Agreed! I'd be in favor of having the meeting in MI too. James -----Original Message----- From: Water Management and Quality for Ornamental Crop Production and Health [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Fulcher, Amy Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 10:37 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: NC1186 Meeting Great idea - thanks for offering to host it! Amy Fulcher Assistant Professor for Sustainable Ornamental Plant Production and Landscape Management 2431 Joe Johnson Drive Rm 252 Ellington Plant Science Bldg. Knoxville, TN 37996 email: [log in to unmask] office: 865-974-7152 fax: 865-974-1947 skype: a.fulcher.37996 On 10/9/14 10:08 AM, "Tom Fernandez" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Hello everyone, Michigan has a proposal for hosting the NC1186 meeting >next year. The best date to avoid conflicts with other conferences is >July 28-31. We are proposing to hold the conference at the in Grand >Rapids, MI. We propose to have a 3 day agenda with 1 day for NC1186 >business meeting, 1 day for a grower conference with NC1186 members as >speakers, 1 day of nursery/greenhouse tours. We will have funds to help >defray the meeting/travel costs, we can discuss how to use them if >Michigan is selected as the host site. Please let me know by October 15 >if this is something the group is interested in for next year's meeting. >Thanks- Tom > >Dr. Tom Fernandez >Department of Horticulture >1066 Bogue St., Room A216 >Michigan State University >East Lansing, MI 48824-1325 > >Phone: 517-355-5191 ext. 1336 >Fax: 517-353-0890 >Skype: rtomfernandez This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately.