2007 ABS Convention Schedule

[bambooweb]

29th Annual Meeting of the American Bamboo Society
Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square Pennsylvania
November 2-4,2007

Thursday November 1 - ABS Board Meeting ? 9:00AM to 5:00 PM

Friday ? November 2.
Registration At Visitor Center 8AM to 9:30AM

Session 1
9:30 ? 10:30 Jorg Stamm - Bamboo Vehicle Bridge in Sibang, Bali and Other Bamboo Structures

10:30 -11:30 Paul Babikow - Bamboo in a Maryland garden

11:30 to 1:PM - Lunch

Session 2
1:00 PM- 2:00 PM Guy Henderieckx - Bamboo with companion plants : a European perspective

2:00-3:00 PM Daphne Lewis - Bamboo on the Farm: Revised and Updated

3:00-4:00 PM Gib Cooper - Bambu?s de las Americas (BOTA): Eight Years and the Road Ahead
4:00 ? 5:00 PM Ed Woolley and Marco Nead ? Controlling Running Bamboos

Evening reception - 5:30 ? 7:00 pm. At Hilton Garden Hotel

Saturday ? November 3 (see work shops below)

Session 3
9:00-10:00 AM Robin McBride Scott - From the Hands of our Ancestors; Southeastern Native American Rivercane Traditions?

10:00 ? 11:00 AM Dr. Lynn Clarke - Arundinaria appalachiana ? North Americas Newest Native Bamboo

11-12:00 - Don Carli ? Bamboo as a carbon Sequester

12-12:45PM Lunch

Session 4

12:45 -1:00 Annual Membership Meeting

1:00 PM -2: PM Jack Stanley - Edison?s, bamboo filament light bulb

2:30 to 4:30 Announcement of silent auction winners followed by live plant auction.
There has been an on line auction several months as well.

6:30 PM Dinner Dance at Longwood ? Featuring Dancing with Dudley ? Contra dancing

Workshop: 9 AM to 12:00 AM ? Making Bamboo Flutes - Michael Braurer
Workshop: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM in Music Room. Weaving with Native River Cane.
Robin McBride Scott

Nov. 4 ? Sunday: Tour of nearby gardens see reverse page

[ringersa]

HI,

When and where is the next (2008)ABS annual meeting? I would love to attend if it is near enough and I can arrange vacation time from work.
Always planning ahead...


Steve

[bambooweb]

As of the end of the board meeting, next years meeting is still not arranged. 2009 might be in Seattle or Portland. 2010 will be in Savannah Georgia.

Bill

[svendrix]

I like all those options for the 2009 and 2010! When I was living in Atlanta for work, my parents came out and we visited Savannah, GA. Pretty cool place, even if it wouldn't be my normal style of places to visit.

I wish I had known at the time of the bamboo garden that I think I have recently read is there? It was a fun place to just stroll through the parks by the water (it was close to St. Patty's Day so all the fountains were turned green!).

The favorite of all of ours however was a really old historic cemetery there, that while weird sounding, was really fun to stroll through and read actual history on the tombstones or crypts etc. Remember over here on the west coast, we are quite a bit younger than you folks on the east coast... =D

---Svendrix

[Roy]

I like all those options for the 2009 and 2010! When I was living in Atlanta for work, my parents came out and we visited Savannah, GA. Pretty cool place, even if it wouldn't be my normal style of places to visit. I wish I had known at the time of the bamboo garden that I think I have recently read is there? It was a fun place to just stroll through the parks by the water (it was close to St. Patty's Day so all the fountains were turned green!).

---Svendrix

Careful now! There are people on board from "The Peach State".

[svendrix]

No insult to anyone meant by that comment at all! I am a bit different and don't seem to enjoy what I consider the "touristy" types of places, that for me Savannah seemed to be oriented towards.

Maybe others will have a different experience, but then again I was only there for a day (we got up super early, drove 4 hours there and back, getting back home to Atlanta at 11pm ughh that last 4 hours was long!).

That is why I might actually go back for a long weekend in 2010... =D

---Sven

[bambooweb]

Most of the Savanna event will be here: http://www.bamboo.caes.uga.edu/

We think we will let the new at-large rep host the event next year.

Bill

[needmore]

We think we will let the new at-large rep host the event next year.

Bill

I'm guessing that at some point the election results may be reported to the candidates and membership?

[bambooweb]

We think we will let the new at-large rep host the event next year.

Bill

I'm guessing that at some point the election results may be reported to the candidates and membership?

The votes will be officially counted and announced tomorrow.

Bill

[Roy]

We think we will let the new at-large rep host the event next year.

Bill

I'm guessing that at some point the election results may be reported to the candidates and membership?

Maybe they had some "hanging chads" and they are having a recount now!

From Deep within the heart
of The Banana Republic of Florida

[bambooweb]

Brad AKA Mr President, (Seriously)

You need to call me tonight.
1-509-981-0664

Bill

[rfgpitt]

Congrats needmore!

[needmore]

Congrats needmore!

Thanks Rick, Roy and everyone else who voted for me, I am going to roll up my sleeves and do all I can to try and help get things going. Maybe we should get our heads together and see if we can come up with some agreeable 'low hanging fruit' ideas to pursue. I'm not so naive to think that we'll do anything earth shattering in a short time but I am hopeful that we can start small, build some board cohesion and momentum. I'm the new kid on the team and will need to catch up on inner workings of the board, I do look forward to seeing the 2008 budget to see what we have to work with.

[Roy]

Congrats needmore!

Thanks Rick, Roy and everyone else who voted for me, I am going to roll up my sleeves and do all I can to try and help get things going. Maybe we should get our heads together and see if we can come up with some agreeable 'low hanging fruit' ideas to pursue. I'm not so naive to think that we'll do anything earth shattering in a short time but I am hopeful that we can start small, build some board cohesion and momentum. I'm the new kid on the team and will need to catch up on inner workings of the board, I do look forward to seeing the 2008 budget to see what we have to work with.

Brad,

What's your official title now and how should we address you?

[rfgpitt]

Brad,

What's your official title now and how should we address you?

A few thoughts not to offer any disrespect:

• Brad
  Needmore
  Pres
  President Salmon
  President Needmore
  Mixmaster B (edited)
  culmzilla

His Honor answered an email of mine earlier, so talking to us peons is not beneath him.