at the Johnson Geo Centre located on Signal Hill. It will be an interesting and exciting venue for AGM attendees.<\/p>\n

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JAG Boutique Hotel Address: 115 George St W, St. John’s, NL A1C 0B7 Phone:(709) 738-1524. Overlooking St. John\u2019s Harbour, this upmarket, downtown hotel is a 7-minute walk from vibrant George Street and 3.7 km from Signal Hill.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Johnson Geo Centre is a geological interpretation centre located on Signal Hill in St. John’s. This is where the 2016 AVMA AGM will take place on October 13, 2016.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The theme for this year’s AGM is Dealing with Vegetation Programs in Tough Social and Economic Time.
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Below is the agenda for this event:<\/p>\n

Dealing with Vegetation Programs in Tough Social and Economic Times<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Annual General Meeting<\/p>\n

Atlantic Vegetation Management Association<\/p>\n

Jag Hotel and Johnson Geo Centre<\/p>\n

St. John\u2019s, NL<\/p>\n

October 12th<\/sup>, 2016<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

6:00PM: Executive Meeting AVMA Board<\/p>\n

7:00PM \u2013 8:00PM: Registration Desk<\/p>\n

7:00PM \u2013 10:00PM: Opening Ice Breaker \u2013 Jag Hotel, Sponsored by Bayer Canada Crop Sciences, BASF and Engage Agro.<\/p>\n

October 13th<\/sup>, 2016<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

AVMA Annual General Meeting \u2013 Johnson Geo Centre, Signal Hill<\/p>\n

8:30AM: Registration Desk<\/p>\n

9:00 AM: Opening Remarks Martin Noel, AVMA President<\/p>\n

9:05 AM \u2013 9:30AM: DOW Agro Sciences Product Portfolio \u2013 Justin Toner<\/p>\n

9:30AM \u2013 9:50AM: Lidar for Vegetation Management on ROW\u2019s; Riley Cote-de-Merchant, Leading Edge Geomatics<\/p>\n

9:50AM \u2013 10:15AM: Lidar as tool for vegetation for NLHydro, Jimena Martinez-Ramos, Integrated Informatics Inc.<\/p>\n

10:15AM \u2013 10:30AM: Coffee Break Sponsored by NSPower and Lucas Tree<\/p>\n

10:30AM \u2013 11:10AM: Industry Round Table on Lidar uses for vegetation Management: Rick Doucette NBPower, Rob Thomson NS Power, Craig Parsons \u00a0NLHydro, Martin Noel NBDNR<\/p>\n

11:10AM \u2013 11:30AM: Opportunities for Lidar for Forestry Management; Riley Cote-de-Merchant, Leading Edge Geomatics<\/p>\n

11:30AM \u2013 11:50AM: Changes in NL Environment and PMRA Update \u2013 Susan Tilley NLEnv.<\/p>\n

11:50AM \u2013 12:10PM: Industry Updates Bayer Agro Sciences<\/p>\n

12:10PM – 1:00PM: Lunch \u2013Geo Centre<\/p>\n

1:00PM to 1:30PM: Realities of dealing with Migratory Bird Act in Newfoundland and Labrador \u00a0\u2013 Craig Parsons, NL Hydro<\/p>\n

1:30PM \u2013 2:00 PM: Update on the Lower Churchill Project \u2013 David Haley , NL Hydro<\/p>\n

2:00PM \u2013 2:30PM: Environmental considerations for a new transmission line, TL267: from rare plants to artifacts – Marion Organ, NL Hydro<\/p>\n

2:30PM to 3:00PM \u2013 Industry Update \u2013 Univar ProVM, Chad Horton<\/p>\n

3:00PM to 6:00PM \u2013 Free time to tour Johnson Geo Centre or St John\u2019s<\/p>\n

6:30PM \u2013 9:00PM: Supper at the Jag Hotel \u2013 \u201cRocking out the Evening\u201d, Sponsored by Dow Agro Sciences and Univar Canada<\/p>\n

9:00PM to ?: hit George Street<\/p>\n

October 14th<\/sup>, 2016<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

AVMA Annual General Meeting \u2013 Johnson Geo Centre<\/p>\n

9:00AM \u2013 9:10AM: Opening Remarks Martin Noel, AVMA President<\/p>\n

9:10AM – 9:30AM: JMPR or IARC\u2026who is right? The latest update\u2026.Michael Cunningham, EngageAgro Corporation<\/p>\n

9:30AM \u2013 10:00AM: 2016 Spruce Budworm Program in Eastern Quebec and Northern New Brunswick.\u00a0 Peter Keddy, FPL<\/p>\n

10:00AM \u2013 10:20AM: \u00a0Coffee Break Atrium Foyer \u2013 Sponsored by Forest Protection Ltd.<\/p>\n

10:20AM \u2013 11:45AM: AVMA Business Meeting \u2013 Johnson Geo Centre<\/p>\n

11:45AM \u2013 1:00PM: Closing lunch \u2013Geo Centre<\/p>\n

AVMA Agenda 2016(revised Oct 7)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

PAY NOW VIA PAYPAL:<\/strong><\/p>\n


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The Organizing Committee of the 2016 AVMA AGM is pleased to announce that this year’s meeting will take place at the JAG Boutique Hotel and Johnson Geo Centre in St. John’s Newfoundland from October 12 – 14, 2016. <\/p>\n

To book your room please call (709) 738-1524. or click here to book online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The AVMA AGM will be taking place at the Johnson Geo Centre located on Signal Hill. It will be an interesting and exciting venue for AGM attendees. <\/p>\n

UPDATED OCT 7th: REVISED AGENDA
\nUPDATED AUGUST 29th: PAYPAL PAYMENT LINK ADDED TO PAY ONLINE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11,10],"tags":[149,150,128,8,151],"class_list":["post-582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agm","category-featured","category-headline","tag-2016-agm","tag-2016-avma-agm","tag-agm","tag-newfoundland","tag-st-johns"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myavma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myavma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myavma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myavma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myavma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/myavma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myavma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myavma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myavma.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}