January UPEDA Meeting
Please join us on January 26, 2012 for a UPEDA Membership Meeting. The meeting will be held at Northern Michigan University, Don H. Bottum Center, Brule Room. The agenda for this meeting includes:
8:30 – 9:00 – Registration
9:00 – 9:05 – Election of Officers
9:05 – 9:20 – Doug Smith, Vice President, Michigan Economic Development Corporation
Hear about the Upper Peninsula Collaborative Development Council and Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s role in the State of Michigan, particularly in the Upper Peninsula (Region 1) as well as potential funding opportunities.
9:20 – 9:30am – QA
9:30 – 10:45 – Michigan Forest Product Council – Kevin Korpi
With offices in Lansing, the Council represents its members in public affairs and public relations matters, serves as a center for the exchange of ideas, and disseminates information concerning the industry. Key efforts include: Heighten industry profile among key opinion leaders, Promote our members interests through public relations, education and strategic communications and Protect our members interests thought public affairs, lobbying on pending legislation, laws, and regulations at the federal, state and local levels
10:45 – 11:00 – Break
11:00 – 11:30 – UP Link – Kim Stoker, WUPPDR; Eric Smith, NMU & Carlton Crothers via video
Learn about the status of the effort to link the UP via video conference systems.
11:30 – 12:00 – Survey results – Holly Peoples and Barb Walden
Learn what results our recent survey have shown and hear about the adjusted dues structure and membership campaign.
12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 – Merit – Jim Lundberg
Merit Network, Inc. is a nonprofit, member-owned organization formed in 1966 to design and implement a computer network between public universities in Michigan. After 40 years of innovation, Merit continues to provide high-performance networking and services to the research and education communities in Michigan and beyond.
2:00 – One Minute Updates – Adjourn
