[MAIPC] WLBG workshop registration. Dec. 8; Agenda and WebEx link

Fri Dec 7 13:09:44 PST 2018

For those attending tomorrow, or joining via WebEx, here are the draft minutes for the 2017 business meeting:

Draft Official Minutes
MAIPC Business Meeting
August 2, 2017
Huntingdon, PA (Juniata College)

Meeting called to order

Agenda approved by consent

Updates from the president:
MAIPC activity in 2016: Summer 2016 MAIPC partnered with the Mid-Atlantic Early Detection Network and UGA Extension Service to host an EDRR workshop at the USFWS National Wildlife Visitor Center.

Fall 2016 – showing of hometown habitat in Carlisle, and had business meeting

Winter 2016-2017: reprint of plant invaders book; 5th edition; 12,000 copies printed, MAIPC ordered 3000 and have sold about 400 so far;

Treasurer’s report
$29,853.11 – bank account
$150 in paypal account
Motion to accept by Ruth Douglas, seconded by Mark Frey, approved by voice vote

Technology Officer’s Report
-switched from old website to new website
-website is work in progress
-new Facebook page
-list serve has about 500 people

Elections Nomination slate:

Officers (nominated by acclamation at May 2017 board meeting)
President - Norris Muth
Secretary – Damien Ossi
Treasurer – Heather Kostick
Technology Officer - Jenn Truong

Incumbents (self-nominated; seconded by acclamation at May board meeting)
MD — Marc Imlay
VA – Sarah Archer
DE – Matthew Sarver
PA – Andrew Rohrbaugh
NJ – JohnRyan Polascik
DC – Alex Sanders (confirmation of board appointment to DC vacancy)
DE – Jil Swearingen (nom. by Marc Imlay)
WV – Jennie Hennenhoefer (nom. from the floor by Heather Kostick)
VA – Conner McBane (filling vacated VA position mid-term; nom. by Marian Orlousky)
Motion to accept slate by Dewey Clark, seconded by Carole Bergan, approved by consent

Announcements for the Good of the Order

Ruth Douglas – Blue Ridge Prism
-USDA award >> had to go to landowners
-money has been spoken for/applied for
-will receive Garden Club of VA – Conservation Award

Kerrie Kyde  - Invasive Plant Ecologist – MD Heritage Service,  IPAC chair
-IPAC: weed risk assessment tool and use to assess risk and rank of invasive species (USDA APHIS designed the tool)
-no money to do more trainings at the moment
-Asks MAIPC to consider funding a 4-day training for anyone who wants to come ($1,000-$1,5000 estimate) to be organized for Fall 2017 or Spring 2018
-Damien Q Audience? Anyone who can do formal weed assessments in MD (and other states); non-agency people
-Tool just applicable to MD? No – life history, impacts, geopotential, and entry potential (4 risk factors); tool gives you a p value of how risky the plant is; how easy it is to control; threaten to our native species/habitat; whether or not it matters if plant continues to be sold; the idea is to stop the next species; use heritage data to see what could be affected by invasives;

New president Norris Muth closing remarks

Motion to adjourn from Mark Frey; seconded Jenn Truong

From: Ossi, Damien (DOEE)
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2018 3:25 PM
To: maipc at lists.maipc.org
Subject: Re: [MAIPC] WLBG workshop registration. Dec. 8; Agenda and WebEx link

Here are the final agendas for our year-end workshop and business meeting.  (Register here now!<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wavyleaf-basketgrass-workshop-and-maipc-business-meeting-tickets-53259859674?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listing> or see the WebEx link below)

Workshop Agenda
9:30-10:00 Check in and coffee

10:00-10:05 Welcome and Introduction

10:05-11:05 Ecology and Life History of Wavyleaf Basketgrass (Dr. Vanessa Beauchamp)

11:05-11:30 Discussion/strategic planning of WLBG biocontrol research (MAIPC board and Dr. Beauchamp facilitate)

11:30-12:00 ED/RR of new Trapa sp. (water chestnut) in Northern Virginia (Dr. Nancy Rybicki)

12:00-12:40 lunch

12:40-1:10 Updates from the Johnson Ecology Lab at UMD: Urban forest restoration and vegetation dynamics (Megan Carr)

1:10-1:40 Evaluation of Legacy Sediment Removal and Floodplain Reconnection as a Restoration Technique (Dr. Beauchamp)

1:40-2:30 MAIPC business meeting

The workshop is in Smith Hall on the Towson University campus.  Parking is free in Union Garage and is a short walk to Smith Hall (Google maps walking dir<https://www.google.com/maps/dir/39.3928199,-76.6116679/39.3936297,-76.6085521/@39.3920855,-76.6128214,622m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m14!4m13!1m10!3m4!1m2!1d-76.6116679!2d39.3928498!3s0x89c80fbc25352935:0xda8259b1212c53c4!3m4!1m2!1d-76.6085166!2d39.3936527!3s0x89c80fbc9a5777ed:0x23bf3345ea775bad!1m0!3e2?hl=en>).

The workshop and business meeting will be streamed as a WebEx online meeting:
https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/#/meetings/detail?uuid=M6U575TWG8N7E2WHZYTF5M38U9-1T19&rnd=645172.96664
Date: 12/8/2018
Time: 9:30am-2:30pm
Meeting Number:196 013 103
Or call in: 1-415-655-0001

Business meeting agenda:
Approve agenda
Approve minutes from 2017 business meeting
President’s report
Treasurer’s report
Secretary’s report
Election of board members.
Nominations from the floor
No old business
New business 1: Discussion of expenditures for WLBG research, partnering with other IPCs
New business 2: 2019 conference planning
Ajdourn

Thanks,

Damien

From: MAIPC [mailto:maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org] On Behalf Of Jenn Truong
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2018 2:20 PM
To: maipc at lists.maipc.org
Subject: Re: [MAIPC] WLBG workshop registration. Dec. 8; this weekend!
Folks,

If you're planning on attending the MAIPC Workshop and Business Meeting this Saturday in MD, please RSVP as soon as possible (by COB today preferred). We need to confirm the lunch/coffee catering order by noon tomorrow and want to make sure we have enough food/drink for everyone. There are no restaurants within walking distance of the event location.

Plus, as Damien mentioned yesterday, the first 40 registrants will receive a free copy of the newly published "New Invaders of the Northeast and Northcentral United States”.
This is open to the public so please share widely.

Register here now!<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wavyleaf-basketgrass-workshop-and-maipc-business-meeting-tickets-53259859674?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listing>

Thanks and hope to see you on Saturday!
Jenn Truong
Technology Officer

MAIPC Board of Directors
Mid-Atlantic Invasive Plant Council
info at maip.org<mailto:info at maip.org> | www.maipc.org<http://www.maipc.org>

From: Ossi, Damien (DOEE)
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2018 1:05 PM
To: MAIPC Listserve (maipc at lists.maipc.org<mailto:maipc at lists.maipc.org>)
Subject: WLBG workshop registration. Dec. 8; this weekend!

Dear members,

Please Join MAIPC for a quick workshop about wavyleaf basketgrass (WLBG) and learn about MAIPC's upcoming efforts to find a biocontrol vector for this invasive plant. Dr. Vanessa Beauchamp from Towson will give several talks about the ecology and life history of this plant, and then you, the MAIPC members, will join the board in discussing how to fund and find a biocontrol organism for WLBG. Dr. Beauchamp has done significant research on the life history and ecology of wavyleaf basketgrass, and her recent research has focused on riparian restoration in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

Also on the agenda is Nancy Ribicki. She is leading an effort to located and eradicate a newly-discovered species of invasive water chestnut in Northern Virginia.

Additional speakers are likely but still unconfirmed.

After the workshop the agenda for the business meeting will include elections of board members and officers, discussion and planning of the 2019 conference, and discussion of funding research for biocontrols of wavyleaf basketgrass.

We will have a WebEx webinar set up for this event. Details will be sent to the MAIPC Listserv and Facebook page.

There is a small fee ($12) that covers a portion of MAIPC's catering expenses of coffee and box lunches.  Poultry, fish, vegetarian, and vegan meals will be available.

Parking is free at Union Garage on campus.

Register here<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wavyleaf-basketgrass-workshop-and-maipc-business-meeting-tickets-53259859674?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listing>

Thanks,

Damien
Secretary, MAIPC

Damien P. Ossi
Wildlife Biologist
Fisheries and Wildlife Division
Department of Energy & Environment
Government of the District of Columbia
1200 First Street NE, 5th Floor
Washington, DC 20002
Desk: (202) 741-0840
Web: doee.dc.gov<http://www.doee.dc.gov/>

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