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