Tentative WVEC Fall Convention Schedule
September 25-27, 2009
Holly Gray Park, Sutton WV
 
Friday afternoon-evening:
3:00  PM		Registration / Set-up begins (incl. Booths) / Silent Auction Opens - bring items to donate 
6:30 - 7:30 PM		Informal chat & snacks- legislative ideas? New wind energy group?
Dusk			Children's Bug Hunt, with Mike Forman
7:30  - 8:30 PM	Reception for Jim Hightower (pending / invited) - Refreshments Provided
8:30  PM		Socializing / Campfire /  Music - bring musical instruments
			Booths:  Artists for the Environment; WVEC Sales (new t-shirts, mugs); The Glass Amulet (handmade jewelry by Liesa Null); The Preventive Paradigm (massage by Liesa Null); La Paix Herb Farm (natural organic products by Myra Bonhage-Hale, Stewart); Handmade jewelry & hand-carved walking sticks by Kevin Smith; Poole's Natural Candles & Antique Collectibles; Stone & Bead Necklaces by Joe Lung; Taylor Books (Environmental Topics); Book Project Campaign (OVEC, FOM); WV Environmental Groups (variety).
 
Saturday:
7:00 - 8:30	Breakfast 
8:45  AM	Welcome and Introductions – Danny Chiotos, WVEC Board President
9:00   AM	Self-introductions- 30-45 seconds each- "We All Live on a Dot" (Issues / What Brought You Here / Group issues)
9:45   AM	Short break- arrange / re-arrange chairs
		(Organized Children's Activities from 9:30-11:30 during Keynote Address)
9:55    AM	Assemble, take preferred seating, etc.
10:00   AM	Keynote Address- Jim Hightower - introduction by Greg Carroll, talk, Q & A 
10:45   AM	Book signing with Jim Hightower (Taylor Books, Charleston WV)
11:30   AM	Regional Meetings (elect or re-elect board representatives)
12:00- 1:00	Lunch 

1:00 PM	Concurrent Workshops   
                            1) MTR- Mountaintop Removal (Patience Wait, Cindy Rank, Bill Howley) 
                            2) Wind Energy issues (Frank Young, Kevin Fooce)
                            3) Mercury & "Clean Coal" (Don Garvin, Don Gasper)
1:50 PM	Break                        

2:05 PM	Concurrent Workshops:  
                            1) Coal and the PATH power line (Patience Wait, Cindy Rank, Bill Howley)
                            2) Green Jobs / Renewable Energy (Bill Price & Kevin Fooce)                  
                            3) MIC- Methyl Isocyanate (Maya Nye)
2:55 PM	Break

3:10 PM	Concurrent Workshops:
                          1) Sludge Safety (Stephanie Tyree, Matthew Louis-Rosenberg)
                          2) Cap and Trade (Jim Kotcon)
                          3) Marcellus Shale gas drilling (Beth Little)                 

4:00 PM	Free Time, including Nature Outings:
                        1-  Fishing with Don Garvin & Don Gasper
                        2-  Nature Walk / Plant Identification 
 
5:45 - 6:45     Potluck Dinner (please bring a dish to share)
 
7:00 PM	Introduce evening panel, Frank Young
7:15 PM	Keynote Panel – “WV E-Council- Our History and Our Future”, with WVEC Founders Mary Wimmer, Perry McDaniel, Norm Steenstra, Jim Kotcon and Monte Fowler  
         
9:00 PM	WVEC 20th Birthday Celebration -Live Music by: Maya Nye, Chet Lowther, Andy Park and others
 
Sunday:
7:00  AM	Bird-watching walk, with Mike Forman (please sign up in advance during conference)
7:00 AM	Non-denominational service, "Spiritual Basis for Environmentalism"
7:00 - 8:30	Breakfast
9:00   AM	Silent auction ends
9:00   AM	Legislative Overview – Don Garvin, WVEC Legislative Coordinator 
9:45   AM	Break (incl. pay for and collect your auction purchases)  
10:00  AM	Setting Legislative Priories Discussion (all)
11:00  AM	Break, begin nature outings for non board members
11:15  AM	Begin WVEC Board of Directors Meeting 
12:00- 1:00	Lunch  
1:00    PM	WVEC Board of Directors Meeting continues 
2:00    PM 	Adjourn!