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of members have planted and cared for 14.9 million trees with help from
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<a name="register"></a><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=KiHg58L5LwR25mPA7GhNKw_3d_3d"><b><font font="" color="#006600" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="heading">ACT ANNUAL
MEMBER RALLY</span></font></b></a><br>
<b><font font="" color="c8660b" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span class="style2">November 8-11, 2009</span></font></b><br>
<b><font font="" color="c8660b" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span class="style2">Portland, OR</span></font></b><br>
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<font font="" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span class="main">We're trying something new this year! ACT's
Annual Meeting & NeighborWoods
Academy will be completely integrated into the Partners in
Community Forestry conference to be </span></font><font font="" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span class="main">held November 8-11</span></font><font font="" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span class="main">, sponsored by
Alliance for Community
Trees, Arbor Day Foundation, The Home Depot
Foundation, and many other partners.<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">
Event Schedule:</span><br>
Nov 8 9:00 a.m. - 12:00
p.m. Service Event<br>
Nov 8 1:00 p.m. - 4:00
p.m. Marketing Seminar<br>
Nov 8 5:00 p.m. - 8:00
p.m. Reception at Audubon
Society<br>
Nov 9 7:30 a.m. - 5:00
p.m. ACT Rally &
Partners Conf.<br>
Nov 10 7:30 a.m. - 5:00
p.m. ACT Rally &
Partners Conf.<br>
Nov 11 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Field
Tours of Portland with FOT<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br>
Service
Event</span><br>
Come learn about Friends of Trees' Greenspace Initiative (GSI) and
plant trees along the I-205 bike path. This service event is
more than a way to catch-up with friends... it is an opportunity to
learn from a national leader in urban forestry. We invite you to start
off your conference experience by seeing first-hand how they do things
in Portland! Vans depart from the hotel.</span></font><br>
<font font="" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span class="main"><br>
</span></font><font font="" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span class="main"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Marketing
Seminar</span><br>
The "Leveraging a Positive Perception in a Competitive Marketplace"
training will provide opportunities for interaction, exercises, and
discussion. The program content is designed to focus on the
fundamentals of good marketing with community trees as the product. The
session is included with registration, so plan your
travel accordingly.<br>
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</span></font><font font="" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span class="main"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scholarships</span><br>
A limited number of travel scholarships are available to help defray
airfare and lodging costs for 501c3 member organizations. This
scholarship is available through generous support from The Home Depot
Foundation, National Tree Trust, and USDA Forest Service.</span></font><br>
<font font="" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span class="main"><br>
</span></font><font font="" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span class="main">More details are coming, but please hold these
dates. </span></font><font font="" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span class="main">We hope to see you this November in Portland!</span></font></p>
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