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Annual Meeting
For a copy of the agenda, please click here: executive-committee-agenda-10-12-16
Renewable Energy Vermont invites you to save the date for our annual conference. Decision 2016: Energy Choices! will be held this October 13 & 14, 2016 at the Sheraton Burlington Hotel & Conference Center.
We welcome your ideas and proposals for presentations for this year’s REV Conference, click here for additional details.
Renewable Energy Vermont invites you to save the date for our annual conference. Decision 2016: Energy Choices! will be held this October 13 & 14, 2016 at the Sheraton Burlington Hotel & Conference Center.
We welcome your ideas and proposals for presentations for this year’s REV Conference, click here for additional details.
October 15-16 | Symposium in White River Junction – Deep Change for Climate Justice: Coalescing a Transformational Movement
This unique event is a merging of the annual Our Children, Climate, Faith Symposium and Vermont Interfaith Power and Light’s annual conference. Deep Change for Climate Justice will be dedicated to creative dialogue, learning the story of the emerging climate justice movement, and moving toward collaboration and action. Guest speakers and facilitators include Rev. Fred Small, Sherri Mitchell, and others. Learn more and register. Don’t miss it! Early bird registration ends October 1.
| The NEARC Fall Conference is not just for the GIS faithful. Yes, NEARC is for GIS practitioners, but NEARC is for anyone who wants to see the value GIS technology brings to their own environment and the world. This conference is very valuable for new users as well as those who have been using GIS for many years.
If you are going to attend NEARC this fall, you might consider also bringing along your Supervisor, Town Manager, DPW Director, IT Director, and your Finance Manager; anyone who would benefit from seeing the value of GIS first hand. You will absolutely walk away saying “NEARC is worth every penny!”
Highlights include:
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| Fall NEARC 2015 Presentations: |
| Some technical session presentations from the 2015 Fall Conference are available online in PDF format. To see if a session has support materials, review the 2015 technical session schedule. Hover over the presentation title and look for the “PDF” icon below the list of speakers. (see Creating the Connecticut Maritime Heritage Corridor with Story Maps on Monday morning at 10:30 a.m. as an example.) |
Thursday, October 20, 2016
Bethel Town Hall
318 Main Street ∙ Bethel, Vermont 05032
Do you ever worry that you won’t have what you really need to respond to a water or wastewater emergency? Maybe you’ll need trained water or wastewater operators, engineers, water quality specialists, or supplies such as specific valves, chemicals, testing devices and equipment.
The Vermont Water/Wastewater Agency Response Network (VTWARN) is a network of “utilities helping utilities.” This network helps water and wastewater utilities locate emergency assistance in the form of personnel, equipment, materials and other services. The VTWARN is proudly hosting a free event that includes an emergency response seminar and a tabletop exercise (TTX).
Emergency Response Seminar and TTX Description: The event will consist of morning seminar presentations covering topics related to VTWARN, as well as water and wastewater preparedness and response. The afternoon TTX, based on a hypothetical scenario, is designed to bring together water, wastewater, public safety, local and state agencies to discuss roles and responsibilities. This seminar and TTX are open to member utilities and non-member utilities, as well as response partners that are interested in learning more about VTWARN.
Training Hours: An application will be made for Vermont water and wastewater operators to earn training hours toward their license renewal requirements for their participation in the event.
Event Timeline: Thursday, October 20, 2016
Check-in: 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Presentations: 8:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Lunch Break: 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Tabletop Exercise: 12:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Registration:
https://vtwarnttx.eventbrite.com
All must register for this free event so we can obtain an accurate count of attendees.
Remember, the Association of Vermont Conservation Commissions is
hosting our annual Conservation Summit on Oct 22nd at Lake Morey
Resort on beautiful Lake Morey in Fairlee.
This year the theme is Celebrating PLACE.$BA We’ll be exploring
different aspects of this idea in presentations and discussions throughout the day.
Our keynote speaker, Walter Poleman has 25 years of experience
engaging communities in explorations of their town’s natural and
cultural history, through education and celebration. The PLACE program
has offered communities in-depth explorations of how their local
cultural and natural histories merge into the landscape we see today.
For concurrent sessions, we have a diverse array of exciting
opportunities, from ANR’s basic training$BA on Vermont’s Ecology and
Environment, to Perspectives on Effective Conservation Commission
leadership, as well as Partnering with Land Trusts and Starting a
Conservation Fund and several more!
See the conference website to register and learn more
Saturday, October 22: WRP Annual Meeting & 20th Anniversary Celebration
SAVE THE DATE for the WRP’s Annual Meeting & 20th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, October 22 from 5:00 – 7:30 pm at the Royalton Academy Building. RSVP today!
A Free Public Forum for Information Sharing, Collaboration and Solutions
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
5:30 pm – Registration and a light dinner will be provided
6:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Forum
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH Auditorium E; Enter
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH Auditorium E
Please join us for a community conversation about
climate change and building climate resilient
communities in the Upper Valley. This workshop is
designed for all Upper Valley residents including
community volunteer boards, municipal staff and
committee members, health care professionals,
community organizations, business owners and
interested citizens.
The workshop is FREE, but space is limited. Please
register by October 20 at https://tinyurl.com/UVAWFirstForum.
Contact Meghan Butts at mbutts@uvlsrpc.
org or (603) 448-1680 with questions.