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_{February 2016}

GACD Annual Meeting

The 2016 GACD Annual Meeting will be held at the Jekyll Island Convention Center, 75 Beachview Drive N, Jekyll Island, GA 31527, on February 25-27, 2016. An exciting agenda is planned including special invited guest speakers Bob Izlar, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at UGA, and Jon Burns, House Majority Leader, for the General Session and breakout sessions.

The next Supervisor Training class entitled “Past, Present, Future” will be held at 1:00pm on Thursday and will continue at 9:00am on Friday for a total of 5 hours over the two days. A tour of the Clarence Cannon Wildlife Refuge on Saint Simons Island is planned for Saturday.

Each individual supervisor will need to make their own reservation at a hotel of their choice as GACD has no room block for this meeting. The registration cost of the Annual Meeting is $300 which includes supervisor and spouse/guest. Please see your registration form for registration deadlines. The GSWCC Board has approved supervisor per diem for attending Supervisor Training at a rate of $120 for Thursday and per diem for attending the Annual Meeting on Friday & Saturday at a rate of $120 per day.

A 50/50 Raffle will be held again for this year’s fundraiser to benefit the Conservation Education Center. Each district will be selling 5 raffle tickets and ONLY 200 tickets will be sold. $10,000 will go to the winner and $10,000 will go to the Education Center. Thank you for your past contributions and fundraising efforts for the education center.

The Ladies Auxiliary meeting will be held on Friday at 3p.m. On Saturday morning at 7:30am the Ladies Auxiliary will have their Auxiliary Craft/Country Store Sale.

The 2016 GACD Annual Meeting registration form can be found online at www.gacds.org. Please return your form and payment to: GACD, P.O. Box 111, Athens, GA 30603.

February 2016 Supervisor Training Session

Supervisor Training will be held February 25-26, 2016 at the Jekyll Island Convention Center. The theme is “Soil and Water Conservation Districts: Past, Present, and Future” and topics include History and Original Purpose of Conservation Districts (Carl Vinson Institute Of Government); Summary of current Georgia Conservation District Activities (CVIOG); Presentation from Patricia Harris (Director, North Carolina Soil and Water Conservation Division) regarding District Activities, Programs, and Funding; Overview of Conservation District Activities across the US (NACD); Facilitated discussion on what Georgia Conservation Districts want to accomplish in the future; and a Presentation from a grant writer on “How to write a grant” and possible sources of grant funding for Conservation Districts.